"Why they wouldn't go with someone proven like Matt Millen is beyond me"

I hope you mean the broadcast booth. And even so he's already going to be doing college football games so why increase his work?

Thank God.

I said three thousand Our Fathers this past Sunday, maybe that's what did it.

Tony was truly awful from beginning to end.

He is a lowlife.

This might be interesting, with Gruden and Jaws there might actually be some chemistry and talk of things like, football, and the football that is being played on the field, and the plays that are taking place on the field.

No more of that gossipy garbage.

Thank God.

Millen will more than likely be on the second MNF team. They needed to get rid of the three Mikes. Bring back Nessler and Vermeil to go with Millen. That will be a GREAT team!!!

How long is Gruden going to be in a booth though and no on a sideline. At the end of the NFL Network Draft coverage Gruden said he cannot wait to get back on the NFL sideline as a head coach. He specifically stated how he would love to coach Tim Tebow. I cannot imagine Gruden in that booth for long because his urge for coaching is so high. Let me be wrong though. Gruden is hilarious and provides great commentary, at least he did in the draft.

Anyone notice that since Favre retired, his two biggest fawners in Madden and Kornholio left their posts?


CONSPIRACY!

Nathan: There's no way ESPN would give up a chance to use the marketing tools of Mike & Mike in favor of Nessler, Vermeil & Millen (or any other combo).

Hmmm. Emmitt, Kornhole. Since these things come in threes (unless I missed someone), what unwatchable member of ESPN's NFL coverage is next to go?

It's a sad day for fans of football, that's for sure.

Man, I'm tired of that whiney bastard. He will not be missed but seriously, Gruden?

Why does MNF always gravitate to douchebags?

Miller, Limbaugh, Thiesman, Kornheiser and now Gruden.

That no talent ass clown is leaving MNF. YAY! He cites a fear of flying, but I suspect it is a fear that he knows jack shit about football, or sports for that matter. No longer do I have to gaze at his ugly mug when watching the Pack on Monday night. No longer do I have to hear about the Patriots or Colts when watching a key matchup in the NFC North or AFC North, or any other game that has nothing to do with his favorite teams. YAY!
This guy was the worst idiot ever. People talk a lot about Dennis Miller, but at least the substance of what he said had some bearing to the game, and revealed some small scintilla of knowledge about football.
Donuts to dollars says the bit about flying is a canard and a lie. The truth is this guy was an embarassment. Even the best games on MNF suffered from the drawback that I--and millions of others--had to listen t o this idiot. Make no mistake about it--this guy knows nothing about football, or sports for that matter. He also has proven incapable of actually commenting about the game, but ratheer just carried with his feelings or fantasies or preferences. Time and again he would talk about the Patriots when the Colts played, or talked about the ad nauseum about the Colts or Pats when neither of those teams were playing. Hell, he even talked about his favorite teams when the Pack or Bears were playing. Of course, I remember how said the a week two or week three game between Philly and Dallas was a must win game for the Cowboys. Jaws reprimanded him, sayings its still early. "Well the fans thiink so."
Anyway again this is a canard and a iie. He is bailing out because he was embarassingly bad. Am I wrong for wishing he died in a plane crash? Maybe I am, or maybe I am not!

AA, how soon do you think TK will be back on the radio now that he's no longer in the MNF contract that prohibited it? He's mentioned that he misses radio and even talked about doing a podcast of his own when he's been on On the DL.

Mike Greenberg is about the worst play-by-play announcer to have ever broadcast an NFL game. Golic is actually not that bad. Ditka is too grumpy to be on TV. Golic is the only guy who deserves to be back from that crew.

Great, a commentator who won't criticize anyone because he wants to coach again!!! Why not just MT and Jaws???

Mike Tirico is on the clock. This may have been a message to him as well.

I think Gruden will pick his spots and rip people.

Like Bill Callahan...or maybe, Dungy.

Safe targets.

Like SImeon Rice...Rod Marinelli.

FIRE MILLEN

With Gruden officially in the ESPN stable, a weekly segment with Keyshawn seems imminent. That should be entertaining!

The final straw for me with Tony Kornheiser being in the MNF booth was during the '07 Chargers-Broncos game at Qualcomm when he kept insisting that nobody outside of San Diego knew who LaDainian Tomslinson was. It must have taken an incredible amount of restraint on Jaws' part to keep him from calling TK a blithering idiot on the air.

Good riddance!

He also pulled some lowdown "not me, not me, I didn't say that, THEY said that" crap on Crennel during the Browns game.

Korny is just a lowlife slug.

And that's the best that can be said of him, outside of his annoying voice and stupid hair.

Maynard, you forgot the /sarcasm tag.

Even money says Mike Patrick and Joe Theismann reunite to join Gruden next season, unless Theismann takes Collinsworth's spot on NFL Network.

Blowhard Berman can now slobber all the Genius in person.

At least I can watch NFLN in relative peace with the Genius gone. Just need to get rid of Eisen, Sapp, Sanders and NFLN will be better.

At least until the NFL and Comcast resume their pissing match.