#jim-nantz

#jim-nantz

One illuminating way to gauge how your favorite football team is perceived around the NFL is to look at which announcer teams television networks deploy to call their Sunday games. During the two-decade dynasty, Jim Nantz called so many Patriots games - first with analyst Phil Simms on CBS's top team for 13 seasons, then with Tony Romo beginning in 2017 - that a moment was spent acknowledging his 100th broadcast of a New England contest during an October 2020 matchup with the 49ers.

It feels like it has been decades since the Patriots were considered a legitimate threat not only in their division, but in the NFL, and because of that, they have primarily played in the morning slot on Sundays with the D-team in the booth to call their games. They also haven't been featured much on primetime since Tom Brady left five years ago, other than the seemingly required Thursday Night game that no team wants to play.