Overview
- CBS announced Thursday that J.J. Watt has signed a multi-year deal to serve as its lead NFL game analyst and will continue to call the network’s top games with Jim Nantz and Tracy Wolfson.
- Watt joined CBS in 2023 as a studio analyst, moved into the broadcast booth in 2025, and was elevated to the No. 1 team this season after filling in for Tony Romo.
- Tony Romo was placed on leave after a July OWI arrest, pleaded no contest in September, and the network and Romo mutually agreed to part ways in early October.
- CBS did not disclose financial terms for Watt’s contract, and his long-term signing removes one marquee name from a competitive market where several top analyst deals are expiring.
- Watt said he was honored and grateful in the network release, the deal gives viewers continuity in the top booth, and it helps CBS, now under Skydance’s sports group, lock down its lead team ahead of next season’s big events.