Cris Collinsworth spent years perfecting his iconic slide when he would join former broadcast partner Al Michaels on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
Well, this season with Mike Tirico in Michaels’s spot, fans have noticed that Collinsworth has yet to do the now-famous slide. The NBC analyst went on the Up & Adams Show this week and finally spoke about what happened to his slide.
“Mike Tirico doesn’t do the opening monologue, so what am I going to do?” Collinsworth said. “It’s like, I’m sitting there, I could lean out, but it’d be stupid.