With Tom Brady officially introduced as a member of the NFL on FOX team during Monday’s FOX Upfront event in New York City, there have been questions surrounding the future of color commentator Greg Olsen. Olsen worked with play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt and reporters Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi for the last two seasons, including calling Super Bowl LVIII to close the 2022 NFL season at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Heading into next year, Olsen will reportedly be remaining with the FOX Sports broadcast team working in its No. 2 booth alongside play-by-play announcer Joe Davis, according to Ryan Glasspiegel of the New York Post.
Olsen and Davis have previously worked together when Burkhardt was unavailable to call games due to fulfilling his responsibilities during postseason coverage of the MLB on FOX. Davis had previously paired with Daryl “Moose” Johnston since the 2020 campaign. Johnston also currently serves as the executive vice president of football operations for the United Football League. FOX Sports has not yet officially announced its broadcast pairings for the new NFL season, which will culminate in its broadcast of Super Bowl LIX from New Orleans, La.
Outside of his work on live game broadcasts, Olsen founded a youth sports venture titled Youth, Inc. that recently raised $4.5 million in its seed round. He explained in an interview with Sportico that he lives the youth sports experience in his community and hopes to build the platform in a manner where it can be a “lasting resource that millions of families throughout the country can rely on.”
The NFL on FOX broadcast property will open its 2024 slate of games in the “America’s Game of the Week” broadcast window when the Dallas Cowboys visit the Cleveland Browns on Sept. 8 at 4:25 p.m. EST. Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi are expected to be on the call for the marquee matchup. Last year, the broadcast window ranked No. 1 among adults 18-49 for the 15th consecutive year with an average of approximately 24.6 million viewers, which was up 2% year over year.
