Chris Simms out at ‘Football Night in America’

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Chris Simms will not return to Football Night in America next season, he revealed Monday on PFT Live.

Simms joined NBC Sports in 2016 and has spent the next decade building one of the more expansive portfolios in NBC’s football operation, eventually becoming one of the four main analysts on FNIA‘s primary panel alongside Maria Taylor, Jason Garrett, and Devin McCourty.

That role now appears to belong to Mike Tomlin.

“I’m not on the show anymore, Mike,” Simms disclosed while discussing the show’s overhaul with co-host Mike Florio, saying NBC informed him of the decision last week. ” I don’t know if anyone told you. I will not be part of Football Night in America. They told me that last week, so that’s just going to be a different aspect. That hurt because I do love it.”

Simms’ departure is the latest in a significant reshaping of Football Night in America heading into 2026. Tony Dungy confirmed his departure earlier this offseason after 17 seasons at NBC, while Awful Announcing reported in February that Rodney Harrison and Jac Collinsworth were also unlikely to return, effectively dissolving the three-person satellite studio that traveled on-site to every game throughout the season. AA that Matthew Berry is unlikely to be back after four seasons, during which he built out a full Peacock fantasy football operation while maintaining his Fantasy Life brand.