Overview
- During Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football broadcast of Falcons vs. Packers at Lambeau Field on Sept. 25, Michaels made several early-game errors on the opening drive.
- The most notable mistake was saying Michael Penix Jr. had “two great years at Oregon” when Penix played his final college seasons at the University of Washington.
- Other miscues included misnaming Bijan Robinson as “Brian Robinson,” mispronouncing Bryan Cissé, and misstating field position, all within the first minutes of the telecast.
- Michaels issued an on-air correction about the Penix college error later in the game, but video clips had already been widely shared and provoked online calls for his retirement.
- The episode has sharpened an ongoing debate about Michaels’ performance since moving to Prime in 2022 and raised questions about play-by-play standards for streaming TNF, while no formal response from Amazon Prime has been reported.