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What happened to al michaels on:
The Saints hosted the Bills on Thanksgiving evening and we watched Mike Tirico and Drew Brees call the game. The Ravens host the Browns on Sunday Night Football and Tirico joins Cris Collinsworth. It’s nothing earth-shattering, just some time off for Michaels.
The Sunday broadcast will also feature Kathryn Tappen as the sideline reporter instead of Michele Tafoya. This is just a one-week thing.
We could be ticking down the days of Al Michaels working for NBC and handling Sunday Night Football. His contract expires after Super Bowl 56, and he might be headed to Amazon to call games on their exclusive Thursday Night Football package in 2022.
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For the second straight year, NBC gave Michaels the entire Thanksgiving week off. Although Tirico called the Thursday night game in 2018 and 2019, Michaels, Collinsworth, and sideline reporter Michele Tafoya all worked the Sunday night game three days later.
Tafoya worked with Tirico and former All-Pro quarterback Drew Brees during the Nov. 25 telecast of the Buffalo Bills’ 31-6 road rout of the New Orleans Saints. Brees will return to NBC’s studio coverage on Sunday night.
Tonight:
Tirico and Collinsworth are calling a Sundaynight game on Thanksgiving weekend. Michaels is expected to return to the booth in Week 13 when Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs host the Denver Broncos.
Barring any unexpected changes, Sunday’s game will provide a preview of what the SNF broadcast will look like last year. Michaels’ contract expires in February 2022, and Tirico is expected to replace him in 2022.
