The NFL on ESPN is a weekly radio program dedicated to the National Football League (NFL) every Sunday from 1 pm ET to 8 pm ET on ESPN Radio. The current hosts of the show are Adnan Virk and Freddie Coleman. Analysts include former defensive back Eric Allen, former defensive end Marcellus Wiley, and former quarterback Tim Hasselbeck. The program originates from ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut and is sponsored by Progressive. This program does not originate any play-by-play coverage.
Coleman, Allen, and Wiley bring listeners the up-to-the-minute action during the NFL Sunday afternoon games. The program also brings the latest scores every ten minutes with Marc Kestasher on either the Scoreboard Update or ESPN Radio SportsCenter. After the games, they are also joined by some of the biggest players of the day to talk about the their respective game, and get ready for Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football with guests like John Clayton, Chris Mortensen and Qadry Ismail.
Former hosts of the program have included Mike Tirico (1993–96), Trey Wingo (2001–03), Erik Kuselias (2004–05), John Seibel (2006–07), and Ryen Russillo (2008-09).
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