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ESPN Monday Night Football Conference Call Transcript Sean Mcdonough, Jon Gruden, Lisa Salters and Producer Jay Rothman Discuss 2016 MNF Season To share: http://es.pn/2bTTpnI August 30, 2016 ESPN Monday Night Football Conference Call Transcript Sean McDonough, Jon Gruden, Lisa Salters and Producer Jay Rothman Discuss 2016 MNF Season ESPN conducted a media conference call on Tuesday with Monday Night Football producer Jay Rothman and commentators Sean McDonough, Jon Gruden and Lisa Salters to discuss the 2016 NFL season. ESPN kicks off the 47th year of MNF on September 12 with a doubleheader: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Washington Redskins (6:55 p.m. ET) and Los Angeles Rams vs. San Francisco 49ers (10:15 p.m.). Full audio replay; MNF TV schedule and photos). Transcript: Rothman: Good morning, everybody. Our team is very fired up to start this NFL season, and obviously it's a new Monday Night Football for us. As everyone knows, we lost Mike Tirico, our longtime colleague, brother and tremendous talent, and we all wish Mike the best in his future with NBC. At the same time, we gained another longtime colleague, a longtime brother and a tremendous talent in Sean McDonough. We're very excited to have Sean with us. As many of you know, and those of you who don't know, Sean is a pro. He's a great voice, a great call, smart, quick, a great sense of humor, probably even more of a – one who busts chops more so than Coach Gruden himself. We're all aware of Sean's history, how far back his association with the NFL goes through his great dad, Will, his brother who works for the Arizona Cardinals. He has a huge passion for the NFL and for Monday Night Football and great respect for Monday Night Football, and we are very fired up to have Sean with us. Jon, as you all know, has established himself as a premier analyst in sports television. And just as he was as a Super Bowl-winning head coach, the things that got him that Super Bowl trophy are what makes him great at this job. He's smart, creative, a great innovator. His work ethic is second to none, just as it was as an NFL coach. He brings the same work ethic to Monday Night Football and coaches all of us up. As you all know, too, he can bust chops with the best of them and loves to laugh. Lisa, who is on the sidelines with us again, a consummate pro, a journalist, great sensibility, and does a great job keeping us all in check. We're very excited about our new team. The camaraderie is there. We've gotten to spend some great time together in the off-season and in the preseason. And as we all know, too, chemistry takes time, and where Mike and Jon got after seven years together in the booth, you know, hopefully it will not take that long with Sean and Jon, but we expect great things for the two of them, and, more importantly, a great listen for fans. And I take great comfort with our respect and fondness for each other that we've had in the last several months and obviously take great comfort in the continuity we have in the truck. I am fortunate to partner with my director, Chip Dean. This will be our 26th season together, and we're just as excited as ever to get going. Our schedule brings us some great games, some we're very excited about. Excited to be kicking off in Washington. Excited in our Week 3 game to celebrate the game we had 10 years ago with the re-opening of the Superdome in New Orleans. And probably on a personal note for me, I'm very excited about our game in Mexico City. I've taken a couple of trips there over the summer to see the facility, meet the people. It's going to be a very, very special evening in Mexico City. It will be a great spectacle. World Cup meets the NFL. It will be a very unique scene and a unique weekend for us to showcase that game. So we're excited and fired up to get going. McDonough: I am very humbled and honored to be joining this iconic sports television franchise. It's been repeated to me many times that I'm just the fifth play-by-play person in the history of Monday Night Football, and I still have a hard time wrapping my mind around that particularly when the four who have done this before are Keith Jackson, Frank Gifford, Al Michaels, and Mike Tirico, all of whom are Hall of Fame broadcasters or will be. I can only echo what Jay said about our group. We've had a great opportunity to spend time together in the off-season and in the preseason. I've known Jay and Chip for a long time, probably almost 30 years, and I'm well aware of their work. I've known Jon a little bit and Lisa and admired them mostly from afar. But I would echo what Jay said. Having spent a lot of time with them this summer, it's going to be even more fun than I thought. And I knew from talking to Mike that it was going to be a tremendous amount of fun. They're both great people, fun to be around, great teammates, working incredibly hard at their job. I'm excited to get going. It seems like it's been taking forever for September 12 to get here, at least for me, but it's right around the corner now, and I'm more than fired up about it. Gruden: Good morning, everyone. Just very excited about the upcoming season and the team that we have. Looking forward to working with Sean. I think he's not only a great guy, but he's got a great voice. I can imitate that voice. I've been working on that carefully in the backyard. But looking forward to the season. I love football and look forward to seeing you guys in all of our travels. Salters: Hey, everybody. This will be my fifth year on the sidelines for Monday Night Football, and I couldn't be more comfortable with the great crew that I'm honored to work with and with the teams and the game itself. So I'm really looking forward to just even taking it to another level up with my work and just trying to get better. Jon continues to be a great teacher. Jay and Chip continue to be great leaders. And like Sean said, even though we've never worked together before, his reputation certainly speaks for itself. He's been a great play-by-play man, so I'm looking forward to that aspect of the season as well. So, you know, I know it's probably hard to understand, but it just keeps getting better at Monday Night Football, and I'm looking forward to the season. Q. Jon, you spent some time with Kirk Cousins this off-season. I'm curious what differences you saw from him and what are your expectations for him this season and why. Gruden: He's experienced now. He went through one full season as a starter. I think he took the bull by the horns in the off-season. He took the reins of this offense and really established himself as a leader on this football team. He's got more input, more hands-on experience, a better understanding of what he likes. I think his communication with Jay Gruden, Sean McVay and the offensive staff is going to get better. And if they continue to improve around him, I think he'll be a quarterback that continues to stay on the rise. Q. Jon, at this time last year, I think you were optimistic about the Dolphins, as were a lot of people. Do you still feel that optimism, or might it be another 6-10 type team? Gruden: Yeah, I wasn't good last year in the Dolphin prognostication charts. I'm going to play it by what I see this year. They've got a lot of new faces not only in the coaching staff but their offensive and defensive systems. But a lot of new personnel they're counting on heavily. I'm most concerned about the Dolphins secondary. I want to see how they play at the corner position and how Mario Williams and Ndamukong Suh play in that Miami heat. Can they get a fourth quarter pass rush, can the corners hold up for 16 weeks, and can Tannehill do it consistently in a new offense? I hate to give you one more, but I haven't seen enough from the offensive line this summer. I was expecting more. I want to see that group pick it up as well. Q. Jon, I know you spent some time with Dak Prescott. How did you have him rated before the draft, and what should the Cowboys expect from him as the season moves on? Gruden: Well, we spent a lot of time with Dak before the Senior Bowl, and obviously we did a quarterback camp show with him on ESPN. He was the one real dual-threat in this year's draft. And what I loved about Prescott is he got progressively better throughout his career at Mississippi State. He improved as a passer dramatically from year two to three, three to four. I really like the fact that he finished. He's not one of these guys that came out two years early.
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