Last time I seen Shannon go viral for anything First Take related was the make-up debacle, meanwhile the pod clips ring off on the regular
I think some of that is because he is on only twice a week and even when he is on, he still has to split time with guests. They also keep their timing tight and Molly keeps shyt calm. Compare that to him being on 5x a week for 3hrs on Undisputed.
Also it's a different dynamic. Where on Undisputed it was Shannon vs Skip adversary type shyt, a lot of the time SAS and Shannon more buddy buddy and just having a good time shooting the shyt. SAS also stay giving Shannon his flowers and defers to Shannon alot on subjects.
As far as the tweet, I think Shannon views the ESPN move as getting a nice steady check while he builds his Shay Shay/Night Cap brand. It's seems that's really what he wants to do. Being connected to ESPN and that reach is also good when it comes to sports stuff.