If you hate Phil Simms (and Jim Nantz’s) commentary, we have some bad news for you — ol’ Phil isn’t planning on leaving that booth anytime soon.
That’s right, you guys will either have to get used to watching games on mute or brainwash yourself into liking Simms, because the NY Daily News says he only sees more broadcasting in his future:
“I was recently talking with (Bill) Parcells and he was saying some nice things about my broadcasting,” Simms, who starts his 23rd year in broadcasting Sunday working Bengals-Jets, said. “Then he asked me if I’m going to go out of the booth boots first. I said, ‘oh, absolutely.’”
Then again, Simms, who industry sources say has “quite a few years to go” on his CBS deal, may not have been referring to an NFL TV booth.
“I have no other intentions but continuing broadcasting. I always have fun with the guys I work with,” Simms said. “I said one day when we are even older we’ll be doing local high school games. We’ll still be good. We’ll just keep on going.”
And just like that, the enthusiasm about the start of football season deflates just a bit.
"Bengals have one of the top five lines in the league." – given up 6 sacks on the day. #analysis #CINvsNYJ
— Phil Simms Quotes (@philsimmsquotes) September 11, 2016
Enjoy the early part of your week, fellas — Simms and Nantz are on the call Thursday night for Jets-Bills.
[H/t Awful Announcing]
