On Monday, CBS broadcasted Monday Night Football for the first time since 1967 between the New England Patriots and the Kansas City Chiefs. This game was rescheduled due to Patriots quarterback Cam Newton testing positive for COVID-19.
The game was initially scheduled to be played on Sunday but after Newton’s diagnosis, the game was moved to Monday night with CBS’s top broadcasters Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, and Tracy Wolfson on the call. The Kansas City Chiefs would go on to defeat the Patriots 26-10.
Over on ESPN, the current broadcasters of Monday Night Football had the Atlanta Falcons square off against the Green Bay Packers in a 30-16 loss. With the current Monday Night Football deal set to expire after the 2021 season, should CBS become the new home of Monday Night Football?
As always, CBS does a nice job with their presentation of their games. When they were the former home of Thursday Night Football from 2014 through 2017, the music and the broadcasters treated the game like the main event you couldn’t miss.
CBS would do a better job with Monday Night Football than ESPN/ABC. Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, and Tracy Wolfson treated Monday night’s game like a heavyweight boxing match. The ratings for the game had 14.6 million viewers. For the other Monday Night game on ESPN, they had 8.6 million views.
Its’ been fifteen years since Monday Night Football was broadcasted on national television. It was once treated as the big event featuring heavyweight teams from the 49ers, Cowboys, Steelers, and other Super Bowl contenders teams. Nantz, Romo, and Wolfson are the perfect broadcasters for Monday Night Football. CBS has two good team announcers that could take over the primetime Sunday games with either Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely, or Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, and Melanie Collins.
CBS should absolutely become the new home for Monday Night Football. They will treat Monday Night Football how it is supposed to be treated with honor, dignity, and respect. Monday Night Football has always been home to the biggest games of the season, and who better to continue that tradition than CBS.
