THE NFL ON CBS: WEEK 1 (SUNDAY, SEPT. 12)
AUDIBLES WITH “NFL ON CBS” LEAD ANNOUNCE TEAM JIM NANTZ AND PHIL SIMMS AND
“NFL TODAY” ANALYSTS DAN MARINO AND BILL COWHER
The CBS Television Network begins its 51st year broadcasting the NFL with regional coverage as THE NFL ON CBS kicks off its 2010 NFL season broadcast schedule on Sunday, Sept. 12 (1:00-4:00 PM, ET) beginning with THE NFL TODAY, the Network’s one-hour studio show (12:00 NOON-1:00 PM, ET), live from THE NFL TODAY studio in New York City.
THE NFL ON CBS lead announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms call the action from the Cincinnati Bengals-New England Patriots game live from Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Lance Barrow is the coordinating producer and lead game producer and Mike Arnold is the lead game director.
Throughout the 2010 season, THE NFL ON CBS will broadcast all of its games each week in HDTV, the highest definition television format – 1080i lines of picture resolution – along with 5.1 digital audio.
Sean McManus is President, CBS News and Sports, and serves as executive producer of CBS Sports’ coverage of THE NFL ON CBS. Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.
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EXCERPTS FROM “THE NFL ON CBS” CONFERENCE CALL ON SEPT. 8
(On Washington Redskins and impact of new coach Mike Shanahan)
BILL COWHER: The mindset is going to be a more positive one. You have a proven coach in Mike Shanahan, a guy that has won two Super Bowls, and it’s a process…This is a work in progress. Mike is going to have to work through what he inherited and what he wants to build. Certainly the situation with Albert Haynesworth needs to be monitored and looked upon. They came in with a premier player and went to a 3-4 defense. So not only are you dealing with a player that was highly compensated, but he doesn’t really fit their system. Now they’ve asked him to make some adjustments and that’s been an ongoing ordeal itself. It’s a football team that is very much in transition, but it’s a transition in a positive way.
PHIL SIMMS: I believe in the NFL the coaches can have so much to do with the outcome of seasons. You can give two coaches the exact same team, one coach can get five wins out of them, and another can get none. You look at Buck Showalter with the Baltimore Orioles. They made no roster changes and since he’s been down there, you can’t recognize them. I just think you can have that kind of power. And a coach like Mike Shanahan brings that with him.
(On CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz celebrating his 25th year on the air on September 15)
SEAN McMANUS: Jim just continues in my mind to get better and better. Every assignment we throw him, whether it’s adding NFL play-by-play a few years ago, or whatever we ask him to do, he just does a better and better job. Jim is clearly the voice of CBS Sports, and if you look at the work he’s done at Augusta National and on the college basketball tournament, then the NFL, not just the games themselves, but also the studio, Jim has continued to distinguish himself. The thing that I find most satisfying, particularly on the NFL, is that he and Phil have gotten better each and every year. They were a really good team when they started. They’re an extraordinary team right now. If you watched what they did at the Super Bowl last year, that’s as good a play-by-play and analyst performance as you’ll ever see in television.
(On the Manning legacy and achievement in the NFL)
SIMMS: It’s amazing. That’s the word for it. It really is…It’s going to go down as the greatest father-sons careers in history. I can’t think of anything that’s even close to it. Peyton has changed the way organizations think about handling quarterbacks. And he’s definitely changed the way quarterbacks have prepared and played the position. I look around the league now and just go, ‘Wow.’ I’m starting to see teams starting to pay a lot of focus on their quarterback like the Colts did many, many years ago when Peyton came to the league. And the one that really comes to mind is Aaron Rodgers…He has a lot of the same talents as Peyton Manning.
(On Aaron Rodgers)
SIMMS: Aaron Rodgers is one of the 10 best players in the NFL, period. He’s got so much talent, it’s amazing. I can’t believe it’s the same guy I saw come out of Cal. He learned a lot from Brett Favre. And I don’t know, I’m not taking anything away from Aaron Rodgers, but Mike McCarthy knows what he’s doing when it comes to quarterbacks, preparing them. He’s teaching them things.
DAN MARINO: It gets me excited when I see quarterbacks with guys that can just make throws from anywhere across their body down the field; throw it on the line, touch pass – all of it. He’s got all that.
(On Bill Parcells)
SIMMS: He was the most truthful person I’ve ever dealt with in football at any level. And you know, sometimes I think that’s a hard thing to do in sports, especially in football.
(On Miami)
MARINO: One of the big question marks will be defensively how they adjust to Mike Nolan, new defensive coordinator. They are changing some things up a little bit from the philosophy of what they did last year. That will be something interesting to watch how they handle that. I do think it might be tough for them to win the division. This division, the East, is always tough; the Patriots, the Jets and all their hype, and Buffalo may be a surprising team this year with some of the young talent they’ve got. So, it’s going to be tough on them (Miami).
(On new Buffalo coach Chan Gailey)
COWHER: Chan Gailey is a tremendous football coach. He’s a great communicator with the players, no question that he will have those guys playing hard…He’s trying to change a culture right now in Buffalo. And there’s no better player coach that can do that than Chan Gailey. He understands what is ahead of him.
(On AFC East)
COWHER: When you look at this division, the AFC East, to me it’s the best division in football because I think the Buffalo Bills could be the surprise team, and you’re already talking about the Dolphins, Jets and New England Patriots. I don’t think it’s easy in any one of those games. The Buffalo Bills, you’re going to see a team that plays hard, a team that is going to kind of re-establish an identity. I think we’re there in the process of changing the culture.
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Following are THE NFL ON CBS assignments for Week 1, Week 2 and Week 3 (subject to change).
WEEK 1 – Sept. 12
GAME PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
1:00 PM, ET starts:
·Cleveland @ Tampa Bay Spero Dedes/Rich Gannon Bob Dekas/Andy Goldberg
·Miami @ Buffalo Gus Johnson/Steve Tasker Victor Frank/Mark Grant
·Cincinnati @ N. England Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Lance Barrow/Mike Arnold
·Indianapolis @ Houston Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Mark Wolff/Suzanne Smith
·Denver @ Jacksonville Kevin Harlan/Solomon Wilcots Jim Rikhoff/Bryan Lilley
·Oakland @ Tennessee Ian Eagle/ Dan Fouts Ross Schneiderman/Chris Svendsen
WEEK 2 – Sept. 19 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER
GAME PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
1:00 PM, ET starts:
·Baltimore @ Cincinnati Bill Macatee/Rich Gannon Bob Dekas/Andy Goldberg
·Buffalo @ Green Bay Spero Dedes/Randy Cross Ken Mack/Jim Cornell
·Miami @ Minnesota Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman
·Kansas City @ Cleveland Don Criqui/Steve Beuerlein Ross Schneiderman/Chris Svendsen
·Pittsburgh @ Tennessee Kevin Harlan/Solomon Wilcots Jim Rikhoff/Bryan Lilley
4:15 PM, ET starts:
·New England @ N.Y. Jets Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Lance Barrow/Mike Arnold
·Houston @ Washington Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts Bob Mansbach/Suzanne Smith
·Jacksonville @ San Diego Gus Johnson/Steve Tasker Victor Frank/Mark Grant
WEEK 3 – Sept. 26 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER
GAME PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
1:00 PM, ET starts:
·Tennessee @ N.Y. Giants Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman
·Cincinnati @ Carolina Bill Macatee/Rich Gannon Bob Dekas/Andy Goldberg
·Pittsburgh @ Tampa Bay Gus Johnson/Steve Tasker Victor Frank/Mark Grant
·Buffalo @ New England Kevin Harlan/Solomon Wilcots Jim Rikhoff/Bryan Lilley
·Cleveland @ Baltimore Don Criqui/Steve Beuerlein Ross Schneiderman/Chris Svendsen
4:15 PM, ET starts:
·Indianapolis @ Denver Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Lance Barrow/Mike Arnold
·Oakland @ Arizona Spero Dedes/Randy Cross Ken Mack/Jim Cornell
·San Diego @ Seattle Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts Bob Mansbach/Suzanne Smith
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