Theismann out, Jaws in on MNF

I don't have a problem with Jaws coming aboard, but it should be interesting to see how he makes the switch from breaking down film to breaking down a live game.

I like Joey T. too though, but I'm sure he'll land another gig pretty quick.

I'll you need to look at is last year when Jaws teamed up with Vermiel for a game and they were spectacular.

As a fottball fan I dont like all the cross promotion stuff but to me it seems silly to cater just to football fans because ESPN already has them tuning in. They will watch because they are football fans and they can mute the announcers if necessary and still understand the action. ESPN's coverage is about trying to bring in a few new fans not focusing on the fans they already have. BTW, its been quite some time since ESPN has been a real sports network.

TK and Jaws have more of a history together and that history creates a rapport that TK and JT didnt seem to have.

I could see JT moving to NBC to do ND games.

Supposedly, Theismann was almost out at ESPN from their NFL coverage team before last year started but ESPN kept him there because of his contract. Evidently, Joe got a really nice chunk of change in his last ESPN renegotiation. So they kept him and moved him to MNF while "relegating" the other two members of his former Sunday Night crew.

After last year, something had to be done; that trio put the "fun" back in "dysfunctional". And while I don't know the percentages of positive versus negative feedback that Theismann generates, there has to be a lot of negativity based on the time and effort that people go to just to point out his gaffes and inconsistencies. If indeed the viewer feedback runs 80% negative on Theismann, that would lead the suits at ESPN to look for a change in that part of the line-up.

Was Tony K great last year? Absolutely not. Was he bad because he and Theismann never established any rapport? Maybe. We should be able to tell something about that by the second or third game of this season.

Supposedly, Theismann has been offered a college football analyst slot with Brent Mussberger at ESPN/ABC. :rolleyes: