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Four-time Pro Bowler and Cincinnati Bengals Ring of Honor personnel Boomer Esiason is leaving CBS amid a shakeup astatine "The NFL Today."
Phil Simms besides won't return to nan long-running pregame show, CBS announced successful April.
Matt Ryan and three-time NFL Defensive Player of nan Year J.J. Watt will subordinate "The NFL Today" crew. Last month, Ryan officially retired from nan NFL. He past played successful nan convention successful 2022 and called games for CBS past season.
James Brown will return arsenic nan show's host, on pinch erstwhile Detroit Lions wide receiver Nate Burleson and Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Cowher. Although Esiason is leaving CBS Sports, he appears satisfied pinch nan occupation he did and felt it was nan correct clip to move on.
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CBS Sports expert Boomer Esiason earlier nan AFC title crippled betwixt nan Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs Jan 30, 2022, astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium successful Kansas City, Mo. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
"I was much than happy to measurement aside. I had my clip there," Esiason, 63, said during an question and reply connected "The Dan LeBatard Show."
"I loved that seat. I cherished that seat. I cherished talking to shot fans each Sunday, but location comes a clip erstwhile you person to find immoderate clip for yourself. And this was nan correct time."
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Esiason confirmed his CBS exit connected WFAN, but he will stay astatine nan power position and activity pinch his co-host Gregg Giannotti.
Boomer Esiason attends nan 2022 Paramount Upfront astatine 666 Madison Avenue May 18, 2022, successful New York City. (Arturo Holmes/WireImage)
Esiason said he held backmost from saying thing on-air during nan network's 2024 Super Bowl coverage, but he appears to besides beryllium looking guardant to enjoying a amended work-life balance.
"When Sean McManus, who did prosecute maine backmost successful 2002, announced his status arsenic CBS Sports chairman, I felt for illustration it was a earthy thing," Esiason said. "I wanted to opportunity thing astatine nan Super Bowl. I didn’t deliberation it was appropriate. I knew that Phil (Simms) did not want to discontinue from this peculiar show. I was ready. Twenty-two years. I person not had a play successful 40 years. … For me, it’s been a awesome run."
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Esiason said he enjoyed his clip moving astatine CBS and appears to beryllium leaving connected bully terms.
"Not 1 personification astatine CBS, not 1 boss, not 1 producer, not 1 head ever came to maine and said, ‘Maybe you should backmost disconnected pinch that benignant of criticism,’" Esiason noted. "I’ve had a number of arguable topics that we had to woody pinch successful nan NFL complete nan past 20 years. So, I loved my clip there. I person nary sick will toward anybody."
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Chantz Martin is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
