{"id":522568,"date":"2026-01-17T10:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/522568\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T10:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:40:10","slug":"fox-nfl-studio-show-has-been-brutal-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/522568\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox NFL studio show has been ‘brutal’ this season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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":3,"featured_media":522569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[86381,232430,1232,62,232431,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-522568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-bill-simmons","9":"tag-fox-nfl-sunday","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-the-bill-simmons-podcast","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115910018675181836","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}