"You'll get plenty of more opening days. Let Howie and Keith Raad finish it the right way with 40,000 people, with optimism, hope, and then Howie can drop the mic and say I'm out."
The Big Ten conference is entering the first season of its seven-year, $7 billion rights deal with NBC, FOX and CBS – the largest media rights contract in history for a college conference.
The National Football League has the power to coerce teams into doing the program, and it is an ability the Jets are preparing to be faced with entering the preseason.
If Watt agrees to join CBS Sports, he would be expected to have a role on the pregame show for Super Bowl LVIII and make additional appearances throughout the regular season.
"You'll get plenty of more opening days. Let Howie and Keith Raad finish it the right way with 40,000 people, with optimism, hope, and then Howie can drop the mic and say I'm out."