After Mike Tomlin stepped down following 19 seasons as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, it\u2019s widely expected that the Super Bowl-winning head coach will wind up on Fox. But while Bill Simmons isn\u2019t as sold as everybody else seems to be that the ex-Steelers coach will be an instant hit as a TV analyst, he also sees a need for the network to improve its product.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do think Fox could maybe use a little Botox, an injection,\u201d The Ringer founder said on Friday\u2019s episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast<\/a>. \u201cI thought Fox was pretty brutal this year\u2026 I feel like the mix has kind of gotten stale on the Fox show. So I think [Tomlin would help].\u201d<\/p>\n While Simmons didn\u2019t specify his criticism beyond calling the studio show \u201cstale,\u201d his reference to Botox could indicate a belief that Fox NFL Sunday needs to get younger. To that end, the 53-year-old Tomlin would seemingly bring a youthful energy, especially considering that he\u2019d effectively be filling the void left by Jimmy Johnson, who retired following the 2024 season<\/a>.<\/p>\n Simmons also floated NBC as a possibility for Tomlin, noting the potential for the Comcast-owned network to make a big show of what would be a splashy new hire during its coverage of Super Bowl LX next month. But while it seems like a foregone conclusion that Tomlin will wind up in someone\u2019s studio next season, the-ex ESPN columnist said that he\u2019d prefer to see more former head coaches step into the broadcast booth as game analysts, a role he believes better suits their skillsets.<\/p>\n As for Tomlin\u2019s outlook as a studio analyst, Simmons expressed excitement, but also concern about what the Hampton, Virginia, native will and won\u2019t be willing to say.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m excited to have him on TV,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t know if he\u2019s gonna be as good as everybody seems to think he\u2019s gonna be on TV. I reserve judgment, \u2019cause I think he\u2019s coming back to the league. Those guys always scare me and it\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019ll do TV but I don\u2019t wanna be too hard.’\u201d<\/p>\n Maybe that\u2019s how all of this will play out. Or perhaps, Tomlin will provide Fox NFL Sunday with the Botox injection the Sports Guy believes it needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Mike Tomlin stepped down following 19 seasons as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, it\u2019s widely…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[57925,197909,349,99,171767],"class_list":["post-412499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-bill-simmons","tag-fox-nfl-sunday","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-the-bill-simmons-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}