With Jon Gruden returning to the Oakland Raiders and Sean McDonough going back to college football, ESPN’s Monday Night Football needed a reboot. On the commentary front, Joe Tessitore is the new play-by-play voice, with the recently retired Jason Witten joining him in the booth, while Booger McFarland plays a Tony Siragusa-ish role of roving sideline analyst.
Another change at ESPN is the departure of Gerry Austin, who was MNF’s official rules analyst given his extensive experience as an NFL official. Austin is also headed to Oakland, so that’s another void that needed to be filled.