Your New MNF Booth: Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Louis Riddick

[PS17]

Huge improvement. Particularly excited for Riddick to be in the booth. 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29680109/steve-levy-louis-riddick-brian-griese-man-monday-night-football-booth

[jetstream23]

I'm good with that.  We'll see how they work together.  Big Louis Riddick fan as well.

 

[PS17]

[munchmemory]

I'll miss Booger.

[New York Mick]

5 hours ago, PS17 said:

That might be the funniest thing you ever posted. 

[JTJet]

I'm on board with this lineup. Leggooo. 

[BigRy56]

It’s definitely an improvement. I will miss boogers pinky though

[Aaron Hernandez]

Have any of them done play by play before and are they any good? I don't know who I'm listening to during games unless it's obvious. I mean it can't get worse, but I've said that about ESPN plenty of times.

[Jetlife33]

Riddick is one of my favorites, what an improvement. 

[TuscanyTile2]

Griese is so so but I like the other 2.  Wish it was just Levy/Riddick but, overall, still a big improvement. 

[The Crimson King]

Levy has come a loooong way since the early days of WFAN

good for him

[SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN]

Monday night football ain't what it used to be . Football overload .

[TuscanyTile2]

Just now, SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN said:

Monday night football ain't what it used to be . Football overload .

The NFL, in general, is nowhere near what it used to be. 

[Philc1]

47 minutes ago, Aaron Hernandez said:

Have any of them done play by play before and are they any good? I don't know who I'm listening to during games unless it's obvious. I mean it can't get worse, but I've said that about ESPN plenty of times.

I’ve heard Griese do play by play before.  He was ok

[Jet_Engine1]

Cant stand Levy. Fat Mike Greenberg.

[TuscanyTile2]

I loved the team that was used once last year - Rich Eisen, Nate Burleson, Joe Thomas 

[Greenbloodblitz]

21 minutes ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

I loved the team that was used once last year - Rich Eisen, Nate Burleson, Joe Thomas 

I tend to like anything Rich Eisen does.

[JoJoTownsell1]

Shockingly, ESPN finally decided to hire 3 guys that have earned the right to be in the booth. 

[shevys]

Gotta be better than that abortion of a crew they had these last few years. They were unlistenable. 

[jeremy2020]

Well, it can't get much worse

[section314]

The other team, Fowler and Herbie, should be the guys. Especially since there will be no college for them to do .

[TuscanyTile2]

Part of me misses Booger.  He started to reach "so bad, he's good" status for me.

[Jet Nut]

10 hours ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

I loved the team that was used once last year - Rich Eisen, Nate Burleson, Joe Thomas 

They may actually have been worse than the main MNF crew.

 

[Jet Nut]

10 hours ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

Cant stand Levy. Fat Mike Greenberg.

Where do you get fat from?

You might just have the wrong guy

[rangerous]

do they serve beer in the booth?  won't they have to worry about griese tripping and hurting himself?

[chirorob]

17 hours ago, PS17 said:

Huge improvement. Particularly excited for Riddick to be in the booth. 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29680109/steve-levy-louis-riddick-brian-griese-man-monday-night-football-booth

Riddick is fabulous.  I can listen to that giy all day long.

[ChuckkieB]

Griese is terrible, but getting rid of Booger is addition by subtraction so they're on the right track.  Riddick is a great addition.

[section314]

3 minutes ago, ChuckkieB said:

Griese is terrible, but getting rid of Booger is addition by subtraction so they're on the right track.  Riddick is a great addition.

He really is. One of the best in the biz.

[JetsFanatic]

1 hour ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

Part of me misses Booger.  He started to reach "so bad, he's good" status for me.

Same here. I’m going to miss him in a strange kind of way. ? 

[Fantasy Island]

Nobody watches MNF anymore, they will do great.

[Warfish]

All I want from a Broadcast Booth is this:

1. A Non-Player guy who does rock solid unbiased play-by-play.  The "Facts" guy, but can have an intelligent exchange with #2 on analysis.

2. An Ex-Player guy who knows the game, and provides unbiased factual color commentary that goes beyond just the fact of that play but provides some analysis.

It feels like this shouldn't be too much to ask for.

[Ruby2]

Riddick is great, Griese is whatever, Steve Levy is very annoying as play by play imo. All these shcticky ESPN sportscenter anchors didnt come from broadcasting, they came from lame ass ESPN catch phrase highlight shows. Doesn't translate imo. His college games are always tough to get through.

Monday night football is entirely unwatchable anyway. Starts way too late, has awful matchups most of the time. Monday night football died with NBC getting Sunday night football. ESPN's Sunday night football was always atrocious, and now its just on Monday, with NBC getting the prime time game on Sunday.

[Jet_Engine1]

1 hour ago, Warfish said:

All I want from a Broadcast Booth is this:

1. A Non-Player guy who does rock solid unbiased play-by-play.  The "Facts" guy, but can have an intelligent exchange with #2 on analysis.

2. An Ex-Player guy who knows the game, and provides unbiased factual color commentary that goes beyond just the fact of that play but provides some analysis.

It feels like this shouldn't be too much to ask for.

Wasn't that the successful template for about 4 decades?

[Jet Nut]

2 hours ago, Ruby2 said:

Steve Levy is very annoying as play by play imo. All these shcticky ESPN sportscenter anchors didnt come from broadcasting, they came from lame ass ESPN catch phrase highlight shows.

Levy was one of early broadcasters at WFAN, MSG Net, CBS TV, WABC radio and WNBC radio.

So not really 

 

[Philc1]

6 hours ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

Wasn't that the successful template for about 4 decades?

Dennis Miller mumbling about 19th century Russian poets while the Broncos don’t cover?