"Inside the NFL" dumps Costas and Marino

[Gerk]

Inside the NFL, the 31-year-old dean of NFL highlight shows that is migrating from HBO to Showtime, will debut in September with a veteran starting lineup. Sean McManus, who oversees the CBS sports and news divisions, says the CBS-owned premium cable channel will formally announce Monday it will deploy NFL studio host James Brown as the host of Inside-- the role Bob Costas had on HBO. And, McManus says, the show will add lead CBS NFL analyst Phil Simms: "He's got a really good studio presence and nobody gets to see it." Longtime Inside analyst Cris Collinsworth, also an NBC and NFL Network analyst, will return. The weekly show, McManus says, might have a fourth analyst or "rotate that seat among recently retired and current players." Meaning, longtime Inside analyst Dan Marino is out. McManus says Marino will continue as a "key mainstay" in CBS' NFL studio -- and did a "terrific job" on HBO, but "we didn't want to just have CBS people. And we wanted a link to the HBO show. It was a tough one, in respect to Dan, to go with Cris." -- USA Today

[rjb1816]

glad dan is out...they needed to keep costas tho

[Dr. Jack]

I think Dan does a decent job on CBS and I havent watched Inside the NFL in a long time

[Sweetleaf22]

The complete quote ...



The Cincinnati Bengals…no other organization in football, coach goes 4-12, not only does he get rehired, he gets a raise. And for once they got it right. This is an organization, he was coach of the year last year, they’ve always been reactive. No matter what it is, the wind blows a certain way, get him out of here. They knew they had a good coach in Marvin Lewis. Some people wanted him fired. They kept him and believe me... the Bengals next year, what are they, Phil? A mortal lock to win the AFC North.


Cris Collinsworth on Showtime's Inside the NFL....