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"THE NFL ON CBS" WEEK 5 FEATURES NFL'S NO. 1 OFFENSE VS. NO. 1 DEFENSE



 

 

THE NFL ON CBS, home of Super Bowl LIII, continues its 59th season on Sunday, Oct. 7 as Jim NantzTony Romo and Tracy Wolfson call the Jacksonville-Kansas City game from Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. (1:00 PM, ET) in leading CBS' coverage into Week 5 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 Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason break down some of Week 5's games:

Jacksonville at Kansas Cityhttps://bit.ly/2xXDUGm
Miami at Cincinnatihttps://bit.ly/2OybMD6

And NFL ON CBS analyst Dan Fouts previews other Week 5 games: https://bit.ly/2P7KnVD

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 5 highlighting games that include the NFL's No. 1 offense vs. the No. 1 defense as Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City go up against Jalen Ramsey, Calais Campbell and Yannick Ngakoue and Jacksonville; as well as a pair of 3-1 teams leading their respective divisions in Miami vs. Cincinnati.  A feature on the young Chiefs quarterback Mahomes gives a different look into his life by visiting his hometown of Whitehouse, Texas, his high school coaches, as well as his college and Texas Tech teammates and showing the people and events in his life that have helped him get to where he is.  In addition, Jim Rome will be in-studio giving his take on the NFL at the quarter-pole of the season; discussion of what is happening in Pittsburgh and the AFC North division, and an "Extra Point" feaure on Denver rookie LB Bradley Chubb is part of THE NFL TODAY in Week 5.

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:00 PM, ET
 Tennessee at Buffalo

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

 

 

 

1:00 PM, ET
Denver at N.Y. Jets

Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts, Evan Washburn

Mark Wolff (Producer), Bob Fishman (Director)

 

 

 

1:00 PM, ET
Miami at Cincinnati

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

 

 

 

1:00 PM, ET
 Baltimore at Cleveland

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

 

 

 

1:00 PM, ET
 Jacksonville at Kansas City

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

 

 

 

4:00 PM, ET

Oakland at L.A. Chargers

Greg Gumbel, Trent Green, Bruce Arians, Melanie Collins

Ken Mack (Producer), Suzanne Smith (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 6 (subject to change):

 

October 7 - CBS DOUBLEHEADER

1:00 PM, ET

Game 

 Announce Team

Producer/Director 

Indianapolis @ N.Y. Jets 

Greg Gumbel/Trent Green/Bruce Arians// Melanie Collins

Ken Mack/Suzanne Smith

Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati

Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts//Evan Washburn 

Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman

L.A. Chargers @ Cleveland

Spero Dedes/Adam Archuleta

Jason Ross/Jim Cornell

Buffalo @ Houston  

Andrew Catalon/James Lofton

Steve McKee/Andy Goldberg

 

4:25 PM, ET

 Game

Announce Team  

Produce/Director 

Jacksonville @ Dallas 

Jim Nantz/Tony Romo//Tracy Wolfson

Jim Rikhoff/Mike Arnold

Baltimore @ Tennessee 

Kevin Harlan/Rich Gannon//Steve Tasker 

Jonathan Segal/Mark Grant 

 

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