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By Michael Gallagher
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It was revealed on Sunday night that former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin would be joining the cast of NBC’s “Football Night in America” next season.
Tomlin and the Steelers parted ways after 19 seasons, 193 wins, 13 playoff wins, eight division titles, and one Super Bowl championship.
"We didn't have a lot of success in the playoffs in recent years, and there's just some veteran players there, man, guys like Cam Heyward and T.J. Watt and [Chris] Boswell, that I thought were worthy of the excitement and the optimism associated with new leadership,” Tomlins aid of why he departed from Pittsburgh after nearly two decades.
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But along with Tomlin’s new role comes the unfortunate news that someone was let go to make room for him.
“FNIA” had already let former Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy go earlier this year, and now with Tomlin set to join Maria Taylor, Jason Garrett, and Devin McCourty, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Chris Simms is getting the boot.
“Chris Simms announced this morning that he is out at Football Night In America. A source at NBC Sports confirms. Obviously NBC has changed up its NFL pregame show with the addition of Mike Tomlin,” Richard Dietsch of the Sports Business Journal reported on X.
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Simms addressed his departure from “Football Night in America” on “PFT Live” on Monday morning.
“I’m not on the show anymore, Mike,” Simms stated, revealing NBC informed him he was being let go last week. “I don’t know if anyone told you. I will not be part of Football Night in America. They told me that last week, so that’s just going to be a different aspect. That hurt because I do love it.”
While NBC hasn’t announced that Tomlin’s arrival directly led to Simms’ exit, it’s easy enough or fans to connect the dots.
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