C Mart Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 By Kevin Patra Around the NFL writer Updated: April 19, 2017 at 03:44 p.m. By Kevin Patra Simms will be analyst on CBS studio show Simms spoke with Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch about the move on Wednesday. "Listen, I didn't make any comments for a lot of reasons and you want to sit there and think about it," Simms said. "Initially was my pride hurt? Absolutely. Of course it was ... So it took a little bit. Not long. I started thinking about it in a positive way and then I became excited about it. "[CBS Sports Chairman] Sean [McManus] had talked to me over the years about maybe going into the studio. I now get to follow the league like I want to. That was probably the most frustrating thing about my job. You do one or two games a week, you can't really pay attention to the other teams like I wanted to do. When you do games, you are all-in on those games. On Inside The NFL, I get to say things about stuff that I never get to say in a broadcast." Simms will replace Tony Gonzalez in the CBS studio, and will join James Brown, Bill Cowher, Bart Scott and Boomer Esiason. The announcement comes two weeks after CBS signed Romo to replace Simms as the No. 1 game analyst. The ex-Dallas Cowboys quarterback usurping the lead role left Simms in temporary limbo. Simms has been in broadcasting since retiring following the 1993 season. He had been CBS's top in-game analyst since pairing with Greg Gumble in 1998, following stints at NBC and ESPN. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000801044/article/phil-simms-moves-to-cbs-studio-show?campaign=Twitter_atn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAR I Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Boomer's in trouble now. SAR I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RutgersJetFan Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Simms was solid when he first started doing games, but he just devolved over the years. I think the NFL is in dire need of fresh blood all around when it comes to broadcasting, particularly some guys who don't shrug off math as gay. Not Gruden though. Never change anything Gruden does. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet9 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, RutgersJetFan said: Simms was solid when he first started doing games, but he just devolved over the years. I think the NFL is in dire need of fresh blood all around when it comes to broadcasting, particularly some guys who don't shrug off math as gay. Not Gruden though. Never change anything Gruden does. Ever. Not sure who thinks math is gay. If anything the stats stuff in sports is beyond over the top. And Gruden is good for when you want to see THE BESTEST!!!! at any position. They seem to play every week when he's on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 So romo/nantz is the lead crew now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 23 minutes ago, RutgersJetFan said: Simms was solid when he first started doing games, but he just devolved over the years. I think the NFL is in dire need of fresh blood all around when it comes to broadcasting, particularly some guys who don't shrug off math as gay. Not Gruden though. Never change anything Gruden does. Ever. Strongly agree w the bolded part. I don't need more stats though and I could live without Gruden's over-the-top style tbh. I used to like Simms btw but he's gotten a little stale the past few years (like almost all of these guys). Btw, back in the 80's we had absolute legends in the booth all over the place. Vin Scully, Pat Summerall, Tom Brookshier, John Madden (at least his early years), Charlie Jones, Merlin Olsen, Howard Cosell, Dick Enberg, Marv Albert, Don Criqui, etc. Other sports had great announcers too. In general announcing has gotten WAY worse over the past couple of decades. Joe Buck is the lead for FOX for crying out loud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetophile Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 22 minutes ago, Larz said: So romo/nantz is the lead crew now? So a biblical prophecy has actually come true? It's not looking good for mankind. Nantz, fukking guy . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obrien2Toon Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 How was Gonzalez? Getting rid of him really fast. I never watch those shows, so have no clue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy 2 Times Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Not a fan of Simms but, why would they bump their number 1 to the studio? Why not just pair him with someone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flgreen Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 7 hours ago, RutgersJetFan said: Simms was solid when he first started doing games, but he just devolved over the years. I think the NFL is in dire need of fresh blood all around when it comes to broadcasting, particularly some guys who don't shrug off math as gay. Not Gruden though. Never change anything Gruden does. Ever. Math in a contact sport is gay. Way to much stats in football. It's not baseball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy2020 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 I thought Phil Simms had died years ago. Uhh, good for him that's he alive and they didn't fill his job with an illegal immigrant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack48 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 13 hours ago, RutgersJetFan said: Simms was solid when he first started doing games, but he just devolved over the years. I think the NFL is in dire need of fresh blood all around when it comes to broadcasting, particularly some guys who don't shrug off math as gay. Not Gruden though. Never change anything Gruden does. Ever. What they really need is Ray Scott redux----guys who talk a lot less. All sports has become a gabfest--it's not just football----and it is annoying. I just want to see the game. And hear the crowds. A little goes a long way. I do not need to hear a two yard off tackle dive hyper-analyzed. Sports has become like the 24 hour news cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangerous Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 7 hours ago, flgreen said: Math in a contact sport is gay. Way to much stats in football. It's not baseball it's not that the math is gay. it's that it's probably meaningless in a game like football where a player's performance is impacted by those around him moreso than baseball. whatever. it'll be very interesting when they start doing sabermetrics in football and it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 24 minutes ago, rangerous said: it's not that the math is gay. it's that it's probably meaningless in a game like football where a player's performance is impacted by those around him moreso than baseball. whatever. it'll be very interesting when they start doing sabermetrics in football and it works. Cleveland Browns and Paul Depodesta. (Though the "and it works" part is still a question mark at the moment) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 8 hours ago, Jimmy 2 Times said: Not a fan of Simms but, why would they bump their number 1 to the studio? Why not just pair him with someone else? I thought the exact same thing. I think this happened with Greg Gumbel a few years back too when he got replaced by Nantz. Pretty sure he went to the studio for a few years. There's such a dearth of announcing talent that it's ridiculous to relegate these guys to those absolutely idiotic pregame shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangerous Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 12 hours ago, TuscanyTile2 said: Cleveland Browns and Paul Depodesta. (Though the "and it works" part is still a question mark at the moment) that trade depodesta did with the texans for osweiler was kind of sabresque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAR I Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I was on Boomer and Carton this morning around 8AM, pointed out that Boomer and Simms are a redundancy. I think I worried him. SAR I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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