Richardsherman earned a reputation as a vocal performer in his famous NFL career. Now, the former Seattle Seahawks star defender will have a talk with Amazon Prime video’s “Thursday night football” broadcast team.
Sherman will work with Professional Football Hall of fame player tonygonzalez to cover the pre game, half-time and post game, as part of Amazon’s exclusive coverage of NFL football on its main streaming service this fall. The anchor team is composed of scene by scene announcer al Michaels and analyst Kirk herbstreit.
“I am very excited to start this journey with prime video and become a member of the incredible team they are assembling,” Sherman said at a news conference on Tuesday. “This will be a really special start.”
Sherman played in the NFL for 11 seasons. He was selected by the Seahawks in the 2011 NFL fifth round draft. In 2013, he led the NFL interception game and helped Seattle win the first super bowl of the season. Sherman spent seven seasons in Seattle before joining the San Francisco 49ers and ended his career with the Tampa Bay pirates.
Jaredstacy, global live sports production director of prime video, said: “few people are better able to understand modern NFL than Richard.”. “Fans will like to see his great personality and outstanding football mind in prime time videos every Thursday night.”
“Thursday night football match” will be broadcast on September 15, and prime video will become the first streaming media service to broadcast an exclusive national radio program package for a season with the NFL. The 11 year contract includes 15 regular season games and one preseason game per year. The game will also be broadcast live on twitter, and will be broadcast on the wireless TV stations of the two home markets of the team.
