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Barry Werner

Las Vegas Raiders could put together MNF alumni booth

If everything doesn’t work out in the AFC West for the Las Vegas Raiders and changes come, the team could put together three of its most famous to compose a broadcast booth of Monday Night Football alums.

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Jason Witten left the Dallas Cowboys to be an analyst in 2018. The one-year experiment did not work out well and the tight end returned to America’s Team last season. He left this offseason and signed a contract with the Raiders.

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Then, of course, Las Vegas could tap its coach, Jon Gruden, who was an analyst from 2009-17 before deciding to return to the sidelines as coach of the Raiders.

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What about a play-by-play voice? Well, the man who calls the Raiders games on the radio would make a splendid choice. Brent Musburger joined ABC in 1990 and one of his responsibilities was as the studio host for MNF through 1995. Al Michaels was calling the games so the way to work Musburger into MNF was as a host, including hosting halftime duties for Monday Night Football and Wild-Card round games.

 

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