Mike Tirico will handle all of NBC’s pay-by-play responsibilities for the next three games, replacing Al Michaels.

NBC announced that Tirico will handle play-by-play for Green Bay-Washington this Sunday, Pittsburgh-Indianapolis on Thanksgiving night and Kansas City-Denver next Sunday.

It was widely assumed that Tirico would handle Thursday nights to give the 72-year-old Michaels a lighter workload. But the NFL announced that its deal with NBC and CBS required both networks to use their No. 1 Sunday broadcast team as the Thursday night team as well.

Tirico will become the No. 1 Sunday announcer for the next two Sundays. Tirico will also join Collinsworth for Giants-Eagles on Thursday, December 22. 

Tirico called Monday Night Football on ESPN for the last 10 years before jumping to NBC this year.