Announcers: NFL Week 15 (12/17/2023) (DAL-BUF: Burkhardt/Olsen/Andrews/Rinaldi) (maps on Wed. AM)

[chongli]

[Note 1: Doubleheader this week is FOX.]

[Note 2: There *is* a MNF ManningCast this week.]

[Note 3: Remember: the TNF game is free and legal to all on Twitch--no Amazon Prime account needed.]

[Note 4: Remember: all remaining MNF games this season are also simulcasted on ABC.]

[Note 5: There are no regular season more byes left this year.]

[Note 6: Don't forget there are three Saturday NFL Network games, all produced by CBS Sports.]

 

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https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-week-15-announcer-assignments-revealed/

NFL Week 15, 2023 - December 17, 2023

 

NATIONAL BROADCASTS:

 

TNF - Amazon Prime Video/Twitch (free)

Thursday, December 14 - 8:15 PM ET:

Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas

Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit, Kaylee Hartung

[simulcasts on local free TV in Los Angeles and Las Vegas]

 

Saturday Games - NFL Network

[games produced by CBS Sports]:

 

Saturday, December 16 - 1 PM ET:

Minnesota at Cincinnati 

Chris Rose, Jason McCourty, Steve Wyche

[simulcasts: WCCO (CBS/4) Minneapolis and WCPO (ABC/9) Cincinnati]

 

 

Saturday, December 16 - 4:30 PM ET:

Pittsburgh at Indianapolis

Rich Eisen, Kurt Warner, Jamie Erdahl

[Eisen and Warner confirmed by GameDay Morning on 12/3; Erdahl confirmed by Jamie Erdahl 12/5 on Good Morning Football]

[simulcasts: KDKA (CBS/2) Pittsburgh and WTTV (CBS/4) Indianapolis]

 

Saturday, December 16 - 8:15 PM ET:

Denver at Detroit

Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins [this is CBS's B-team]

[Harland and Green confirmed by Kevin Harlan on Westwood One radio 12/4]

[simulcasts: KMGH (ABC/7) Denver and WJBK (FOX/2) Detroit]

 

SNF - NBC

Sunday, December 17 - 8:20 PM ET:

Baltimore at Jacksonville

Mike Tirico, Chris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark

 

MNF - ABC/ESPN/ESPN2

Monday, December 18 - 8:15 PM ET:

Philadelphia at Seattle [Kansas City at New England was flexed out]

(A) Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters

[ManningCast on ESPN2: Peyton Manning, Eli Manning]

 

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CBS Single

Sunday, December 17 - 1 PM and 4:05 PM ET:

 

New York Jets at Miami

(A) Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson

 

Tampa Bay at Green Bay

(D) Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber, Matt Ryan, AJ Ross

 

Houston at Tennessee

(E) Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta, Aditi Kinkhabwala

 

San Francisco at Arizona (LATE)

(B) Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn

 

Washington at Los Angeles Rams (LATE)

(F) Tom McCarthy, James Lofton, Jay Feeley, Tiffany Blackmon

 

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FOX Early

Sunday, December 17 - 1 PM ET:

 

Kansas City at New England

(B) Joe Davis, Darly Johnston, Pam Oliver

[announced by Joe Davis in game during LAR-BAL on 12/10; also:]

 

 

New York Giants at New Orleans

Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, Shannon Spake

 

Chicago at Cleveland

Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez, Laura Okmin

[announced by Kevin Kugler during MIN-LV game 12/10]

 

Atlanta at Carolina

(C) Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth, Kristina Pink 

 

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FOX Late

Sunday, December 17 - 4:25 PM ET:

 

Dallas at Buffalo

(A) Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi

[announced by Greg Olsen on Mike and the Mad Dog show on sports radio on 12/4]

 

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Byes:

 

none

 

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[Note: for Week 15 in the tweet above, Kansas City at New England was flexed out for Philadelphia at Seattle.]

Edited December 13, 2023 by chongli

[RiotAct]

I would agree that our game should get FOX’s A-team… maybe a 2% chance it’s KC-NE instead.

[Saxum]

7 minutes ago, RiotAct said:

I would agree that our game should get FOX’s A-team… maybe a 2% chance it’s KC-NE instead.

Everybody in country (except Massachusetts) loves seeing NE's ass get kicked. 

[chongli]

13 minutes ago, Ryan Simpsons said:

have you heard anything else about announcers for this game? Seems we haven't ever had Burkhardt/Olsen. technically since its game of the week, we should have the #1 crew? 

 

Not yet...no one has AFAIK. Maybe they will announce it during the Seattle at San Francisco game, but I am not watching that one. I will post as soon as I know...or maybe others will. We'll know by Tuesday afternoon at the latest.

[RiotAct]

1 hour ago, Ryan Simpsons said:

have you heard anything else about announcers for this game? Seems we haven't ever had Burkhardt/Olsen. technically since its game of the week, we should have the #1 crew? 

that’s not too surprising though, since we’re only on Fox 2 or 3 times a year… plus, haven’t they only been a tandem since the beginning of last season?

[chongli]

38 minutes ago, RiotAct said:

that’s not too surprising though, since we’re only on Fox 2 or 3 times a year… plus, haven’t they only been a tandem since the beginning of last season?

 

1 hour ago, Ryan Simpsons said:

have you heard anything else about announcers for this game? Seems we haven't ever had Burkhardt/Olsen. technically since its game of the week, we should have the #1 crew? 

 

I did some research. Burkhardt and Olsen have only been a tandem since 2021, when they were the B-team for FOX (Buck and Aikman were the A-team). They became the A-team when Buck and Aikman left for ESPN in 2022. Burkhardt and Olsen have never called a Bills game. The last time we had Burkhardt was 2018 pre-season Week 3, Sunday August 26 when we hosted Cincinnati. At the time, the (B-)team was Burkhardt, Charles Davis, and Pam Oliver:

 

https://archive.506sports.com/wiki/2018_NFL_Season

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Olsen_(American_football)

Edited December 9, 2023 by chongli

[chongli]

UPDATE:

 

Joe Davis announced his team is doing Kansas City at New England next Sunday during today's (12/10) game (LAR-BAL).

 

EDIT: also:

 

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by chongli

[chongli]

UPDATE 2:

 

Chris Rose, Jason McCourty, Steve Wyche are on call for Saturday' early NFL Network game Minnesota at Cincinnati:

 

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by chongli

[chongli]

UPDATE 3:

 

Chicago at Cleveland gets Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez, and Laura Okmin

[announced by Kevin Kugler during the MIN-LV game 12/10]

 

 

[chongli]

UPDATE 4:

 

In no surprise to anyone, Dallas at Buffalo gets the FOX A-team of Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Erin Andrews, and Tom Rinaldi

 

[announced by Greg Olsen on Mike and the Mad Dog show on sports radio on 12/4]

[chongli]

UPDATE 5:

 

All announcers have been finalized:

 

https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-week-15-announcer-assignments-revealed/

 

NFL Network Saturday:

Denver at Detroit

Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins

 

FOX Early:

 

New York Giants at New Orleans

Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, Shannon Spake

 

Atlanta at Carolina

(C) Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth, Kristina Pink 

Edited December 12, 2023 by chongli