Monday Night Football Broadcast: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman Join ESPN On Mega-Contracts

The “Monday Night Football” broadcast will look different again next season, but the change seems to be permanent this time. Joe Buck and Troy Aikman have officially left Fox for ESPN, inking multi-year deals with the all-sports network.

ESPN announced Wednesday that Buck and Aikman are the new voices of “Monday Night Football.” Aikman’s contract with ESPN is worth $90 million over five years, the New York Post’s Andrew Marchand reports. Buck’s deal is reportedly $75 million for five years.

The duo have spent the last 20 years broadcasting NFL games for Fox. Buck had also been Fox’s lead MLB announcer for more than two decades.

Aikman’s deal puts him in the neighborhood of the NFL’s highest-paid analyst. Tony Romo reportedly has a 10-year contract worth around $175 million with CBS.

Fox allowed Buck to leave the network with one year and $10 million left on his contract, according to The Post.

Buck and Aikman will replace the “Monday Night Football” booth of Steve Levy, Louis Riddick and Brian Griese. The trio had been in the booth together for the last two seasons.

ESPN hasn’t kept the same “Monday Night Football” broadcast team for more than two years in a row since Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden ended their run as a team in 2015. Play-by-play announcer Sean McDonough accompanied Gruden in the booth for 2016 and 2017.

When Gruden left to coach the Raiders in 2018, ESPN made Joe Tessitore, Jason Witten and Booger McFarland the new broadcast team. Witten resumed his playing career in 2019, leaving Tessitore and McFarland in the booth together for one final season.

ESPN’s alternative “Monday Night Football” broadcast received rave reviews in 2021. The Manningcast, hosted by Peyton Manning and Eli Manning, was available for 10 games last season and will continue through 2024.