“I Don’t Want”: Legendary ESPN Anchor Rejects Idea of Pat McAfee Replacing Troy Aikman Amid Contract Feud

Who would have thought that Pat McAfee’s fun, casual nature would make him a bad choice for replacing Troy Aikman? “I don’t want McAfee in there in the booth on Monday Night Football,” Dan Patrick, a veteran ESPN broadcaster and host of The Dan Patrick Show, said. “I think he’s too big of a personality from the standpoint of, you know, kind of a fire starter. Like I want somebody who’s going to draw attention there, but I think Peyton and Eli would keep it to football and Pat might make it about other things.