Overview
- Reports Wednesday show ESPN has largely set announce teams for the seven NFL Network games, with Dave Pasch, Kurt Warner and Jason Kelce assigned to call four games and Bob Wischusen with Louis Riddick handling the other three.
- Pasch’s expanded NFL role follows a confirmed multi-year extension with ESPN that folded the new game duties into his portfolio and led him to leave his long-running Cardinals radio job.
- Jason Kelce will join Pasch and Warner for games in London on Oct. 4 and Oct. 11, for the Oct. 25 match in Saint-Denis (Paris), and for one of the Week 16 Saturday games on Dec. 26.
- Molly McGrath has been moved from the college football beat to serve as lead sideline reporter for both booths and will be the primary fill-in host on NFL Live.
- ESPN’s April acquisition of NFL Network, reported at roughly $3 billion, is the driver of the shuffle because the package’s international slate and a Dec. 26 doubleheader create weekend and travel conflicts with existing college-football and studio commitments, which could force further schedule tweaks for talent.