{"id":2232791,"date":"2024-04-29T15:07:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-star-qbs-fired-from-the-nfl-today-in-major-cbs-shift\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T15:08:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:08:08","slug":"2-star-qbs-fired-from-the-nfl-today-in-major-cbs-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-star-qbs-fired-from-the-nfl-today-in-major-cbs-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Prominent Quarterbacks Axed from &#8216;The NFL Today&#8217; in CBS Shake-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F2-star-qbs-fired-from-the-nfl-today-in-major-cbs-shift%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2232791&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former NFL quarterbacks\u2062 Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms\u200d will no longer co-host CBS&#8217;s &#8220;The NFL\u200d Today,&#8221; with James Brown, \u2064Nate Burleson, and \u200dBill\u2062 Cowher continuing on the show. \u200bJoining \u200dthis season are former Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan and former \u200cHouston Texans DE J.J. Watt. Esiason \u200dwill \u2064stay \u2062as co-host on WFAN&#8217;s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/timeline-andrew-cuomos-scandalous-covid-19-response\/\" title=\"Timeline: Andrew Cuomo\u2019s Scandalous COVID-19 Response\">morning show<\/a>. Simms is\u2063 uncertain about his future plans post-CBS. Former NFL quarterbacks Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms are stepping down as co-hosts\u2063 of \u2063&#8221;The NFL Today&#8221;\u2064 on CBS.\u2062 James \u2063Brown, Nate Burleson, \u200dand \u2064Bill Cowher will remain while Matt Ryan and \u200dJ.J. Watt will join \u200dthis\u200c season. Esiason will continue as the co-host on WFAN&#8217;s \u200cmorning \u2062show, whereas Simms is \u200dundecided about his future post-CBS.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 29, 2024 at 11:28am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms will no longer co-host \u201cThe NFL Today\u201d on CBS.<\/p>\n<p>James Brown, Nate Burleson and Bill Cowher will remain on the show, and will be joined this season by former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan and former Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/29\/sports\/boomer-esiason-phil-simms-out-at-nfl-today-in-cbs-shakeup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, Cowher, Esiason and Simms were all at the end of their current contracts this year, leading many \u2014 including the Post \u2014 to speculate that changes might be in the wind for the show\u2019s hosting lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Esiason will remain as co-host on WFAN\u2019s morning show, however, and in fact announced on the show that he had signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-gas-reserves-dwindle-prices-soaring-cold-winter-could-mean-gas-disaster\/\" title=\"European Gas Reserves Dwindle, Prices Soaring, Cold Winter Could Mean 'Gas Disaster'\">long-term contract<\/a> with the station.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Boomer Esiason announces he is leaving The NFL Today on CBS, but signed an extension to continue his WFAN morning show with Gio <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/91E0OzmGx9\">pic.twitter.com\/91E0OzmGx9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1784938076441067925?\">April 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sean McManus, who was the CBS Sports chairman who hired Esiason back in 2001, is leaving that position this year, according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guy who hired me back in 2001 was a guy by the name of Sean McManus, who was the CBS Sports Chairman,\u201d Esiason said. \u201cI never in my wildest dreams it would have lasted 22 years. With all the people that I\u2019ve worked with CBS and the \u2018NFL Today\u2019 it\u2019s been an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-the-hell-is-going-to-pay-for-cnn-howard-stern-mocks-chris-wallaces-career-change\/\" title=\"\u2018Who The Hell Is Going To Pay For CNN+?\u2019: Howard Stern Mocks Chris Wallace\u2019s Career Change\">amazing run<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you think this was a good move by CBS Sports?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He added that his leaving was \u201cmore their decision than maybe mine,\u201d according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>Simms, who had been with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-fired-cbs-journalist-catherine-herridge-speaks-network-journalistic-rape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a> even longer than Esiason, announced the news of his departure in a post to X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat 26 yrs run with CBS SPORTS,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though that part of my career is over I look forward to what is next,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Great 26 yrs run with CBS SPORTS. Even though that part of my career is over I look forward to what is next..<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phil Simms (@PhilSimmsQB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilSimmsQB\/status\/1784943898923524327?\">April 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Simms told the Post that he wasn\u2019t sure what was next, but that he planned to say around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nfl-owner-cuts-funding-columbia-university-anti-israel-protests-no-longer-institution-recognize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">professional football<\/a> in some capacity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m never going to get out of it,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do if I don\u2019t go back to CBS. But I\u2019m definitely going to continue to work with or in the NFL \u2014 somewhere, somehow, whatever it is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just not going to go, \u2018OK, I\u2019m done. I\u2019m retired,&#8217;\u201d Simms added.<\/p>\n<p>Several X users suggested in response to Simms\u2019 post that he and Esiason should launch a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jordan-peterson-just-signed-multiyear-contract-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast<\/a> together.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. The 2024 election is the single most important election of our lifetime. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We here at The Western Journal are committed to covering it in a way the establishment media simply will not: We will tell the truth, and they will lie.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech and the elites don\u2019t want the truth out. That\u2019s why they have cut us off from 90% of advertisers. Imagine if someone cut your monthly income by 90%. 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America will live or die based on what happens this year. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to get the real truth out and to fight the elites, Big Tech, and the people who want America to fail. Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44802\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>George Upper is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Western Journal and was a weekly co-host of &#8220;WJ Live,&#8221; powered by The Western Journal. He is currently a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an active volunteer leader in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant change at CBS, ex-NFL quarterbacks Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms are stepping down as hosts of &#8220;The NFL Today.&#8221; James Brown, Nate Burleson, and Bill Cowher are staying on. 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