With Cris Collinsworth and Al Michaels officially split up as a NFL broadcasting duo, football fans have been in open mourning over the loss of the “Collinsworth slide”.
If you haven’t heard, the 2022 NFL season has brought new broadcasting crews into the mix with Amazon taking over Thursday Night Football duties. Collinsworth still remains with NBC while Michaels has moved to Amazon alongside Kirk Herbstreit to be the voice of the NFL’s Thursday night schedule.
During the first Thursday Night Football game of the football calendar, NFL fans got their first look at Michaels without Collinsworth by his side. Safe to say, it was a weird sight.
Al Michaels intros the very first #TNFonPrime broadcast. pic.twitter.com/rDJ8bmHvC5
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 16, 2022
Michaels looks so lonely! The unusual sight and sad lack of a “Collinsworth slide” had many NFL fans devastated beyond belief.
NFL fans were sad there was no "Collinsworth slide" to accompany Al Michaels on Thursday Night Football
When you turn for the Collinsworth slide but there's no one there pic.twitter.com/CHXBY0qRIl
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) September 16, 2022
Waiting for Collinsworth to slide in 😢 pic.twitter.com/8i1D1Oj4gk
— SGG Media (@SGG_hq) September 16, 2022
watching al michaels’ opening hit without a collinsworth slide pic.twitter.com/NrKOFUoKso
— brianna pirre (@bsp_13) September 16, 2022
Seeing Al Michaels welcoming us without the Cris Collinsworth slide just doesn't feel right
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) September 16, 2022
Man…with that Al Michaels intro…
I was waiting for Kirk to do the Collinsworth slide and bite.
It never happened.
— Jeremy Rauch (@FOX19Jeremy) September 16, 2022
Al Michaels with no Collinsworth slide is literally the worst thing ever #TNFonPrime
— matt (@MattTalkToEm) September 16, 2022
Wistful not to see the Collinsworth Slide during Al’s intro
— Chris Suellentrop (@suellentrop) September 16, 2022
I was waiting on that Herbie slide in like Collinsworth lol https://t.co/KQmAzS2yHZ
— Reggie Wilson (@ReggieWilsonTV) September 16, 2022
I already miss the Chris Collinsworth slide
— GRITTY (@SEPPUKAMIKAZE) September 16, 2022
