John Madden‘s successor on NBC’s Sunday Night Football is giving up his gig on NFL Network.
Cris Collinsworth, named the new lead analyst for NBC NFL broadcasts on Thursday, will not return as the lead analyst for NFL Network’s coverage of live NFL games this season.
Collinsworth had been NFL Network’s lead analyst for the past three seasons, partnering with Bryant Gumbel and Bob Papa.
In a statement, NFL Network’s Steve Bornstein: “We are happy for him that he has been chosen to be the new analyst on ‘Sunday Night Football.’ We appreciate everything he did for our ‘Thursday Night Football’ broadcasts and wish him the best in his new role at NBC.”
