"If I was an executive, why would I ever hire him? He's been fantastic, but if I was the one writing the checks...why am I going to pay him for what he did and not what he's going to do now?"
The broadcast reached 11.6 million unique viewers across networks, up 20 percent vs. last year. Its average of 5.5 million viewers was up 14 percent YoY.
"The station had to make some very tough & unfortunate economic decisions last week. It has nothing to do with the quality of their show and work they did."
"It is indeed an eclectic group of broadcast teams for the NFL in 2026, but across the board, there is a shared characteristic. All of the networks have play-by-play announcers who never put themselves above the game."