Hall-Of-Fame quarterback Kurt Warner has been the lead analyst in the Monday Night Football radio booth for Westwood One since 2018, taking over the role that was held by Boomer Esiason for 18 years. It has become a challenge for Warner, but a challenge that he has embraced.
This week, Warner was a guest on the GameTime with Boomer Esiason podcast and he mentioned that he has loved doing the radio broadcasts because it’s the closest thing for him to playing the game again:
“I love the radio. I was fortunate you moved on so I can step into that role because it is something I really, really love,” said Warner to Esiason.
“When you play the game, you have to make decisions in 4-5 seconds. There’s nothing that’s going to capture that. I feel calling games is kind of the closest thing. You’ve got to see what transpires, you get 30 seconds or so to kind of share your impression of what you are seeing, kind of share your knowledge.”
On Sundays, you can watch Warner on NFL Gameday Morning with Rich Eisen, Steve Mariucci, and Michael Irvin on NFL Network. While he says he enjoys being a part of those shows, calling games on the radio is the biggest challenge for him among all his other endeavors.
“I really, really enjoy the radio because it’s a clean canvas. People aren’t watching at home. They can’t create their own idea of what’s going on, so that is all in our hands when we are doing the radio. I love what I do on the NFL Network…but I really, really enjoy calling games because I think it’s the closest thing to having to react and process in the moment and then be able to positively explain something in a short period of time. I just think it’s the biggest challenge I have in all the things that I do.”
