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- Kirk Herbstreit has landed a new gig as lead NFL analyst for Thursday Night Football.
- Herbstreit is still expected to carry his normal workload with college football as well.
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Kirk Herbstreit is going to be a very busy man during the 2022 football season. The football analyst already had a full plate as things stood, but he’s added another role for the 2022 season. His new endeavor involves the NFL and not college football.
According to Peter King, Amazon is set to finalize a deal with Herbstreit to be the main analyst for Thursday Night Football.
College football fans have nothing to worry about, however, Herbstreit is still expected to remain on with College GameDay and call college football games with ESPN and ABC throughout the upcoming season as well.
Amazon is expected to finalize a deal with ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit to be the main analyst for Thursday Night Football, per @peter_king. Amazon had interest in Troy Aikman but he went to MNF. They land on Herbstreit, who will likely continue his ESPN/ABC duties as well.
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) March 7, 2022
Amazon’s first choice may have been Troy Aikman for the role, but landing Herbstreit certainly isn’t a bad move. Herbstreit is without question one of the most-liked football analysts out there, and it’ll be interesting to see how he handles the No. 1 spot for Thursday Night Football next season.
Now Amazon will be looking to add a big name for play-by-play man to sit alongside Herbstreit on Thursday nights.
As per usual, the football world has mixed reviews about Herbstreit jumping on board with Amazon:
https://twitter.com/LukeDiamondShow/status/1500843444205498368?s=20&t=oiyG5th7e41VQJclDHwYhA
If Kirk leaves college football I will cause RIOTS https://t.co/lP1eBguXIz
— not kyle (@surelynotkyle) March 7, 2022
Loved him calling playoff game last year. Good move https://t.co/17QtAZ8Z6x
— Joe (@JoeC2424) March 7, 2022
https://twitter.com/HorseshoeMenace/status/1500838220732399617?s=20&t=oiyG5th7e41VQJclDHwYhA
More Kirk Herbstreit is a good thing. https://t.co/VSf3BhOjk0
— Griff Bordignon (@MrGriffB) March 7, 2022
They’re really trying to get folks to watch football games with the volume on mute https://t.co/whBpAYwpEQ
— Koffee BlacK (@KonartistNupe) March 7, 2022
Fantastic hire. Kirk is the man! https://t.co/BTlEeetU7a
— Tyler Mangel (@tmangel13) March 7, 2022