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With another NFL season approaching, the networks that broadcast the country’s most popular sport are prepared to make big changes.
ESPN is set to bring two Hall of Fame-bound contributors to the game: a Super Bowl-winning center and a multiple Super Bowl-winning head coach.
Meanwhile, FOX Sports will begin paying the greatest quarterback of all time over the course of ten years.
Elsewhere, there is controversy surrounding the replacement of two veteran analysts on a network’s pre- and post-game show.
Here, DailyMail.com takes a look at all the changes coming to America’s NFL broadcast networks next season.
Both FOX Sports and ESPN have implemented changes to their 2024 NFL broadcast lineups.
ESPN
ESPN has seen a big revamp to its Monday Night Football team with the recent addition of two names to its broadcast team.
Bill Belichick will take on several important roles within the company as the notoriously quiet coach suddenly becomes a media expert.
Belichick has planned to join The Pat McAfee Show weekly, as the coach and former punter agreed to live during the NFL Draft.
The former Patriots coach is believed to have already agreed to appear on Monday Night Football’s alternative ‘ManningCast’ in a recurring role.
But he’s not the only one ready to make the jump to World Leader in Sports: retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce has agreed to join the pregame table for Monday Night Countdown.
The rest of the Monday Night Football team remains largely intact: Joe Buck and Troy Aikman remain in the number one broadcast spot.
Bill Belichick to take on role on ‘ManningCast’ and the Pat McAfee Show this year
Meanwhile, the recently retired Jason Kelce will join Monday Night Countdown.
FOX
They say ‘go big or go home’ and there may be no one bigger to bring in than Tom Brady.
It was a few years ago that the quarterback signed a ten-year, $375 million contract to become the number one color commentator for FOX’s NFL coverage.
Now, as part of the company’s premier broadcast team with Kevin Burkhardt, Brady will participate in the mid- to late-afternoon contests that FOX bills as “America’s Game of the Week.”
Brady will once again team up with Rob Gronkowski, who remains on the desk as an analyst for the pre- and post-game shows alongside Michael Strahan, Terry Bradshaw, Jimmy Johnson and Howie Long.
Above all, Brady will be present when FOX broadcasts Super Bowl LIX from New Orleans on February 9, 2025.
Tom Brady will finally fulfill his contract with FOX Sports that he signed years ago
C.B.S.
While the lead commentary pairing of Jim Nantz and Tony Romo remains unchanged, the analysis table will look different.
After more than 20 years each with the company, former quarterbacks Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason will not return to CBS.
Replacing them full-time will be former running back JJ Watt and recently retired quarterback Matt Ryan.
CBS has early and mid-afternoon slots and primarily airs AFC games throughout the schedule.
The biggest change for CBS is the addition of Matt Ryan to its pregame desk.
Ryan and current analyst JJ Watt will replace Boomer Esiason (L) and Phil Simms (R)
NBC
While NBC only airs one game per week, they call the biggest game each week on Sunday Night Football.
Unlike the other three networks mentioned above, NBC will not be making any major changes to its broadcast schedule.
Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth remain in the booth and their on-air programming with studio host Maria Taylor and analysts such as Tony Dungy and Jason Garrett remains intact.
Both Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth remain in their jobs as NBC makes no changes.
Amazon Prime
The youngest network that regularly broadcasts NFL games is also not making any major changes.
Amazon Prime continues its Thursday Night Football programming with Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit in the booth.
Pre- and post-game duties will continue to fall to Charissa Thompson and her panel of co-hosts, including Ryan Fitzpatrick, Tony Gonzalez, Andrew Whitworth and Richard Sherman.
Like NBC, Amazon does not make any changes and Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit remain.