The Washington Commanders defeated the Chicago Bears 12-7 on Amazon Prime’s Thursday Night Football. It was an ugly game, which seems to be the trend for Thursday night games.
However, the most significant aspect of Washington’s game Thursday was when legendary broadcaster Al Michaels spoke about owner Daniel Snyder’s ongoing problems and said the following.
“Just my feeling, I think what the league would love is for Snyder to sell the team,” Michaels said.
This was big. For Michaels to even discuss Snyder’s multiple investigations during the Amazon broadcast is monumental. But for him to say he thinks the league would love for Snyder to sell is a big deal.
Al Michaels saying on a national game broadcast that he thinks the league wants Dan Snyder to sell the Commanders is worth paying attention to.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) October 14, 2022
Michaels has been calling NFL games for decades and has always been the top play-by-play guy for every network he has worked for. He is an NFL guy. While no one is suggesting that Roger Goodell instructed Michaels to say that, it is certainly noteworthy that Michaels would discuss that so openly.
Michaels’ comments made him an instant hero to Washington fans.
Here is the full video.
Al Michaels discusses the ongoing issues with Dan Snyder, saying "Just my feeling, I think what the league would love is for Snyder to sell the team. Not have to go to a vote but just sell the team. Because it's become a major problem around the league, obviously." pic.twitter.com/sBA5WrGChI
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 14, 2022
While no one currently expects anything to happen regarding Snyder at next week’s owner’s meetings, it has certainly become more interesting since Thursday morning’s ESPN report.
