News: ESPN will begin a new yet to be named show about the NFL and college football on Mondays that will feature Booger McFarland and Herman Edwards as analysts with Michael Eaves the host, The Post has learned.
Booger Mobile: McFarland has been a survivor after his post-“Monday Night Football” run. After being removed from game coverage, he landed on “Monday Night Countdown,” before moving to Saturday ABC college football studio work and the ESPN+ NFL PrimeTime show with Chris Berman. Now, after being in some danger during the latest round of ESPN layoffs and being moved from “Countdown,” he is maintaining his presence with this new program. It is a testament to McFarland’s personality.
When he was on MNF for two years, beginning in 2018, he got totally mismanaged. Though ESPN’s lead producer at the time compared him to Charles Barkley, McFarland probably outkicked his coverage in getting the role with his lack of game experience. Then, he got put on a crane on the sideline while working with a booth (Joe Tessitore and Jason Witten) that had never called the NFL. After Witten fled the booth for a return to the field, McFarland and Tessitore were on borrowed time.
Replacement: The new show moves into the “NFL Rewind” spot, which had been in that slot the previous year.
