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?
Would Brees have backed up Ian Book?
"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."
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.
Having Brees on location for Football Night in America led to an interesting sideline congratulations shot here.
Unlike Mike Tirico, Drew Brees, and Tony Dungy, Harrison wasn't holding his own umbrella.
The game averaged 26.0 million viewers across TV and streaming.
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.
The NFL's set to reap even more broadcasting revenue beginning in 2023.
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.
"Al, I couldn't have done it. I couldn't have done what Philadelphia did."
This game will have playoff implications regardless of what happens earlier.
Christmas In Rockefeller Center was already booked and hard to move, so the football game is headed to Wednesday afternoon.
Ravens-Steelers, originally scheduled for Thanksgiving night, now is set to be played almost a week later.
If Ravens-Steelers goes ahead as planned Tuesday, the Cowboys-Ravens game gets bumped to an early slot the following Monday.
The Ravens have reportedly had at least 10 people test positive for COVID-19 since Sunday night, including several players.
Tampa Bay was 22-for-22 in goal-to-go touchdowns, while New Orleans had allowed touchdowns in all 13 goal-to-go situations they had faced. Both of those stats changed after Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth discussed them.
A NFL schedule analysis has some good news for ESPN, at least relative to Fox.
This was never going to happen, right?
Jac Collinsworth began working with NBC Sports in 2013 while still in school at Notre Dame, then went to ESPN in 2017. Now he's headed back to NBC.
The NFL's impressive ratings recovery this year continued in the wild card round.
NBC posted their best regular-season NFL ratings since 2015, while CBS and Fox each had their best ratings since 2016.
"I have a big mouth and I'm not necessarily afraid to give my opinion or my fact-based opinion, no matter who it might be against or whatever it is."
The pecking order in previous wins and two different viewership metrics goes NBC>Fox>ESPN>NFLN.
The idea of Fox acquiring Tirico on loan from NBC for TNF is "in the first quarter," according to Andrew Marchand's sources.