This Sunday, Sunday Night Football will be at the New Meadowlands for the 2nd week in a row. This week, it’ll air the Philadelphia Eagles taking on the New York Football Giants. Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya will cover the game. Bob Costas hosts from the stadium and again, we’ll see if Bob leaves the game early to host halftime and the postgame from the 30 Rockefeller Center studios in Manhattan, across the river from New Jersey.
Bob didn’t pull shenanigans last week, but there’s still the opportunity for Sunday. We’ll see if he does it on Sunday or remains on-site.
The NBC Sports press release is below.
THE GIANTS HOST THE EAGLES IN AN NFC EAST SHOWDOWN ON “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL”
COVERAGE BEGINS WITH FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA AT 7 PM ET
NEW YORK – November 16, 2011 – The New York Giants, in first place in the NFC East, host the Philadelphia Eagles, seeking a much-needed win to keep pace in the division, on Sunday Night Football.
Calling Eagles-Giants will be six-time Emmy Award-winner Al Michaels (play-by-play), in his 26th season as the voice of the NFL’s premier primetime package; 12-time Emmy Award-winner Collinsworth, who won the Emmy for outstanding event analyst in both of his seasons in the Sunday Night Football booth; and sideline reporter Michele Tafoya, in her first season on SNF.
Coverage begins Sunday with Football Night in America at 7 p.m. ET with 22-time Emmy Award-winner Bob Costas hosting the program live from inside MetLife Stadium. Costas is joined on site by Michaels and Collinsworth for reaction to the afternoon games.
Dan Patrick co-hosts Football Night from Studio 8G at NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza studios and is joined by Super Bowl-winning head coach Tony Dungy, two-time Super Bowl winner Rodney Harrison, Peter King of Sports Illustrated and Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com. Alex Flanagan will report from Soldier Field in Chicago on the Chargers-Bears game.
PATRICK, DUNGY AND HARRISON ON THE EAGLES:
Harrison: “I’m disappointed in Andy Reid.”
Patrick: “Wait, you’re putting it all on Andy Reid?”
Harrison: “He’s the head coach and you know where the leadership starts.”
Dungy: “It does start with the coach but the players have to play, too. Nnamdi Asomugha can’t line up offsides as a corner. They can’t have false starts. They can’t drop balls. Andy’s not playing out there.”
Harrison: “Yeah, but he has to find a way to inspire or motivate his team. There’s no reason why you have the leading rusher in the National Football League and he’s only rushing the ball 14 times against the Arizona Cardinals.”Patrick: “But doesn’t it go back to Andy Reid. Isn’t he allowing this to happen here? Shouldn’t he be cracking down? It seems like every press conference it’s the same thing.”
Dungy: “He cracked down on (Desean) Jackson and didn’t play him. Part of it is the players have to step up. They’ve got to win games. Andy’s got to coach, but they’ve got to play.”
And we have some news from NFL Network following this post.
