BRISTOL, Conn., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- ESPN Monday Night Football announcer Ron Jaworski has been demoted from the top-rated show's broadcast lineup, the network said Wednesday.
Jaworski, a former Super Bowl quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles, had teamed with former Tampa Bay Buccaneers Coach John Gruden and play-by-play man Mike Tirico in the Monday Night Football booth since 2007.
But Norby Williamson, ESPN's executive vice president for programming, told The New York Times Jaworski would instead concentrate on analyst slots in other ESPN football programming such as the Sunday and Monday night "NFL Countdown" shows.
"Jaws served us well," Williamson told the newspaper. "But when we looked at everything we have, it became apparent that expanding his role on the other stuff to let him focus on all the teams, not just one game, was a better use of him."
Gruden had overshadowed Jaworski on the Monday night games, emerging as its new focus while the ex-quarterback took on a supporting role, the Times reported.
"Jaws has taught me so much about broadcasting and nobody works harder," Gruden said in a statement issued by ESPN.
