In my Tuesday newspaper column I mentioned that Tom Hammond is no lock for the NFL Network play-by-play gig, and that the network might be looking for a bigger-name splash.
Well . . . I am told by a reliable spy that one name on the wish list for the job is as big a name as it gets in play-by-play: Al Michaels, who would have to add the Thursday night games to his existing NBC slate.
That would be interesting. It also would be a little depressing for Hammond, who had hoped to get the Sunday night job on NBC before Michaels defected from ESPN/ABC.
Michaels would be fine. So would Hammond.
But if you're the NFL Network why not go after a quality younger announcer and groom him/her as your own play-by-play voice?
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Ian Eagle would be good. Of course so would Tom Hammond. Al should stay on Sunday nights
Other than Ian Eagle, who is a quality young announcer?
TONY KORNHEISER!!!
nah, i'm just playin, that guy should be fired 8 times a broadcast...
Mike: Bob Papa
I would suggest that Bob Davies has been a very good man in the booth for college football and has the personality to translate to prime time football.
He might not have been a very good recruiter but he is a solid football mind.
Bob Davies as nfl play by play guy? lol... the nfl network would never fully get off the ground if they did that.