Joining Michaels on the call will be ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit. The former Ohio State quarterback has been a fixture on “College GameDay” and works with Chris Fowler for ABC’s primetime college football broadcast. Over the past two years, he has called a pair of NFL games for ESPN.
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Al Michaels contract details
Marchand has not reported the official dollar figure on Michaels’ deal, but it is believed to be around what Joe Buck will make at ESPN. Buck reportedly signed a five-year, $75 million contract with the network as he moved from Fox to ESPN.
Michaels has long provided a voice to football games across the nation over the years, as he was on ABC’s “Monday Night Football” from 1986 to 2005, and had been with NBC for “Sunday Night Football” since 2006. He has also called a record 11 Super Bowls.
But Michaels won’t be entirely gone from NBC just yet. According to Marchand, he will be on the call for at least one or two games for NBC, including the network’s non-Super Bowl playoff game.
Burkhardt has been one of Fox’s NFL play-by-play voices since 2013, and recently, he has worked alongside Greg Olsen, former Panthers tight end. Marchand reported that Olsen is Fox’s top choice to join Burkhardt as the primary broadcast pairing.
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Who will replace Al Michaels on NBC?
Tirico filled in for Michaels several times since he came over to join NBC from ESPN in 2016, coinciding with off days requested by Michaels during the season. Tirico has covered just about every role for NBC, providing coverage of both the summer and winter Olympics. Earlier in 2022, he traveled from Beijing to Los Angeles in short order to cover both the Winter Olympics and Super Bowl 56.
