The NFL reportedly nixed the idea of having Mike Tirico calls NBC's Thursday Night games in favor of Al Michaels.

Tirico has been the play-by-play voice of Monday Night Football for several years before moving to NBC.

“They (Michaels and Collinsworth) are (NBC’s) number one team. So are (CBS’ Jim) Nantz and (Phil) Simms. We like the idea of having the same booth announcers from Sunday night and Sunday afternoon to carry over to Thursday,” Brian McCarthy, the NFL’s VP/Communications, said. “We’re hoping for that same magic ‘Sunday Night Football’ has with Al and Cris to carry over to Thursday night.”

NBC didn't want to double the workload of Al Michaels, who continues to broadcast their Sunday schedule.