THE NFL ON CBS: WEEK 8 (SUNDAY, OCT. 27)
AUDIBLES WITH LEAD GAME ANALYST PHIL SIMMS AND “THE NFL TODAY’s” DAN MARINO
The CBS Television Network continues its 54th year broadcasting the NFL with coverage of THE NFL ON CBS on Sunday, Oct. 27 (1:00-7:00 PM, ET) beginning with THE NFL TODAY, the Network’s one-hour studio show (12:00 NOON-1:00 PM, ET), and THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW on CBS Sports Network (9:00 AM-1:00 PM, ET) live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.
THE NFL ON CBS lead announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms call the action from the Miami Dolphins-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.
Sean McManus is Chairman, CBS Sports, and serves as Executive Producer of CBS Sports’ coverage of THE NFL ON CBS. David Berson is President, CBS Sports. Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.
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PHIL SIMMS
(On Rob Gronkowski’s Return): It’s always good to have a good player, and especially a star, like Rob Gronkowski return. I was extremely surprised that he looked as good as he did, and to be that productive on his first game back after being out all that time and going through the surgeries. It shows you what a special player Gronkowski is. Once the other pieces start to fall in place, it is going to make Tom Brady’s job easier. Gronkowski changes defenses. Now it’s up to everybody else to take advantage of the fact that he’s changed the defense.
(On Miami’s Three Game Skid): In the NFL you win close games and you lose close games. It comes down to the last couple of minutes with who makes the plays to win. Most teams are in that boat. Miami is one of those teams. They have a lot of good players. But no matter how they play, it’s still going to come down to the last couple minutes just about every single week. So what side of the ball does it for you? Their offense could have run the clock out, but that’s a little unrealistic. The defense had a chance if they could have stopped Buffalo and not given them the field goal chance. They would have won. So, one side of your football team really has to dominate in those special situations. And those special situations in the NFL are the last two or three minutes.
DAN MARINO
(On What Miami Needs to Win): Ryan Tannehill has been improving and continues to improve. I still like his skill-set. But right now, it’s more-or-less getting him a little more protection. And overall, as an offense, I think they have to give him that protection when they have opportunities to close out games, and get first downs to keep the ball. These are obviously important things in games where they’ve been a little inconsistent.
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Following are THE NFL ON CBS assignments for Week 8, Week 9 and Week 10 (subject to change).
WEEK 8 – Oct. 27
GAME
1:00 PM, ET starts:
·Cleveland @ Kansas City Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts
·Miami @ New England Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Lance Barrow/Mike Arnold
·Buffalo @ New Orleans Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Mark Wolff/Suzanne Smith
4:00 PM, ET starts:
·N.Y. Jets @ Cincinnati Kevin Harlan/Solomon Wilcots Ken Mack/Mark Grant
·Pittsburgh @ Oakland Spero Dedes/Rich Gannon Jim Rikhoff/Andy Goldberg
WEEK 9 – Nov. 3 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER
GAME
1:00 PM, ET starts:
·Kansas City @ Buffalo Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Mark Wolff/Suzanne Smith
·Tennessee @ St. Louis Marv Albert/Rich Gannon Jim Rikhoff/Andy Goldberg
·San Diego @ Washington Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts
4:25 PM, ET starts:
·Pittsburgh @ New England Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Lance Barrow/Mike Arnold
·Baltimore @ Cleveland Kevin Harlan/Solomon Wilcots Ken Mack/Mark Grant
WEEK 10 – Nov. 10 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER
GAME
1:00 PM, ET starts:
·Cincinnati @ Baltimore Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Mark Wolff/Suzanne Smith
·Oakland @ N.Y. Giants Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts
·Buffalo @ Pittsburgh Marv Albert/Rich Gannon Jim Rikhoff/Andy Goldberg
·Jacksonville @ Tennessee Bill Macatee/Steve Tasker Victor Frank/Ed Coleman
4:25 PM, ET starts:
·Denver @ San Diego Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Lance Barrow/Mike Arnold
·Houston @ Arizona Kevin Harlan/Solomon Wilcots Ken Mack/Mark Grant
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“THE NFL TODAY” FEATURES FORMER PITTSBURGH STEELERS GREAT AND HALL OF FAMER FRANCO HARRIS IN-STUDIO;
AND BOOMER ESIASON VISITS WITH NEW YORK JETS HEAD COACH REX RYAN FOR WEEK 8 OF “THE NFL TODAY” ON SUNDAY, OCT. 27
“THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW” ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK ALSO HOSTS FRANCO HARRIS IN-STUDIO ON SUNDAY
THE NFL ON CBS, broadcasting its 54th year of the NFL, continues its 2013 NFL season on Sunday, Oct. 27 (1:00-7:00 PM, ET) beginning with THE NFL TODAY (12:00 Noon-1:00 PM, ET) and THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW on CBS Sports Network (9:00 AM-1:00 PM, ET) live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.
James Brown hosts THE NFL TODAY along with analysts Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher, NFL TODAY Insider Jason La Canfora, as well as Lesley Visser reporting.
This week THE NFL TODAY features an in-studio visit by Pittsburgh Steelers great and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Franco Harris, as he talks about his career, this year’s Steelers team, as well as the storied “Immaculate Reception” game in preview of the Steelers-Oakland Raiders game. And, Boomer Esiason sits down with New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan as his 4-3 Jets make a push for the top of the AFC East division. Drew Kaliski is producer and Bob Matina is director of THE NFL TODAY.
Harris also visits the set of THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW (TOPS) as it continues its unique fan-focused take on all the week’s NFL and college action, headlines and hot-button issues, giving viewers all the latest information as it happens. “TOPS” is hosted by Adam Schein along with 11-year NFL veteran Bart Scott, long-time Oakland Raiders executive Amy Trask, CBS Sports Radio’s Brandon Tierney, CBSSports.com fantasy analyst Nathan Zegura and LEAD OFF’s Allie LaForce reporting. Shawn Robbins and Andrew Finger produce and Jay Kincaid directs THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW.
Sean McManus is Chairman, CBS Sports and serves as the Executive Producer for THE NFL ON CBS. David Berson is President, CBS Sports. Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.
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