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Cris Collinsworth is one of the most recognizable broadcast voices in the NFL. He joined NBC Sports as a broadcaster over three decades ago, and he took over John Madden’s vacated role of color-commentator on “Sunday Night Football” in 2009, but his run as one of the main voices on “SNF” could be coming to an end, according to Sports Illustrated’s Jimmy Traina. Collinsworth has one to two years left on his contract with NBC, and once his contract is up, Traina believes the network could look to replace him with widely popular analyst Greg Olsen, who was demoted from Fox’s No.
1 broadcast team in favor of seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady. “Olsen has made it clear that he wants to be a No. 1 analyst somewhere,” Traina wrote .
“He reiterated this point with me on a recent ‘SI Media With Jimmy Traina’ episode. What’s really tough, though, is that right now there doesn’t seem to be a No. 1 spot for Olsen to move into.
Tony Romo signed a 10-year contract in 2020 with CBS. ESPN’s Troy Aikman isn’t going anywhere. Tim Fuller-Imagn Images “That leaves NBC and ‘Sunday Night Football.
’ The network booted Al Michaels for Mike Tirico a couple of years ago. Would it go for a full booth revamp and try to swap in Olsen for Cris Collinsworth? Collinsworth, 65, is reportedly under contract with NBC for either one or two more years. I would think a Tirico-Olsen booth has to sound enticing to NBC.
Would the network, though, want to remain loyal to Collinsworth, who has been with NBC since 2006?” Collinsworth has occupied the No. 1 analyst spot for NBC since 2006, and he’s been a staple of “SNF” broadcasts for the last 16 seasons. He’s also had several other high-profile gigs including co-hosting HBO’s “Inside the NFL,” he was an analyst for “Thursday Night Football” when it aired on the NFL Network, and he worked broadcasts for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
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