John Madden To Take A Week Off

John Madden has sat next to Pat Summerall and Al Michaels for 476 straight games. Madden, famous for his love of football and his fear of flying, travels to and from games in his "Madden Cruiser" bus.

The streak comes to an end this Sunday night.

Madden had to make third straight trips across america, and Madden will instead visit his family.

This sunday night, the Seattle Seahawks play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

John Madden will be replaced by Chris Collinsworth this Sunday night.

Good Riddance Bryant Gumbel!

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Bryant Gumbel has given up his role as an NFL Network play-by-play announcer after two seasons.

The NFL Network said Friday it was looking for a new play-by-play announcer to work with Cris Collinsworth on the network’s Thursday and Saturday night games.

“I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to call NFL Network games the past two years, which was a new experience for me,” Gumbel said in a statement. “But we’ve agreed that we’d all be better served going in different directions.”

Great News! Bryant Gumbel has had Many well documented errors on air.

From Gumbel having a freudian slip about Chris Cooley's Injury:


To Gumbel saying the Cowboys are wearing their uniforms from 1663:


To Gumbel saying T.O. Gets Cockblocked By Al Harris:


To Gumbel saying they would interview winning Quarterback Rick Romo:


Good Riddance Bryant! Hopefully they can get rid of Cris Collinsworth as well.

Here's Collinsworh's Most famous gaffe:


The Announcing World will spin smoothly after Bryant Gumbel and Chris Collinsworth are both out of an announcing booth.

NFL To Simulcast Saturday Night's Patriots-Giants Game

In An Unprecedented move,The NFL has arranged with broadcast television partners CBS and NBC for an unprecedented three-way national simulcast of the NFL Network telecast of Saturday night’s New England Patriots at New York Giants game.
The New England Patriots' shot at history Saturday night will be available to every television viewer in the country after months of wrangling.

The NFL has arranged with broadcast television partners CBS and NBC for an unprecedented three-way national simulcast of the NFL Network telecast of Saturday night’s New England Patriots at New York Giants game when the Patriots will try to become the first NFL team to go 16-0 in a regular season, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced today.

“We have taken this extraordinary step because it is in the best interest of our fans,” Commissioner Goodell said. “What we have seen for the past year is a very strong consumer demand for NFL Network. We appreciate CBS and NBC delivering the NFL Network telecast on Saturday night to the broad audience that deserves to see this potentially historic game. Our commitment to the NFL Network is stronger than ever.”

CBS and NBC will carry the NFL Network feed of the game with Bryant Gumbel and Cris Collinsworth in the broadcast booth. The game also will be televised by WCVB-ABC (Channel 5) in Boston, WMUR-ABC in Manchester, New Hampshire (Channel 9) and WWOR (Channel 9) in New York. The telecast begins at 8 p.m. ET with kickoff set at 8:15 p.m. ET.

Great Move by the NFL! I am hoping now more than ever that the Patriots go 16-0. Nobody has seen this since The Dolphins did this in 1972. I'll be watching CBS And NBC Saturday Night. I hope you will be too.