Brian Griese

Brian David Griese is a former American football quarterback and current color commentator for Monday Night Football on ESPN. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He is the son of Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Griee. Griesese was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Famer on December 30, 2012.

About Brian Griese in brief

Summary Brian GrieseBrian David Griese is a former American football quarterback and current color commentator for Monday Night Football on ESPN. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Michigan, leading the Wolverines to the 1997 National Championship. After leaving the Broncos he started at quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is the son of Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Griee. Griesese was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Famer on December 30, 2012. He has had four seasons with a better than 64% completion rate, including one year when he completed 69. 3% of his passes. He also played for the New England Patriots, New York Jets, and the San Francisco 49ers. He won a Super Bowl ring with the Broncos in his rookie season, as John Elway led the Broncos to a victory in Super Bowl XXXIII over the Atlanta Falcons in 1998. In June 2003 he signed with the Dolphins, where his father played his entire 14-year career, but was released in February 2004.

In March 2006, he signed a five-year contract with the Chicago Bears, but suffered a torn ACL in the preseason and was released after the season. In April 2007, he joined the Tampa Bay Bucs, where he played until the end of the 2007 season. He passed for 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions in a blowout victory against San Diego in 2008. He had an excellent start to the start of the 2004 season, and provided a jumpstart of the offense for the Buccaneers. In 2008, he was selected as the MVP of the 2008 Rose Bowl, passing for 251 yards and three touchdowns in Michigan’s win over Washington State. In his Michigan career, he had a 17–5 record as a starter. The Wolverines won all three games against Ohio State in which he quarterbacked. In 2009, he led the Buccaneers to a 5–1 record before succumbing to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the 2005 preseason. In 2010, he played in the Super Bowl against the New York Giants.