A Week Without John Madden?

There’ll be something missing if you tune into NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” this Sunday night…

John Madden’s voice.

This will end a streak of 476 consecutive weeks Madden has worked a game.

As his fans know, Madden doesn’t fly. So to avoid a cross country trip from San Diego, Madden will not be in Tampa Bay.

The good news is that Madden’s replacement is Emmy Award-winning analyst Cris Collinsworth. Though I’ll hate not seeing Cris on “Football Night In America,” it’s nice that he’ll be somewhere where he can actually talk without Tiki Barber talking over him…

“NBC Sunday Night Football” airs Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 8 p.m. on NBC as the Seahawks take on the Buccaneers…