Hey everybody, this is Richard Deich and welcome to the sports media podcast.

My producer is always as Lou Pellegrino.

It is Media Roundtable Week, and we have the two regulars or most regulars of this roundtable.

That would be John O'Rand, the Fine Sports Media Reporter for Sports Business Daily and Journal.

And Chad Finn, the fine sports media reporter for the Boston Globe.

But Chad isn't just a sports media reporter.

You can also catch him writing about the Patriots and other stuff.

John and Chad, welcome back to the sports media podcast.

Oh, it's good to be here, Richard.

Yeah, thanks, Rich.

Yeah, I would say, by the way, that was for me, honestly, that was a C-Midas intro.

I've done a lot better, and I apologize.

You need to get the energy up, man.

Yeah, I know.

I'll try to, I'll get excited right now.

You know what I'm excited about, John?

That would be Chad Finn's Monday Night Football column. My God, did he steamroll Jason Witten in that piece? And I think Monday Night Football executives to a point. So, Chad, I want to start with this. And there's been a lot of discussion about Monday Night Football's booth. We have discussed it on this podcast many times. But for the listeners out there, just sort of restate your thesis and what you wrote this week,

because certainly in sports media circles, it got some attention.

Yeah, I mean, I think all of us have heard the loud feedback on Monday Night Football

in this first year booth that they have with Joe Tessator, Witten, and Boogne McFarland.

And I don't know what percentage of it's been positive for you guys, but I put it at about 2%

for me in terms of people liking this booth.

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