ESPN’s Monday Night Football commentary crews apparently haven’t been set just yet.
Because of the uncertainty surrounding college football, Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit — ESPN’s top NCAA duo — could be on the call for several NFL games this fall, especially if games are played on Saturdays.
Fowler and Herbstreit were originally expected to call the Broncos-Titans game in Week 1 but they are now expected to call the first MNF game between the Giants and Steelers, according to the New York Post‘s Andrew Marchand.
That would leave Steve Levy, Brian Griese and Louis Riddick to call the Denver-Tennessee game, ESPN’s second game in a Week 1 doubleheader. Levy and Griese have called Broncos games before — Riddick has mostly served as a studio analyst for ESPN but does have experience commentating on college games.
Griese was selected by the Broncos in the third round of the 1998 NFL draft out of Michigan. He spent five seasons in Denver and earned a Pro Bowl nod after totaling 2,688 passing yards and 19 touchdowns against four interceptions in 2000. Griese has been with ESPN since 2009.
