N.F.” failed to cut swiftly to footage of the Green Bay Packers’ coach, Matt LaFleur, calling a timeout, and Tirico and Collinsworth were momentarily baffled by the play stoppage.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/magazine/sunday-night-football.html

That changed later in the season as the Steelers and Ravens were on Sunday Night Football after a flex into the time slot for Mike Tirico and Chris Collinsworth, but it’s lost some of its luster in recent seasons.

Source: https://steelersdepot.com/2023/05/patrick-peterson-looking-forward-to-being-part-of-steelers-ravens-rivalry-you-gotta-love-this/

Their top “Sunday Night Football” team of Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth will call one game of the doubleheader, and many assumed Michaels would be the play-by-play announcer for the other.

Source: https://larrybrownsports.com/football/nbc-catches-al-michaels-off-guard-playoff/625495

Tirico then made sure fans sent their complaints to Collinsworth.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-sports/ex-nfl-star-cris-collinsworth-raises-eyebrows-with-odd-fat-remark-while-talking-backup-qbs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ex-nfl-star-cris-collinsworth-raises-eyebrows-with-odd-fat-remark-while-talking-backup-q