Chris Simms is leaving Football Night in America. The NBC Sports analyst made the announcement himself Monday on PFT Live.
Simms told co-host Mike Florio the news during a conversation about the show’s upcoming overhaul. He didn’t sugarcoat it.
“I’m not on the show anymore, Mike,” Simms said. “I will not be part of Football Night in America. They told me that last week, so that’s just going to be a different aspect. That hurt because I do love it.”
The news from Simms follows the official announcement of former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin joining the program this past weekend.
Simms joined NBC in 2016. Over the next decade, he built one of the more expansive portfolios in the network’s football operation. He became a core voice on FNIA’s primary panel alongside Maria Taylor, Jason Garrett, and Devin McCourty.
His exit comes as NBC retools the show heading into a new NFL season. Earlier this year, Tony Dungy also departed the program after 17 years with the networks.
Football Night in America has ranked as the most-watched studio show in sports across all 20 of its seasons. It serves as the lead-in to Sunday Night Football, primetime TV’s No. 1 show for a record 15 consecutive seasons.
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this was done to save money because they massively over paid for the NBA dump travel for the B Team Dungy, Jac Collinsworth, and Harrison. also dump them all and Berry and Simms then add Tomlin you save a few million in doing this. It is 1000% about penny pinching because of the horrible NBA deal.