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GURLEY, ELLIOTT AND GORDON, NFL'S TOP THREE RUNNING BACKS, FEATURED ON "NFL ON CBS" IN WEEK 7

 

 

 

THE NFL ON CBS, home of Super Bowl LIII, continues its 59th season on Sunday, Oct. 21 as Jim NantzTony Romo and Tracy Wolfson call the Dallas-Washington game from FedEx Field in Landover, Md. (4:25 PM, ET) in leading CBS' coverage into Week 7 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 (9:00 AM, 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 7's games.  Click links for preview:

 

Dallas at Washington: https://bit.ly/2J5BwBF

 

New England at Chicago: https://bit.ly/2yMVyMA

 

And NFL ON CBS analyst Bruce Arians previews other Week 7 games including the game in London, England - Tennessee at L.A. Chargers: https://bit.ly/2NJOFAZ

 

 

 

 

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 7 highlighted by the Dallas-Washington game and Tennessee-L.A. Chargers game from London, as well games featuring the top three running backs in the NFL so far this season: Todd Gurley, Ezekiel Elliott and Melvin Gordon.   In an abbreviated NFL TODAY show due to the Titans-Chargers game (9:30 AM, ET), the show will feature a CBS SPORTS PRESENTS animated feature highlighting the game in London, as well as Nate Burleson joining the show with a report from the sidelines of Wembley Stadium prior to kick-off, and the rest of the NFL TODAY team previewing other Week 7 games including a discussion highlighting the running backs on CBS this week.  

 

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

 

 

 

 

9:30 AM, ET (London, England)

Tennessee - L.A. Chargers

Greg Gumbel, Trent Green, Bruce Arians, Melanie Collins

Ken Mack (Producer), Suzanne Smith (Director) 

 

 

1:00 PM, ET
New England at Chicago

Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts, Evan Washburn

Mark Wolff (Producer), Bob Fishman (Director)

 

 

1:00 PM, ET
 Buffalo at Indianapolis 

Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta
Sellers Shy (Producer), Chris Svendsen (Director)

 

 

1:00 PM, ET
Houston at Jacksonville

Andrew Catalon, James Lofton
Jason Ross (Producer), Andy Goldberg (Director)

 

 

4:25 PM, ET
 Dallas at Washington

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

 

 

4:25 PM, ET
L.A. Rams at San Francisco

Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon, Steve Tasker
Jonathan Segal (Producer), Mark Grant (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 8 (subject to change):

 

October 28

1:00 PM, ET

Game 

 Announce Team

Producer/Director 

N.Y. Jets @ Chicago

Jim Nantz/Tony Romo//Tracy Wolfson 

Jim Rikhoff/Mike Arnold

Baltimore @ Carolina 

Greg Gumbel/Trent Green/

Bruce Arians//Melanie Collins

Ken Mack/Suzanne Smith

Cleveland @ Pittsburgh  

Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts//Evan Washburn

Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman

Denver @ Kansas City 

Kevin Harlan/Rich Gannon//Steve Tasker 

Jonathan Segal/Chris Svendsen 

 

4:00 PM, ET

 Game

Announce Team  

Produce/Director 

Indianapolis @ Oakland

Andrew Catalon/James Lofton//Amanda Balionis

Jason Ross/Andy Goldberg

 

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