One of ESPN's unpopular "Monday Night Football" telecasts is coming to an end in 2025. ESPN will no longer broadcast one of its Monday night games

Laura Rutledge will have even more on her plate this fall. The “NFL Live” host will now have a permanent role on ESPN’s No. 1 “Monday Night Football” crew, joining Lisa Salters on sideline duties throughout the 2025 season,

The Aug. 21 launch of ESPN's updated app, including new access to all of ESPN's live games without cable, is a huge moment for the network.

The answer is: No. There's no Monday Night Football on Monday, August 11, 2025. But what we can do is deliver good news in the future. If you want to know when the next NFL preseason game is, we've got you covered. Let's review it all as you mourn the fact that there's no MNF on tonight:

Laura Rutledge will join ESPN's main Monday Night Football crew to work alongside Lisa Salters as a sideline reporter for 20 games during the 2025 season, the network announced on Tuesday.

Those Bengals will roll out Joe Burrow and the starters again for the second straight preseason game while attempting to fix the slow starts to regular seasons. Bengals vs. Commanders will broadcast on ESPN in Week 1 of the 2025 NFL preseason.