The Washington Commanders announced not only the pending sale of the team but a new broadcast team for the Commanders’ preseason games in 2023.
The new team will consist of Chick Hernandez, Brian Mitchell and Logan Paulsen. Hernandez will carry the play-by-play announcer duties with Mitchell and Paulsen providing analysis.
🚨 NEW PRESEASON TV CREW 🚨
🗣️ @MrChickSports
🗣️ @BMitchliveNBCS
🗣️ Logan Paulsen @nbcwashington | #HTTC pic.twitter.com/EodzSOo2kX— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) May 11, 2023
Hernandez has done play-by-play in the past during the preseason. He was once teamed with Joe Theismann as the analyst and former Washington running back Clinton Portis was on the sidelines.
No doubt, many Commanders fans will be glad to have Hernandez back in the fold. He is a local native; he is a diehard, and he exhibits passion and pleasure regarding the team. Perhaps most importantly, he has demonstrated his enthusiasm for the team for decades.
“I know Chick will be good at this and he and Brian Mitchell have a really good rapport, having worked together for years. Brian is now available with the NBCSW deal going away. Logan will be basically a second analyst from the sideline vs. just a reporter. He’s just too smart,” Julie Donaldson, Commanders senior vice president of media and content, told Commanders Wire.
It is my hope that both Paulsen and Mitchell will be able to continue to be objective and possess the freedom to not only praise the team when it is due but also offer honest criticism when it is also due. Both are no doubt, quite capable.
Most recently, the preseason broadcasts for the Commanders games were the 2022 trio of Kenny Albert (play-by-play), Rick “Doc” Walker (color commentator) and Paulsen (sideline reporter).
We're excited to announce some additions to our @NBCSWashington preseason broadcast team with @KennyAlbert:@RickDocWalker – Color commentator
Logan Paulsen – Sideline reporter pic.twitter.com/UKWfAunRhE— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) July 28, 2022
