Many NFL fans were disappointed when Al Michaels left NBC to join Amazon this season, but the legendary broadcaster will return to his old role for a game.
NBC announced This week Michaels will be the match-up announcer for Saturday night’s wild card game between the Los Angeles Chargers and Jacksonville Jaguars. Tony Dungy will act as color analyst alongside Michaels.
This is the long-term plan for Michaels and NBC. When the 78-year-old takes a new job with “Thursday Night Football” on Amazon, NBC moved him to an honorary role with the network. That allowed Michaels to continue working with NBC for the Olympics and call an NFL post-season game.
Michaels has worked with Kirk Herbstreit on Amazon broadcasts, but Herbstreit is not an NBC employee. Dungy appears regularly on “Football Night in America” and has called games for NBC in the past.
Mike Tirico was promoted to lead NFL broadcaster with NBC after Michaels left Amazon. Tirico and analyst Cris Collinsworth will call Sunday night’s game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Cincinnati Bengals.
Michaels has a Huge salary increase when moving from NBC to Amazon. It’s great that the legendary broadcaster will still be covering the playoffs.
