Late last week NBC announced that MSNBC election-week star Steve Kornacki would appear on the “Sunday Night Football” pregame and halftime shows to break down the NFL playoff picture much like how he broke down the live results of the presidential election last month.
And you know what? It was actually really good.
I have to admit that I was skeptical of this move at first, as it felt like it would be a forced bit by a big network trying to bring back its breakout star from the election coverage.
But the dude in the khakis crushed it Sunday night. His breakdowns of how certain teams like the Giants saw their playoff chances rise by percentage points on Sunday was really informative and different and good.
Check this out:
How have playoff probabilities changed after today's games?
We've got @NBCNews' @SteveKornacki here to break it down for us on the big board! pic.twitter.com/5I4G2jbRTG
— Sunday Night Football (@SNFonNBC) December 7, 2020
Really good, right?
This might not be a one-night gig:
NBC Sports tells the @TheAthletic that "there is a high probability" you will see @SteveKornacki on a future edition of Football Night In America after tonight.
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) December 7, 2020
Twitter agreed:
Steve Kornacki has to be on every Sunday night from now on.
— Judy Battista (@judybattista) December 7, 2020
Contender for this year’s best crossover: Steve Kornacki breaking down NFL playoff odds pic.twitter.com/r7oLASLVKM
— Ben Williamson (@_WilliamsonBen) December 7, 2020
I do love that @SteveKornacki got to do this. pic.twitter.com/NpPhDcFeUe
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) December 7, 2020
Watching Steve Kornacki do the Big Board with football stats instead of polling/politics like: pic.twitter.com/dqt8zQQQ0Y
— Olivia Morgan (@olivemor) December 7, 2020
I wanna say this is jumping the shark….but I can’t. It’s FREAKING AMAZING
— Jeff Schools (@DigitalSchoolzy) December 7, 2020
This is awesome
— yzr_fantasy (@YZR_Fantasy) December 7, 2020
We need this every week !
— Pamela T (@harley61706) December 7, 2020
