Kirk Herbstreit’s NFL venture for Amazon Prime continues to draw mixed reviews

Kirk Herbstreit is one of the most well-known voices in the world of college football. A longstanding piece of ESPN’s College GameDay show, Herbstreit is also known for traditionally calling the Saturday night prime time game on ABC.

For the 2022 season, Herbstreit is expanding his broadcasting duties and venturing into the realm of the NFL. He signed on as a part of the inaugural Thursday Night Football coverage for Amazon Prime and is calling games alongside Al Michaels.

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Thursday’s game between the Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals is now the third game of the season for both broadcasters working together. While some fans are enjoying Herbstreit in the NFL, others are still having a tough time adjusting to his call and the chemistry with Michaels.

Take a look:

https://twitter.com/MattGallagher0/status/1575656551397720066?s=20&t=ro7LjiOa_uY5ADJFBsdalg

Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit have exactly zero chemistry. Pretty awkward broadcast

— Josh Toussaint (@josh2saint) September 30, 2022

My brain still doesn’t know what to do with Kirk Herbstreit talking NFL

— Sarah Kezele (@SarahKezele) September 30, 2022

Listening to Kirk Herbstreit do NFL games is just kind of awkward. He’ll always be a college guy to me.

— Al Sacco (@AlSacco49) September 30, 2022

I heard Al Michaels call the play by play and was expecting Collinsworth to talk out of instinct but heard Kirk Herbstreit instead…no disrespect to Herbstreit but it’s just not the same💔😢#sadmoment

— Jacob Ashman (@jashman99) September 30, 2022

I can’t be the only one who doesn’t like Kirk Herbstreit announcing NFL football…🤷🏽‍♂️

— Mr. Outside (@InstigatorJules) September 30, 2022

Watching on Amazon prime is a little annoying but Kirk Herbstreit and Al Michaels are the best duo in sports. Adding Herbstreit to an NFL commentary team was a genius move. And Al is legendary already

— Brett (@realbartcashner) September 30, 2022

Kirk Herbstreit really has the best job in America.

— Badge (@tmcfadgen5) September 30, 2022

https://twitter.com/indianahusker1/status/1575656824636080130?s=20&t=ro7LjiOa_uY5ADJFBsdalg

Kirk Herbstreit has never seen one second of an NFL game before this year. You can’t convince me otherwise.

— Brian Drake (@DrakeFantasy) September 30, 2022

Paul Harvey

Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.