Ron Jaworski Signs Five-Year Extension With ESPN, Exits MNF Booth

ESPN has announced that Ron Jaworski has signed a new five-year extension with ESPN that will increase his role as an in-studio analyst and remove him from the Monday Night Football booth. According to the release, Jaworski will appear on Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown, NFL Matchup, as well as SportsCenter, NFL Live, NFL Kickoff and the network's coverage of the NFL Draft and Super Bowl week. Jaworski will make appearances on Mike & Mike in the Morning, Pardon the Interruption, and other platforms and shows throughout the year. Jaworski will not be replaced in the Monday Night Football booth, with Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden forming a two-man broadcast. “I am grateful for having the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of working on Monday Night Football the past five seasons with Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden and so many other talented people behind the scenes who make the show so great, and I look forward to bringing my passion and knowledge of the game to more fans in more places than ever before on any and all football topics,â€￾ said Jaworski.

Source: Mac's Football Blog

 

Oh I hate the idea of just having Tirico and Gruden. Not really going to miss Jaws too much though. Everything he said was like he was reading from a report.

 

yeah, i can live with or without jaws. he's not the worst but he's annoying at times.

 

I am glad hes gone from the Booth I hated him more than anyone else up there.

 

He wasn't needed... He can disagree with someone other than Jon, just for the sake of disagreeing.

 

Jaws is way better outside of the booth than in it. Gruden needs to learn to be critical instead of trying to blow every coach and player...

 

glade to see Jaws is gone from the booth. he wont be missed

 

Best thing I've read on this.

@davegoldberg84: With Jaws going to studio & Gruden only "analyst," players in MNF games will be ranked on a scale of 9 to 10.

 

Awesome...

 

heck. Im no Jaws fan but I shudder at the thought of Gruden on his own with Tirico. Plus Gruden and Jaws snipping at each other was always good for a chuckle.

 

Seriously- Gruden is good at "analyzing" plays after watching tapes...but he's not that great doing it on the fly and like I said, he's horrible at giving an honest critique on a player...

 

I usually mute it and add my own commentary lol

 

jaws was without a doubt the most knowledgable person in that booth on the game of football. no doubt he gets tiresome at times but the guy still watches hours upon hours of game film every week.

 

Not only that but he was able to analyze on the go, predict what was going to happen, what should happen. Gruden couldn't do that.

 

Sunday night football has been the spot to go since MNF was moved to ESPN

 

i think the idea has had its run. too many other options now to have a game on t.v. on the 1st work day off the week.

 

I think that's what the league wanted...no?

 

New booth of Jaws, Kornheiser, and Dennis Miller