{"id":884559,"date":"2026-05-07T04:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T04:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/884559\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T04:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T04:18:23","slug":"charissa-thompson-praises-laura-rutledges-hard-work-and-talent-in-nfl-broadcasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/884559\/","title":{"rendered":"Charissa Thompson Praises Laura Rutledge’s Hard Work and Talent in NFL Broadcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charissa Thompson and Laura Rutledge are two of the most respected sportscasters in the NFL<\/a> today.<\/p>\n

Thompson currently works with Fox Sports on \u201cFox NFL Kickoff\u201d and with Amazon Prime Video as the host of \u201cThursday Night Football.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rutledge, on the other hand, has been with ESPN for many years now<\/a>. She provides sideline reports for \u201cMonday Night Football.\u201d She also doubles as a host for \u201cSEC<\/a> Nation\u201d for the SEC Network.<\/p>\n

Rutledge also hosts ESPN\u2019s daily football show<\/a>, \u201cNFL Live.\u201d Thompson recently shared how much she relies on \u201cNFL Live\u201d to help her prepare for hosting \u201cThursday Night Football.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson also took the time to express how much she admires Rutledge as a broadcaster and as a person.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI just want to say how much I love Laura Rutledge,\u201d Thompson said in a recent episode of her \u201cCalm Down\u201d podcast. \u201cI got to see her at the Masters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I just have such a respect for her. She works so hard. She’s kind. She does it the right way. She’s funny. And yeah, my girl can work. I very much respect that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson and Rutledge might be from competing networks, but the one thing these two prominent reporters have in common is their work ethic.<\/p>\n

Football is a predominantly male sport, so female broadcasters have to work extra hard to reach the top. This is exactly what Thompson and Rutledge have done through the years with their tireless work and elite broadcasting talents.<\/p>\n

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It is also clear that they support each other through their respective journeys. Thompson\u2019s high praise for Rutledge is a testament to this fact.<\/p>\n

Related: ESPN Reporter Laura Rutledge Draws Attention With Outfit for Pro Bowl Games<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 7, 2026, where it first appeared in the NFL<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charissa Thompson and Laura Rutledge are two of the most respected sportscasters in the NFL today. Thompson currently…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1781,15744,7,18357,875,57905,16166,6],"class_list":["post-884559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-amazon-prime-video","tag-charissa-thompson","tag-football","tag-fox-nfl-kickoff","tag-fox-sports","tag-laura-rutledge","tag-monday-night-football","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116531370632360304","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}