Erin Andrews prepares for the future as Fox contract nears its end

Erin Andrews has one objective for the 2024 NFL season.

The veteran NFL reporter mentioned she is having fun with her time on the sidelines as her contract with Fox Sports is up after this season.

“I think my goal is always kind of the same as last year. Enjoy it, because it’s not going to last forever, especially when your contract is up — and mine is,” Andrews, 46, mentioned whereas laughing throughout the newest installment of her and Charissa Thompson’s “Calm Down” podcast.

Andrews “quietly” re-signed with Fox on a three-year deal, she revealed on the SI Media Podcast in July 2022.

The Wear by EA founder will likely be a free agent for the 2025 season, until she re-signs with Fox Sports.

“Contract year, huge!” mentioned Thompson, who hosts Fox NFL Kickoff, which is the lead-in present to Fox NFL Sunday, along with the Prime Video “Thursday Night Football” pregame present.

“So, contract year, election year, and what else is happening?” Andrews mentioned.

“I really feel like I’m all the time so panicked main up an hour earlier than [game day], that I’m attempting to recite a few of [the information] and have it in my thoughts so it’s straightforward to say, which I’m not doing a great job of proper now.

“So, I always feel prep is a thing I’m always trying to be really good about.”

Andrews and Thompson, who're greatest pals exterior of their respective careers, mentioned her contract whereas answering questions from followers on their Tuesday “Pregame” podcast, which is a prelude to their full episodes, which drop each Thursday.

The former ESPN sideline reporter has been open about loving her time at Fox Sports, the place she presently works video games with Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady, who made his debut as Fox’s lead NFL analyst throughout the Cowboys’ 33-17 win over the Browns in Week 1.

Brady, who signed a 10-year, $375 million contract with Fox in 2022, changed Greg Olsen, who's now on the No. 2 broadcast group with Joe Davis.

Andrews bought candid about struggling to search out her “groove” to begin the 2024 season in a separate episode of her and Thompson’s “Calm Down” podcast final week.

Fox Sports will air Super Bowl 2025 dwell from New Orleans.