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 network announced Tuesday.

Rutledge and Salters, whose contract was extended, will work all 20 games with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in the booth — 17 “Monday Night Football” games, one of the games on ESPN’s Saturday Week 18 doubleheader, a wild-card game and a divisional round game. 3

“’Monday Night Football’ is the pinnacle and it’s always been a dream of mine,” Rutledge told The Athletic . “I still get chills every time I hear the ‘MNF’ music. Really excited to continue to work as hard as possible to earn this role.”

The 36-year-old Rutledge, a former M

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