Why Mike Tirico is calling 'Sunday Night Football' instead of Al Michaels in Week 6

< img src=" https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/93/90/mike-tirico-al-michaels-101521_8jv2gwmz30ye1fky7xmk0jhw9.jpg?t=-1981962068&w=500&quality=80 "/ > For the first time in the 2021 season, NBC play-by-play commentator Al Michaels will certainly not be calling the 'Sunday Evening Football' game between the Steelers and the Seahawks in Week 6.

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_ Web/Articles/In-Article _ Banner" id=" ad-inArticleBanner1" > Fellow NBC broadcaster, Mike Tirico, will take over for Michaels as well as sign up with Cris Collinsworth in the booth. Tirico filled in for Michaels a couple of times in the 2020 period, and he presently organizes' Football Night in America' throughout halftime on Sunday nights.< p class =" pop-out-eplayer-container pop-out-eplayer-container-- preserve-size" > Around the Dial: NBC Sports will have Mike

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Sunday night in between the Seahawks/Steelers. Al Michaels is taking a bye week.-- Rudy Martzke( @FakeRudyMartzke). Beginning in 2016, NBC started giving Michaels pause for a few video games. This season is Michaels' last season on his NBC contract, and also the practically 77-year-old broadcaster will most likely be tipping far from NBC after the Super Dish in February. MORE:< p class=" advertisement ad-top-mpu alt-font gpt-target "data-role= "ad" data-label=" Ad" data-settings= "Articles" data-slot-id ="/ 22299846845/SportingNews/SportingNews _ Web/Articles/Top _ MPU" id =" ad-mobileTopMpu1" > Why is Mike Tirico calling' Sunday Night Football'? As Michaels has gotten older, NBC sometimes offers him weeks off throughout the period. When Tirico signed up with NBC in 2016, he began completing

for Michaels whenever he had weeks off. This week is one of Michaels

'weeks off, to ensure that is why Tirico will certainly be stepping in. Tirico is expected to fill in a pair much more times this season, but those games are to be established. Cris Collinsworth with his well known slide will certainly be joining Tirico in the booth, as well as Michele Tafoya will certainly still be the sideline reporter for Sunday night's video game. They did the slide to Cris Collinsworth

WE ARE SO BACK!!!-- frenchtoastsports( @FrenchTSports). MORE: Where will Al Michaels be in 2022? Considering That Michaels' NBC agreement is up adhering to the 2021 NFL period, it is feasible that his last video game he asks for NBC will be Super Bowl LVI in February. NBC and Michaels have yet to verify this.

Yet, this might not be the last we see of Michaels in the booth. Starting in the 2022 period, Amazon will certainly be the residence for 'Thursday Evening Football' games. It was reported in Sept. 2021 that Michaels could possibly be signing a handle Amazon.com to function play-by-play for the Thursday games., Amazon.com is 90 percent sure they will certainly hire Michaels in this role.

Al Michaels is anticipated to wind up on Amazon.com Prime Video Clip for its Thursday Evening plan, per.

Michaels, Joe Dollar, & & Ian Eagle have actually been named as play-by-play prospects for Amazon.com's TNF program beginning in 2022.

Mike Tirico is set to change Michaels on SNF next year.

-- Front Workplace Sports (@FOS).

< span class=" content-element __ script lazyload" data-script =" https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" > The deal in between Amazon.com as well as Michaels is not official.

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That would certainly change Al Michaels on NBC?

Due to the fact that Tirico has been filling in for Michaels, it is anticipated for Tirico to tackle Michaels' function full time whenever Michaels leaves NBC. Cris Collinsworth will continue to be the color expert on staff for Sunday evenings along with Tirico.