Overview
- CBS announced on Oct. 22 that J.J. Watt signed a multi-year agreement to be its permanent lead NFL game analyst.
- Watt will continue to work with play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz and sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson and is slated to call Super Bowl LXII in Atlanta.
- The promotion follows Tony Romo’s leave after a July 23 OWI arrest and the network’s Oct. 2 announcement that it and Romo had mutually parted ways.
- Watt joined CBS in 2023 as a studio analyst, moved into the broadcast booth in 2025, and was elevated to the No. 1 team earlier in the 2026 season.
- CBS praised Watt’s rapid growth under Skydance leadership, the deal’s financial terms were not disclosed, and the move gives the network stability ahead of upcoming marquee games and the analyst free-agent market.