On this episode, McDonough discusses how he landed the Monday Night Football job; his frustrations with not being the lead announcer on a signature package; how Mike Tirico advocated for him internally; his chemistry with analyst Jon Gruden and how he plans to further it; how he prepares for a broadcast; how his father, Will McDonough, a former writer for the Boston Globe who moved to television and pioneered the role of an NFL insider on TV, influenced McDonough and his siblings (all of his siblings work in sports in some way), his relationships with Chris Spielman, Bill Raftery and Jay Bilas; replacing Jack Buck as the lead MLB play-by-play voice on CBS back in the 90s and more.

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