Let’s continue with the Sunday NFL pregame previews. On Sunday, NFL Network begins everything with the earliest live pregame show at 7 a.m. ET with NFL GameDay First with host Melissa Stark and co-host/analyst Sterling Sharpe. They’ll be followed by NFL GameDay Morning as host Rich Eisen hands off to a cast of a thousand analysts. Actually, the cast is six as LaDanian Tomlinson joins the show as he “graduates” from GameDay First to GameDay Morning.
Here’s what both shows will cover on Sunday.
Week 1 Editions of NFL Network’s ‘NFL GameDay First’ & ‘NFL GameDay Morning’
‘NFL GameDay First’ – 7:00 AM ET with Melissa Stark, Sterling Sharpe & Shaun O’Hara
‘NFL GameDay Morning’ – 9:00 AM ET with Rich Eisen, Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner, Warren Sapp, Michael Irvin & Ian Rapoport
‘NFL GameDay Scoreboard’, ‘NFL GameDay Highlights’ & ‘NFL GameDay Final’ Provide Complete Highlights & AnalysisSunday is ‘GameDay’ and every week NFL Network provides 12 hours of live coverage, beginning at 7:00 AM ET with NFL GameDay First. Hosted by Melissa Stark and featuring co-host/analyst Sterling Sharpe and analyst Shaun O’Hara, NFL GameDay First – formerly titled First on the Field – provides the first analysis and news reports from the day’s games.
This week, former All-Pro running back Jamal Lewis joins NFL GameDay First in-studio as a guest analyst.
At 9:00 AM ET, NFL GameDay Morning takes viewers up to kickoff. With three Hall of Famers – more than any other NFL pregame show on television – in Marshall Faulk, Michael Irvin and Warren Sapp, Super Bowl champion Kurt Warner, former NFL head coach Steve Mariucci, and Emmy-nominated host Rich Eisen, NFL GameDay Morning gets you ready for the week’s games with four hours of expert commentary, reports from game sites and sitdown interviews with players and coaches from around the league. Additionally, NFL Media’s national insider Ian Rapoport provides the latest inside information from around the league in-studio.
This week NFL Network analysts LaDainian Tomlinson and NFL Media’s Mike Silver appear in-studio.
‘GameDay’ continues at 4:00 PM ET with NFL GameDay Scoreboard, featuring host Paul Burmeister, analysts Heath Evans and Jamie Dukes, and Jenn Brown providing news updates from the afternoon games. At 7:30 PM ET, Chris Rose hosts NFL GameDay Highlights, along with Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, Tomlinson and Mariucci. At 11:30 PM ET, Rose and analysts Faulk, Sanders and Irvin recap all of the day’s action on NFL GameDay Final with game highlights, player and coach press conferences, post-game interviews and analysis of every game.
This week on NFL GameDay First
Host: Melissa Stark
Co-Host/Analyst: Sterling Sharpe
Analyst: Shaun O’Hara
Guest Analyst: Jamal LewisFeatured this week on NFL GameDay First:
- Talk to 84 – Sterling Sharpe interviews Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green
- Melissa Stark sits down with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
- Live reports from Albert Breer for Patriots-Bills & Kimberley Jones for Buccaneers-Jets
- Will New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan win with a rookie quarterback?
- NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock discusses the Jets’ quarterback situation
- Which head coaches are on the hot seat in Week 1?
- Shaun O’Hara explains what will lead to a victory for the New Orleans Saints over the Atlanta Falcons
- The NFL GameDay First crew hits the golf course to start off the season
- Picks for every game
This week on NFL GameDay Morning
Host: Rich Eisen
Analysts: Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner, Warren Sapp, Michael Irvin, LaDainian Tomlinson
National Insider: Ian Rapoport
NFL Media: Mike SilverFeatured this week on NFL GameDay Morning:
- NFL Network analyst and Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin sits down with Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson
- NFL Network’s Andrea Kremer provides exclusive, behind-the-scenes access as Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Darrelle Revis returns to face the New York Jets
- How do you stop San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, and what is expected from the third-year quarterback in 2013?
- LaDainian Tomlinson discusses what is to come in 2013 for Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson
- What will the return of head coach Sean Payton mean for the New Orleans Saints?
- New segments – Hall of Famers Only & U Know It
- The NFL GameDay Morning crew give their Bold Predictions and picks for all Week 1 games
- Albert Breer reports from Buffalo for Patriots-Bills
- Kim Jones reports from New York for Buccaneers-Jets
- Jeff Darlington reports from New Orleans for Falcons-Saints
- Stacey Dales reports from Chicago for Bengals-Bears
- Aditi Kinkhabwala reports from Pittsburgh for Titans-Steelers
That will do it.
