{"id":398319,"date":"2022-07-18T08:35:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T08:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=398319"},"modified":"2022-07-18T15:07:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T15:07:42","slug":"nothing-better-than-betting-on-yourself-nfl-fans-react-after-mark-schlereth-reveals-reason-why-he-left-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nothing-better-than-betting-on-yourself-nfl-fans-react-after-mark-schlereth-reveals-reason-why-he-left-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Nothing better than betting on yourself&#8217; &#8211; NFL fans react after Mark Schlereth reveals reason why he left ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three-time Super Bowl winner Mark Schlereth left his role as an analyst at ESPN for Fox Sports a couple of years ago. And the former guard revealed his reason to switch companies.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a number of years, ESPN&#8217;s coverage of professional football featured former NFL tackle Mark Schlereth prominently.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_398329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-398329\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-398329\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Mark-Schlereth-1-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Mark-Schlereth-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Mark-Schlereth-1-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Mark-Schlereth-1-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Mark-Schlereth-1.jpg 1216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-398329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credits &#8211; Barrett Media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was a former professional American football player and is currently a sportscaster for television and radio. For 12 seasons (1989-2000), Schlereth played guard for the <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nfl\/nfl-team-detail\/DEN\/home\">Denver Broncos<\/a> and Washington Redskins in the NFL. He presently works for Fox Sports as a football analyst, appearing on FS1 and other shows. Additionally, he and Jorge Sedano co-hosted Sedano &amp; Stink on ESPN Radio from 7 PM to 10 PM ET up until late March 2015, when he quit the show to seek other broadcasting possibilities.\u00a0 He also had an appearance in the 2012 Red Dawn remake and the soap drama Guiding Light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why it occurred was explained by Schlereth. The former Broncos star said, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018\u2019They made an offer to me, but I refused because I wanted to call games and they never put me in the booth on Monday nights. So I took a chance on myself and went to FOX,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They offered me a deal but I wanted to call games and they were never putting me in the Monday night booth. So I bet on myself and went to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLonFOX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFLonFOX<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lVCapeGLI0\">https:\/\/t.co\/lVCapeGLI0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Schlereth (@markschlereth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markschlereth\/status\/1548767896309903360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>NFL fans were quick to react to Schlereth&#8217;s comments on why he left ESPN<\/h3>\n<p>Many fans were happy for Schlereth over his decision to leave ESPN for Fox Sports. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018\u2019It seems to have gone quite nicely. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And we&#8217;re dang happy to have you\u2019\u2019, wrote Colin Cowherd, Schlereth&#8217;s current co-host. &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stop being so kind now; it&#8217;s inappropriate. To make up for this, you&#8217;re going to have to offer @bakermayfield two portions tomorrow, \u2018\u2019one supporter joked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another joked, &#8220;Man, nothing better than betting on yourself.&#8221; while a fourth chimed in, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m happy to see you pursuing your passion. But notably on ESPN radio, you are missed.&#8221; A fifth commented, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018\u2019It paid off. I&#8217;ve got NFL Sunday Ticket, and it&#8217;s always great to drop in on a game you&#8217;re in the booth for. Hope you get some of the nationally televised games in the future.\u2019\u2019 another fan added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schlereth is missed at ESPN, but it&#8217;s obvious that he&#8217;s prospering at Fox Sports<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;d say it worked out pretty well<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Myke Jones (@TruChains) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TruChains\/status\/1548768095136890883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Man, nothing better than betting on yourself. \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gee Scott Sr. \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f (@GeeScottSr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeeScottSr\/status\/1548769690629001216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Betting on yourself is always the right decision. \ud83d\udcaa\ud83d\udcaa\ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew Crowley (@supercrowley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/supercrowley\/status\/1548770318705115138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Glad you are doing what you dreamed of doing.<br \/> But you are missed on ESPN radio especially.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Prof. Mark Youngkin \ud83d\udfe6 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 (@mayoungkin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mayoungkin\/status\/1548771387082514432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fox sports is so much better then ESPN now I watch less ESPN shows or content now and keep watching what I like on Fox TBH ESPN keeps getting rid of the people and shows I actually like listening too or watching and keeping the wrong one&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/noshadethrown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#noshadethrown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PREACHERDTP420 (@dannytp77_perry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dannytp77_perry\/status\/1548776286692204546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And we\u2019re damn glad to have ya.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColinCowherd\/status\/1548790513070907394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stop with the nicely nice already- it\u2019s out of character. Now you\u2019re gonna have to give <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bakermayfield?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bakermayfield<\/a>  two segments tomorrow to make up for this.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gregory Owens (@Gregory02744292) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gregory02744292\/status\/1548792858492141573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/WNYHusker44\/status\/1548792137097125892<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/dannyshutts\/status\/1548806839562899456<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So happy for you but miss you on ESPN. It\u2019s always a treat when you do a \u201chit\u201d!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stacy Linn Moon (@StacyMoon02) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StacyMoon02\/status\/1548773012446527490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More NFL news:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/super-bowl-winner-and-tv-personality-tony-siragusa-passes-away-aged-55\/\">Super Bowl winner and TV personality Tony Siragusa passes away aged 55<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/how-many-super-bowl-rings-does-rob-gronkowski-have\/\">How many Super Bowl rings does Rob Gronkowski have?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/deshaun-watson-has-settled-20-of-24-sexual-misbehavior-cases-filed-against-him\/\">Deshaun Watson has settled 20 of 24 sexual misbehaviour cases filed against him<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Follow our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nfl\/home\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0page for more key NFL updates and news<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-time Super Bowl winner Mark Schlereth left his role as an analyst at ESPN for Fox Sports a couple of years ago. And the former guard revealed his reason to switch companies.\u00a0 For a number of years, ESPN&#8217;s coverage of professional football featured former NFL tackle Mark Schlereth prominently. 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