I am not sure what to think of the new Monday Night Football crew. Individually, the announcers (Tirico, Kornheiser, Theismann) are good, but I am not sure how the team dynamic works. Joe Theismann, a former player, has decent insight, but tends to fall in love with the sound of his own voice and talk over his colleagues. How he mixes with Kornheiser (a favorite of mine as a columnist, radio personality and TV commentator) might not work and fall flat. Tony Kornheiser, as a judge on that reality ESPN wanna-be-a-Sportscneter anchor show, was way out of his element. But on radio, his extemporaneous comments were brilliant and often controversial. In fact, once he was suspended for an on-air comment.

Mike Tirico is quietly one of the best play-by-play men around (he does NBA and college sports). He has class, a smooth style and knows how to let the moment be the star. My sense is he’ll be able to bring out the best in his new colleagues. Tirico did a good job bringing out the limited warmth from Patriots’ coach Bill Belichick during the Super Bowl XL coverage.

Well, it’s no Dandy Don and Howard Cosell, but it could be interesting…