Alright, Emerald City, listen up, because while the NFL broadcasting world is buzzing, most of us 12s are still trying to scrub the taste of a brutal 17-7 final score against the Dallas Cowboys out of our mouths. Today, Front Office Sports dropped the news on August 17 that longtime Arizona Cardinals radio announcer Dave Pasch is expected to team up with former Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner to call NFL Network games this season. Big news for them, maybe, but for us, that announcement just highlights what we’re really focused on right now.
Shaking Up the Booth, But Not Our Feelings
Pasch, a voice many of us have heard for years, stepped away from his Cardinals radio role in June after a whopping 24 seasons. He’s making the jump for a bigger, exclusive gig at ESPN, which, by the way, recently acquired NFL Network. Pasch himself summed it up in a text to The Republic back in June, saying, “I’ll miss doing the Cardinals’ games, but it’s an incredible opportunity to work exclusively with ESPN, and it’s an expanded role.” Good for him, right? He’s previously called NBA and college football games for ESPN, so he’s got the chops.
Pairing him with Kurt Warner, a former Cardinals quarterback who’s already been an analyst for NFL Network and Westwood One Radio NFL games, is definitely a big shake-up. The report also mentioned Bob Wischusen and Louis Riddick are expected to call games for NFL Network, too. It’s a new era for how we might be watching some of our league-wide action, but honestly, it is hard to get too hyped about it when our own team’s performance is still fresh in the memory.
More Games, More Questions for the Hawks
This season, NFL Network is slated to air five international games and a doubleheader during NFL Week 16. That’s a lot of football for these new teams to call, and more chances for us to tune in. But you know what’s still top of mind? That 17-7 loss to the Cowboys. Early in the season, a result like that makes you wonder where we stand. Coach Mike Macdonald and the squad, with Sam Darnold under center, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Rashid Shaheed, and Cooper Kupp out wide, have to be looking at that tape hard. A game where we only put up seven points? That just isn’t going to cut it.
So, while Pasch and Warner get ready to hit the airwaves and bring us the rest of the league, our focus is squarely on our boys in green and blue. We need to see a bounce back, and fast. The season just started, but dropping one 17-7 like that leaves you with more questions than answers. Let’s go, Hawks! We need to see that fire next time out!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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