Who should replace Jon Gruden on ‘Monday Night Football’?

The Oakland Raiders did the seemingly impossible, and finally got Jon Gruden to leave the cozy Monday Night Football booth to return to coaching.

The Raiders pried Gruden away with a 10-year, $100 million contract to take over the Raiders just before they’re set to move to Las Vegas with a franchise quarterback. While they’re set in Oakland, it now creates a void in the broadcast booth.

So we came up with some candidates who we would like to possibly see replace Gruden.

Some of these don’t have a chance of happening, but we can dream.

Yes, just yes.

Randy Moss is one of the best wide receivers to step on a football field, and he has the personality to match. He’s good at pointing out things that are going on in a game, but he will also keep things fun and interesting like Gruden did.

Kinda like when he caught a large salmon last year:

Put Randy in the booth.

Mike Tirico, during an on-field timeout: You know Jay, if you’re a fan of heartwarming drama, be sure to check out This is Us, NBC’s Emmy-nominated tour de force that examines the complexities of the American family while slowly killing off all the characters you’ve grown to care about.

Cutler: Doonnnnnnnnn’t caaaaarrrreeeeee.

Former Bengals, Browns, and briefly Patriots wide receiver Andrew Hawkins retired after six seasons in the NFL. Now, he’s the host of ESPN’s daily Snapchat show. He’s got the football background, some on-camera experience, and a connection with the network.

He’s hilarious.

And his analysis is spot on.

Hawkins told SB Nation that he thinks the Monday Night Football job is the best one in all of sports.

“It’s crazy because as a player I always felt like a fan who hacked his way into the NFL, so imagine how wild it would be for me if I was ever given that kind of opportunity,” Hawkins said.

McAdoo’s got all the time in the world since he was fired as Giants head coach. He’s never really been considered as some fiery personality or anything, but he’s a former head coach, and perhaps we could learn a thing or two from him like we do from Tony Romo.

The case against him being on Monday Night Football, well, is pretty simple. Sometimes he just doesn’t have the words:

Do it anyway. Imagine some of the things he could accidentally reveal in the middle of a broadcast.

Come on, who wouldn’t want to see this on the national TV stage?

Mowins has been doing play-by-play at the college level since 2005. In 2017, she became the first woman to call an NFL game in three decades. And she started her NFL career in Week 1 of last season, on none other than Monday Night Football.

Mowins has 27 years of experience with play-by-play, and yes, Sean McDonough is already MNF’s play-by-play announcer. But who cares? She’s smart and insightful, and she nailed it in the booth on the big stage this season. She’d be a fresh voice in an industry that needs it.

McAfee was pretty much the NFL’s first fun punter. He has always been a great personality online and offline and could still give us the player perspective. He could undoubtedly provide a similar friendly spark that Gruden has for years.

This seems like a pretty obvious pick, and a good one. Romo was a joy in his first season in the booth and was skilled at not only helping us understand what was going on out on the field, but predicting plays too.

ESPN might need a five-second delay, but we’d love to see what the colorful Bruce Arians could do:

Unless he gets a front office job, Louis Riddick is a great choice:

Steve Young, though he denied it would happen, is the betting favorite.

The trash-talk king!

We could see Matt Hasselbeck getting a promotion:

What about one of Gruden’s former players who has settled in nicely as a college football analyst?

We’re honestly surprised Peyton Manning hasn’t taken a TV job yet:

Well, we didn’t ask you WILL replace Gruden — we asked you would pick if you could.

Turrible choice or nah?

That’s President Oprah, to you:

Mute button would be your best friend:

We repeat — mute button would be your best friend:

Some people just want to watch the world burn (though, to be far, Ball has some NFL experience). Steve Kerr would certainly object:

We don’t know who it will be, but the person taking over for Gruden will have big — and weird — shoes to fill.