The network confirmed Monday morning that Jason McCourty will join the Monday Night Countdown desk of Scott Van Pelt, Jason Kelce, and Marcus Spears, effectively replacing Ryan Clark on the program. McCourty was already primed, contractually and otherwise, to shoulder a considerably larger share of ESPN’s daily NFL programming than he previously commanded, and Monday Night Countdown turned out to be where that expansion first bears fruit. With Jason Kelce also a candidate to join ESPN’s revamped No. 2 NFL booth opposite Dave Pasch, it remains to be seen whether these are the only alterations coming to Monday Night Countdown. There’s a strong likelihood those seven matchups skew heavily international, carving out room for a stable of analysts, several inherited from NFL Network, to contribute to Monday Night Countdown should Kelce redirect his focus toward that No.