And then there were two.
On Thursday afternoon, the Dallas Cowboys made a surprising announcement that Jason Witten was returning to the team to play tight end for the 2019 season, meaning ESPN's Monday Night Football booth is down to Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland. Technically, the booth is down to one since McFarland does the games from a crane, but let's not get sidetracked.
What will ESPN do now is the question of the day. Here is their offical PR statement:
My guess is that the network will put the crane into retirement, get McFarland in the booth and go with a two-man crew.