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Saints called Drew Brees, asking if he would come out of retirement and play quarterback for Week 16
Would Brees have backed up Ian Book?
Al Michaels tells Roggin and Rodney “I, at this moment in time, hope to be doing games next year.”
"My contract is up, but we’re still talking about the future and a couple of other things are out there. I, at this moment in time, hope to be doing games next year."
Winter Olympics coverage post-Super Bowl shows NBC’s live sports focus, but is also about unprecedented Olympic-SB overlap
Yes, this is an indication of how much of NBC's current strategy focuses on sports, but it also has a lot to do with the latest Super Bowl date ever.
Drew Brees was there to clap for Tom Brady breaking his passing record thanks to on-location Football Night in America
Having Brees on location for Football Night in America led to an interesting sideline congratulations shot here.
Rodney Harrison was the only Football Night in America panelist with someone else holding his umbrella, drawing comment
Unlike Mike Tirico, Drew Brees, and Tony Dungy, Harrison wasn't holding his own umbrella.
Cowboys-Buccaneers was most-watched NFL Kickoff Game since 2015, up 20 percent from last year’s kickoff game
The game averaged 26.0 million viewers across TV and streaming.
Kathryn Tappen, Chris Simms to host ‘Peacock Sunday Night Football Final’ postgame show
Premiering after Sunday's Bears-Rams tilt, the show will feature on-site interviews, game highlights, and film analysis from NBC's Sunday night crew.
NFL completes network/Amazon rights deals through 2033, bringing in $10 billion per year along the way
The NFL's set to reap even more broadcasting revenue beginning in 2023.
Drew Brees says he hasn’t decided on retirement yet, despite Jay Glazer’s report that he’s played his last Superdome game
There's been smoke circling about Brees' retirement after this season for a while, which Glazer added to Sunday. But Brees said after the Saints' loss he hasn't made a decision yet.
NBC’s Cris Collinsworth and Al Michaels, along with other media figures, blasted Doug Pederson’s pull of Jalen Hurts
"Al, I couldn't have done it. I couldn't have done what Philadelphia did."
Sunday Night Football will feature Washington and Philadelphia in Week 17
This game will have playoff implications regardless of what happens earlier.
Ravens-Steelers to air Wednesday afternoon due to NBC’s “Christmas In Rockefeller Center” tree-lighting special
Christmas In Rockefeller Center was already booked and hard to move, so the football game is headed to Wednesday afternoon.
