newyorker: Jaworski Leaves the Booth If you weren’t paying full attention to “Monday Night Football,” it was possible to lose track of whether Gruden or Jaworski was speaking—the difference between them was, like the difference between a Cover Two defense and a Tampa Two defense, subtle. But over the years, they fell into regular roles: Gruden was the excitable one, forever falling in and out of love with players and teams, while Jaworski cultivated a slightly more ironic perspective—he always seemed aware that he was watching a game, not playing one. This past season, when the battered Kansas City Chiefs arrived in New England to play the dominant Patriots, Jaworski entertained the far-fetched possibility that the Chiefs might somehow win (“I’m excited about Tyler Palko”), while Gruden was unable to hide his low expectations for the game (“I think the Kansas City Chiefs are in real trouble tonight”). - Kelefa Sanneh, who profiled Jon Gruden for the magazine in December, on Ron Jaworski’s exit from the “Monday Night Football” booth: http://nyr.kr/zEbMXo Oh my God. This is so well-written—and scary… It reveals to me that it’s been years since I watched Monday Night Football. How did I become this person who doesn’t watch Monday Night Football?

newyorker:

Jaworski Leaves the Booth

If you weren’t paying full attention to “Monday Night Football,” it was possible to lose track of whether Gruden or Jaworski was speaking—the difference between them was, like the difference between a Cover Two defense and a Tampa Two defense, subtle. But over the years, they fell into regular roles: Gruden was the excitable one, forever falling in and out of love with players and teams, while Jaworski cultivated a slightly more ironic perspective—he always seemed aware that he was watching a game, not playing one. This past season, when the battered Kansas City Chiefs arrived in New England to play the dominant Patriots, Jaworski entertained the far-fetched possibility that the Chiefs might somehow win (“I’m excited about Tyler Palko”), while Gruden was unable to hide his low expectations for the game (“I think the Kansas City Chiefs are in real trouble tonight”).

- Kelefa Sanneh, who profiled Jon Gruden for the magazine in December, on Ron Jaworski’s exit from the “Monday Night Football” booth: http://nyr.kr/zEbMXo

Oh my God. This is so well-written—and scary… It reveals to me that it’s been years since I watched Monday Night Football. How did I become this person who doesn’t watch Monday Night Football?