Former NFL star Jason Taylor has joined NBCSN as an analyst for Pro Football Talk. In other news, CBS and NFL Network have announced a second studio team for Thursday Night Football and Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will have a busy early season schedule.
NBCSN Hires Jason Taylor For Pro Football Talk
- NBC Sports has hired former NFL star Jason Taylor as an analyst for the NBCSN talk show Pro Football Talk. Taylor, who once worked for ESPN, is among a handful of newcomers to the program. Former coach Kevin Gilbride has also joined as an analyst, and former NFL Network host Paul Burmeister will replace Erik Kuselias as co-host. (NBC Sports Group Press Box, SI.com)
Second Studio Team Announced For Thursday Night Football
- NFL Network host Rich Eisen and analysts Michael Irvin, Marshall Faulk and Steve Mariucci will make up a second studio team for Thursday Night Football on CBS and NFL Network this season, it was announced Tuesday. Eisen and company will primarily work the NFL Network pregame show, though they will also appear on the CBS pregame. The primary studio team, which was announced previously, features James Brown, Deion Sanders and Bill Cowher. (CBS Sports)
Nantz, Simms, to Call Three Games in Two Weeks to Start Season
- The lead CBS NFL studio team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will three games in eight days to start the NFL season. Nantz and Simms will work Browns/Steelers on September 7 — an indication of the Browns’ marquee status this season — followed by the Steelers/Ravens Thursday Night Football opener on September 11 and Jets/Packers on September 14. [Update 9/6: Nantz and Simms will no longer call Browns/Steelers, working Jets/Raiders instead.] (CBS via Fang’s Bites)
