Drew Brees First NBC Sports Assignment Has Been Revealed

Superstar Quarterback Drew Brees retired from the NFL after an illustrious 20 year career. He immediately let it be known he’ll be joining NBC Sports, most likely to be in the announcers booth. Some people were calling for Drew to take over Chris Collinsworth’s job. Now it appears his play calling duties are going to be in college football.

Via Sportico:

Speaking on a conference call this afternoon, NBC Sports executive producer Sam Flood scrambled to dispel speculation that the NFL’s all-time leader in passing yardage had been recruited to usher color commentator Cris Collinsworth out of his SNF seat. “Cris remains among the very best who’ve ever done it and the plan is to keep him in that chair for a long time,” Flood said. “The opportunity down the road is not something we’re looking at right now.”

Brees will also be in the studio for Football Night in America:

Brees’ first assignments will find him calling the action from South Bend alongside Tirico when NBC’s coverage of Notre Dame football resumes on Saturday, Sept. 11. On Sundays, Brees will hop a flight to Stamford, Conn., where he’ll take a seat in the studio alongside Tirico, Tony Dungy, Rodney Harrison and Mike Florio on NBC’s live pregame show Football Night in America.

After racking up a record 80,358 yards via the air and connecting on 571 career touchdown passes, Drew Brees is taking his talents to NBC Sports. https://t.co/nfEOimHxvM

— Sportico (@Sportico) March 17, 2021

Sunday Night Football would be far more fun to watch if we did have an Aaron Rodgers-Jordan Love situation going on. 

No doubt Brees will one day be in the SNF booth, only a matter of time.

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