Phil Simms is denying one of the most infamous alleged farts in NFL history. The fart that forced Jim Nantz to nearly exit the CBS broadcast booth.
It’s been more than eight years since the alleged gas was passed. It’s also been eight years since CBS replaced Simms in the booth with Tony Romo, not that we’re attempting to connect the two occurrences. But Simms joined WFAN morning hosts Boomer Esiason and Gregg Giannotti this week, and insisted he didn’t waft his own fart over to Nantz.
During the 2017 AFC Wild Card game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins, Phil Simms waved his hand toward Jim Nantz, prompting the longtime CBS play-by-play voice to exit the camera shot.
“I think it’s warmed up though, Jim,” Simms said with a smile after the waft. “Just to talk about the atmosphere of the game, what do you think? Are you warmer now than you were earlier in the game?”
“I’m fine,” Nantz said from afar. “I’m worried about you.”
WFAN replayed the incident for Simms Monday morning, with the addition of a fake fart noise. The former New York Giants quarterback and CBS analyst quickly denied being the supplier of whatever caused Nantz to exit the camera shot.
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“Are you denying that ever happened?” Giannotti pressed. “You didn’t fart? You didn’t box in Jim Nantz with your farts?”
Phil Simms insisted it wasn’t him, suggesting if there was a fart, it could have came from someone else in the booth, like Nantz’s spotter or stat person. Not sold by Simms’ attempt at passing the blame on passing gas, Giannotti added, “Jim says, ‘I’m worried about you.’ Meaning it came out of your ass.”
“I’m telling you, I didn’t do it,” Simms continued. “I would own up to it. Swear on my children’s heads. What else do you want me to do? I’m telling you, I didn’t do it.”
Phil Simms would go on to call two more games alongside Nantz before CBS opted to make Romo their lead NFL analyst. And nearly a decade later, Simms maintains he didn’t fart as one of his final acts in the booth to cap off a renowned game analyst career that included calling eight Super Bowls. We’re still waiting, however, for Nantz’s recall of the alleged incident.
