2 Star QBs Fired from ‘The NFL Today’ in Major CBS Shift

Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms will no longer co-host “The NFL Today” on CBS.

James Brown, Nate Burleson and Bill Cowher will remain on the show, and will be joined this season by former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan and former Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, according to the New York Post.

Brown, Cowher, Esiason and Simms were all at the end of their current contracts this year, leading many — including the Post — to speculate that changes might be in the wind for the show’s hosting lineup.

Esiason will remain as co-host on WFAN’s morning show, however, and in fact announced on the show that he had signed a long-term contract with the station.

Sean McManus, who was the CBS 🏆Sports chairman who hired Esiason back in 2001, is leaving that position this year, according to the Post.

“The guy who hired me back in 2001 was a guy by the name of Sean McManus, who was the CBS 🏆Sports Chairman,” Esiason said. “I never in my wildest dreams it would have lasted 22 years. With all the people that I’ve worked with CBS and the ‘NFL Today’ it’s been an amazing run.”

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