Two major stories in the football world in recent weeks have been the retooling of\u00a0Football Night in America\u00a0at NBC and the ongoing saga involving New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and NFL insider Dianna Russini.<\/p>\n
They are not related to each other. At all.<\/p>\n
But Jordon Hudson is leading the train into Conspiracy Town in an attempt to tie them together.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, NBC football analyst Chris Simms announced on his\u00a0PFT Live\u00a0show with Mike Florio that he would not be returning to FNIA for the upcoming season<\/a>. NBC is completely reshaping their NFL studio show. Simms joins fellow longtime analyst Tony Dungy towards the exits while the network has added former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin<\/a>.<\/p>\n Also, after operating two sets for years \u2013 one in the studio and one on the road in the stadium \u2013 Football Night in America\u00a0will be entirely set at the stadiums<\/a> for\u00a0Sunday Night Football\u00a0this year. The moves are not unexpected and there are likely to be even more changes<\/a> to come.<\/p>\n But inexplicably, a conspiracy theory has started making the rounds<\/a> that Chris Simms was somehow fired for addressing the situation between Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini<\/a>. A clip was posted of Mike Florio joking with Simms while discussing the scandal and telling him to \u201cstay on target.\u201d It was then amplified by an NFL aggregator account with a message that twisted it to\u00a0assume that Simms was let go from Football Night in America\u00a0because of it.<\/p>\n And now Jordon Hudson has picked up on it on her own social media feed in multiple posts as she called out Florio by name.<\/p>\n We\u2019re not talking about this?<\/p>\n Why not, @ProFootballTalk<\/a>? https:\/\/t.co\/QEJI3hhvA6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jordon Hudson (@Jordonbella) April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n https:\/\/t.co\/5AXbXuw2fG<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/HzQdKbWILJ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jordon Hudson (@Jordonbella) April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It\u2019s here that we should note that Florio has not been shy<\/a> in writing about Bill Belichick, Michael Lombardi, and Jordon Hudson with all the drama that encapsulated North Carolina for much of the last year. It\u2019s obvious that he is not a popular figure in the Hudson-Belichick world. And as Hudson has shown, she has a long memory when it comes to media coverage that has provided scrutiny to Chapel Hill, just ask Pablo Torre<\/a>.<\/p>\n But Florio has also not been shy in covering the Mike Vrabel-Dianna Russini story either. There are multiple<\/a> articles<\/a> on Pro Football Talk all about it, including shining a light on past reporting<\/a> from Russini about Vrabel. To then think that the same person would try to actively shut down conversation about it out of fear of NFL or Comcast overlords is to be totally detached from reality.<\/p>\n Yes, it\u2019s true that the Mike Vrabel-Dianna Russini is an awkward one<\/a> for the NFL media world to try to cover given the proliferation of the insider culture. It\u2019s been left to publications like the New York Post, TMZ, and largely independent media outlets to go all-in with all the developments. But that doesn\u2019t mean mainstream outlets have ignored it completely.<\/p>\n Russini\u2019s former outlet, The Athletic<\/a>, has been covering the Vrabel side of the story. ESPN was the one who reported Vrabel was entering counseling. Mike Greenberg actually asked Roger Goodell about Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini during the NFL Draft<\/a> with millions watching. Is he at risk of being fired by ESPN and\/or the NFL because of it? No.<\/p>\n Maybe Jordon Hudson is just being opportunistic and trying to get a shot in at the football media world that has been a thorn in her side for the last year. But it\u2019s not one that has any basis in fact whatsoever.<\/p>\n \t\n
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