{"id":942301,"date":"2026-10-22T17:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/942301\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T17:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:14:10","slug":"jj-watt-named-nfl-on-cbs-lead-game-analyst-after-new-multi-year-contract-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/942301\/","title":{"rendered":"JJ Watt Named ‘NFL on CBS’ Lead Game Analyst After New Multi-Year Contract Agreement\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having spent the first six weeks working with the No. 1 broadcast team for CBS’ NFL coverage, JJ Watt has received a new contract from the network to remain in the role going forward. <\/p>\n

CBS Sports announced on Thursday that Watt has agreed to a multiyear deal to be the lead game analyst as part of the network’s NFL coverage. <\/p>\n

Watt joined CBS prior to the start of the 2025 season. He worked alongside Ian Eagle and Evan Washburn on the No. 2 team.<\/p>\n

CBS elevated Watt to the No. 1 team with Jim Nantz and Tracy Wolfson in July after Tony Romo was placed on indefinite leave<\/a> following his arrest in Milwaukee on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence.<\/p>\n

Romo, who signed a 10-year, $180 million extension with the network in 2020 and CBS Sports announced<\/a> a parting of ways on Oct. 2. The network said in the same announcement that Watt would remain part of the crew with Nantz and Wolfson.<\/p>\n

Watt is the third game analyst Nantz has worked with since CBS elevated Nantz to being the lead play-by-play announcer for NFL games in 2004. He spent nine seasons paired with Romo and 13 seasons with Phil Simms from 2004 to ’16.<\/p>\n

The Nantz-Watt-Wolfson group will be in Baltimore this weekend for Sunday’s AFC North showdown between the Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals.<\/p>\n

As part of the No. 1 broadcast team, Watt figures to be on the call for Super Bowl 62 after the 2027 season when CBS is next scheduled to air the game. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having spent the first six weeks working with the No. 1 broadcast team for CBS’ NFL coverage, JJ…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":["post-942301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}