CBS dumps Dan Fouts, eyes Charles Davis in NFL broadcasting shakeup

[polamalubeast]

CBS Sports has let go of its No. 2 NFL game analyst, Dan Fouts, The Post has learned.

CBS is now targeting Fox’s second NFL analyst, Charles Davis, according to sources, as a potential replacement. Fox is trying to retain Davis. CBS has also eyed its own analyst Trent Green as a potential replacement for Fouts next to Ian Eagle.

The move with Fouts is unrelated to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy. Fouts’ contract concluded at the end of this season.

CBS’ top offseason priority was keeping its No. 1 analyst, Tony Romo, who ended up receiving a 10-year, $180 million contract at the end of February.

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[DesertSteel]

Awesome news!!!! Listening to captain obvious was dreadful. Plus he was blind.

[pczach]

Awesome news!!!! Listening to captain obvious was dreadful. Plus he was blind.

[tube517]

Fouts has been an analyst for nearly 30 years. It's time to go.

[86WARD]

I didn't mind Fouts.

[AtlantaDan]

Fouts has been an analyst for nearly 30 years. It's time to go.

Agreed - I get how viewers can get comfortable with announcers such as Al Michaels, Verne Lundquist (pretty much retired now), and Jim Nantz being around forever

I do not get how being an analyst turns into a lifetime gig for someone who last played the game during the Reagan Administration

Same thing happened with Dan Dierdorf, a great player in the 70s who was a good analyst but hung around too long

I am old enough to recall how former players/coaches as analysts usually turned over in no more than ten years. John Madden did it for almost 30 years and IMO only stated to slip his last few years, so I guess after Madden kept at it for so long the path of least resistance was to have everyone stay unless they had become unlistenable like Phil Simms

[polamalubeast]

Agreed - I get how viewers can get comfortable with announcers such as Al Michaels, Verne Lundquist (pretty much retired now), and Jim Nantz being around forever

I do not get how being an analyst turns into a lifetime gig for someone who last played the game during the Reagan Administration

Same thing happened with Dan Dierdorf, a great player in the 70s who was a good analyst but hung around too long

I am old enough to recall how former players/coaches analysts usually turned over in no more than ten years. John Madden did it for almost 30 years and IMO only stated to slip his last few years, so I guess after Madden kept at it for so long the path of least resistance was to have every one sty unless they had become unlistenable like Phil Simms

Yeah, sometimes analysts have to realize that football changes a lot sometimes!