What’s new this NFL season? Glad you asked. Frank Schwab takes you through the info you need to know.
In 2023, the NFL accounted for 93 of the 100 most-watched shows on television. Simply, we can’t get enough of NFL games on our screens.
The NFL makes annual tweaks to the schedule with its broadcasting partners in mind. Here are the most important changes to the schedule and to broadcasts this NFL season:
Has there ever been a more anticipated debut in the broadcast booth than Tom Brady? Perhaps the Dennis Miller experiment on “Monday Night Football” comes close. But it’s rare that who’s in the booth is the biggest story for a game between two good teams. That’s the case in Week 1, when Brady will be the color commentator for the Dallas Cowboys-Cleveland Browns game.
Brady signed a flabbergasting 10-year, $375 million deal with Fox. To put that in perspective, Brady’s career earnings in the NFL over 23 seasons were a little more than $317 million, according to OverTheCap. Now we’ll see how Brady’s personality translates to the booth.
Tom Brady’s broadcasting debut is one of the most anticipated ever. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Fanatics)
Life isn’t always fair, and Olsen’s demotion is an example. Olsen, the former tight end with the Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers, quickly became a star in the Fox booth. He was arguably the best color commentator on NFL broadcasts last season. But along came Brady, who has never called a game, and that bumped Olsen from Fox’s No. 1 team to its second team.
“My aspirations are still to be a No. 1 analyst, whether it’s at Fox or elsewhere,” Olsen said this offseason, via Panthers Wire. “That will never change as long as I do this. I’m not just content to be there, I’m not just happy to have a seat. I want the top seat, and I want that wherever that opportunity allows and I’ll never stop working for that. I feel more motivated for that now more than ever.”
First Friday
The NFL seems dead set on taking over…
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-2024-preview-whats-new-scheduling-and-broadcasting-changes-including-tom-brady-130006269.html
Author : Yahoo Sports
Publish date : 2024-08-28 13:00:06
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
