The NFL’s London run wraps up in Week 6 with a divisional matchup that has Jacksonville staying overseas to meet Houston at Wembley Stadium.
The Jaguars are coming off a dramatic 4-1 start after their last-second field goal win over the Philadelphia Eagles, and now they’ll open the Sunday slate early against the Texans in England. It’s the final London game of the year, though the league still has more international dates ahead.
This week’s broadcast crew is a change from the first two London games. ESPN has handled the production, but after Dave Pasch, Kury Warner and Jason Kelce were on the call for the previous pair, Bob Wischusen and Louis Riddick will take over for Texans-Jaguars.
Wischusen and Riddick will be calling their first NFL games of the season together. Wischusen is a longtime ESPN voice who has covered college football and NHL action, and he usually serves as the New York Jets’ primary radio announcer on NFL Sundays. For this trip to London, though, he’ll be on television instead.
Riddick brings a different background to the booth. The former NFL executive has become a familiar ESPN analyst, and he and Wischusen have spent the past few years working together on college football broadcasts. Riddick has also been part of NFL telecasts with other partners.
That familiar chemistry is what separates this booth from the one that handled the earlier London games, with Pasch, Warner and Kelce only beginning their work together this year.
Kickoff is set for 9:30 a.m. ET, 2:30 p.m. local time from Wembley Stadium.
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