IRVIN LANDING AT NFL NETWORK, FOR NOW

Michael Hiestand of USA Today recently reported that Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin, who was dropped by ESPN in early 2007, will join NFL Network.

The assignment is temporary, but is likely the television equivalent of dipping a big toe into a small pool.

Irvin will work the league-owned network’s coverage of the 2008 Hall of Fame induction ceremony. 
 
”There’s no better example of true passion for the game . . . than the emotional induction speech given by Michael last year,” NFLN executive producer Eric Weinberger told Hiestand. 

We agree.  And, as we’ve previously observed, the various networks could use more genuine passion for the game in their presentation of it to an impressionable public. 

In Irvin’s case, the challenge will be to keep him from going over the top.  A good start?  Never allow Irvin and Deion Sanders to be in the same city (OK, same state) at the same time.

(profootballtalk.com)