ESPN is going with a fresh approach for its first 2018 regular-season broadcast of “Monday Night Football.”
Two announcers with plenty of NFL credentials but far more entrenched in the college game these days will be handling the New York Jets-Detroit Lions game from Ford Field: Beth Mowins and Brian Griese.
“We are pretty excited to bring the franchise on the air, and hoping some pretty good story lines will play out,” says Mowins, who did last year’s second half of the opening doubleheader with analyst Rex Ryan. Mowins also does a few CBS telecasts of NFL games during the season, as well as Oakland Raiders preseason contests, but her main gig is college sports.