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WEEK 4 OF "THE NFL ON CBS" HIGHLIGHTS BIG GAMES WITH BIG TIME QUARTERBACKS

 

     
        

THE NFL ON CBS, home of Super Bowl LIII, continues its 59th season on Sunday, Sept. 30 as Jim NantzTony Romo and Tracy Wolfson call the New Orleans-N.Y. Giants game from East Rutherford, N.J. (4:25 PM, ET) in leading CBS' coverage into Week 4 of its Super Bowl season.  This season marks the 20th time CBS will broadcast the Super Bowl - the most of any network.

 

The day begins with THE NFL TODAY (12:00 Noon, ET) and THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW on CBS Sports Network (8:00 AM-12:00 Noon, ET) live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.

 

THE NFL TODAY analysts break down some of Week 4's games:

Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason preview Miami-New England: https://bit.ly/2DCnKHx

New Orleans-N.Y. Giants: https://bit.ly/2Dxxp1W

Buffalo-Green Bayhttps://bit.ly/2IlC2em

More Simms previewing Week 4 games: https://bit.ly/2ImUCTy

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Brown, along with analysts Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowher, Phil Simms, Nate Burleson and NFL Insider Jason La Canfora, lead THE NFL TODAY into its 51st year.

 

THE NFL TODAY previews Week 4 highlighting games featuring some of the NFL's top veteran quarterbacks including New England's Tom Brady, Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers, New Orleans' Drew Brees, N.Y. Giants' Eli Manning, L.A. Chargers' Philip Rivers, Atlanta's Matt Ryan, Cincinnati's Andy Dalton, Indianapolis's Andrew Luck, Miami's Ryan Tannehill, as well as rising young QB stars in Houston's Deshaun Watson and Buffalo's Josh Allen.  In addition, a CBS SPORTS PRESENTS feature also highlights "QB Showdown Week" on THE NFL ON CBS with an animated piece; Simms previews the New Orleans-N.Y. Giants game by interviewing Saints quarterback Drew Brees; and the rest of THE NFL TODAY team breaks down some of the more intriguing games of the week including Buffalo-Green Bay, Miami-New England and Cincinnati-Atlanta.   

 

Drew Kaliski is producer and Bob Matina is director of THE NFL TODAY.

 

 

        

 

        

 

1:00 PM, ET
Buffalo at Green Bay

Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts, Evan Washburn

Mark Wolff (Producer), Bob Fishman (Director)

 

           

 

1:00 PM, ET

Cincinnati at Atlanta

Greg Gumbel, Trent Green, Bruce Arians, Melanie Collins

Ken Mack (Producer), Suzanne Smith (Director) 

 

        

1:00 PM, ET
Miami at New England

Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon, Steve Tasker
Jonathan Segal (Producer), Mark Grant (Director)

 

        

1:00 PM, ET
 Houston at Indianapolis

Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta
Sellers Shy (Producer), Jim Cornell (Director)

 

           

 

4:25 PM, ET
 New Orleans at N.Y. Giants

Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson
Jim Rikhoff (Lead Game Producer), Mike Arnold (Lead Game Director)

 

        

4;25 PM, ET
 San Francisco at L.A. Chargers

Andrew Catalon, James Lofton
Steve McKee (Producer), Andy Goldberg (Director)

 

 

 

           

 

 

THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW (TOPS) (8:00 AM, ET; CBS Sports Network) is hosted by Adam Schein with analysts Amy Trask, London Fletcher, Brandon Tierney and Dana Jacobson, along with fantasy experts Keith Irizarry and Jeff Ratcliffe discussing the week's issues and biggest games, along with fanstasy football advice and information.  Deb Gelman and Brian Raab are producers and Jay Kincaid is director.

 

The following are announcer assignments for Week 5 (subject to change):

 

October 7

1:00 PM, ET

Game 

 Announce Team

Producer/Director 

Tennessee @ Buffalo 

Spero Dedes/Adam Archuleta

Jason Ross/Jim Cornell

Denver @ N.Y. Jets 

Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts//Evan Washburn 

Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman

Miami @ Cincinnati

Kevin Harlan/Rich Gannon//Steve Tasker

Jonathan Segal/Mark Grant

Baltimore @ Cleveland  

Andrew Catalon/James Lofton//John Schriffen

Steve McKee/Andy Goldberg

Jacksonville @ Kansas City 

Jim Nantz/Tony Romo//Tracy Wolfson 

Jim Rikhoff/Mke Arnold 

 

4:00 PM, ET

 Game

Announce Team  

Produce/Director 

Oakland @ L.A. Chargers 

Greg Gumbel/Trent Green/Bruce Arians//

Melanie Collins 

Ken Mack/Suzanne Smith 

 

The entire 2018 NFL ON CBS schedule will be streamed live on CBS All Access platforms.  CBS All Access subscribers will receive NFL ON CBS games that are broadcast in their local market.

 

 

Sean McManus is Chairman, CBS Sports and serves as the Executive Producer for THE NFL ON CBS.  David Berson is President, CBS Sports.  Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Senior Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

 

 


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Jerry Caraccioli, CBS Sports, 212-975-7466, gwcaraccioli@cbs.com

Robin Brendle, CBS Sports, 212-975-1533, rlbrendle@cbs.com