Greg Olsen Fans May Be Disappointed by the News of Cris Collinsworth’s Contract Extension | Contract

1. The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand reported on Thursday that NBC is predicted to signal Sunday Night Football analyst Cris Collinsworth to a contract extension by means of the 2029–30 season.

The largest takeaway right here is that issues simply grew to become a lot more durable for Greg Olsen, who has develop into extraordinarily widespread with critics and followers, to land a No. 1 analyst job in the NFL.

Here’s the place issues stand with the lead analyst jobs throughout the networks:

And, of course, there’s Fox, the place Olsen had the lead analyst job for 2 seasons earlier than Tom Brady took over this season. Brady has a 10-year deal for that gig.

Olsen needs a No. 1 job. Olsen deserves a No. 1 job. Fans would profit from Olsen having a No. 1 job as a result of he’s so good. Unfortunately, except one thing stunning occurs, it doesn’t seem to be Olsen will be capable to get that No. 1 job for a very long time.

2. The No Fun League one way or the other fined Saints quarterback Derek Carr $14,000 for the Michael Jackson celebration he did throughout New Orelans’s blowout win in opposition to Dallas.

Meanwhile, the NFL’s official Twitter account had no downside tweeting out the video of Carr’s celebration on Sunday.

3. This was actually good things from Miami Marlins supervisor Skip Schumaker in the center of Shohei Ohtani’s historic day on Thursday.

In the seventh inning with runners on second and third, first base open and Ohtani coming as much as bat with 49 residence runs, somebody in Miami’s dugout will need to have requested Schumaker if the Marlins had been going to deliberately stroll Ohtani.

You didn’t need to be a terrific lip reader to determine Schumaker’s “f— that” response.

“F— that” was the appropriate response as a result of it could’ve been absurd to deliberately stroll Ohtani in an 11–3 recreation.

After the recreation wherein Ohtani made historical past by being the first MLB participant to have 50 residence runs and 50 stolen bases in a season, Schumaker additional defined why strolling the Dodgers DH wasn’t an choice for the Marlins.

4. The addition of Bill Belichick and the chemistry between the future Hall of Fame coach and his co-hosts, Chris Long, Ryan Clark and Chad Johnson, has made Inside the NFL a very good watch this season.

5. Caitlin Clark is now answerable for the WNBA’s all-time single-game attendance document.

Thursday’s Fever-Mystics recreation performed at the Capital One Arena in D.C. drew 20,711 followers.

6. This latest episode of SI Media With Jimmy Traina contains a dialog with CBS’s lead faculty soccer play-by-play man, Brad Nessler.

Nessler talks about CBS dropping the SEC and touchdown the Big Ten, changing the legendary Verne Lundquist and the one faculty soccer stadium he has by no means known as a recreation in.

Nessler additionally shares tales about the varied analysts he’s labored with by means of the years, reveals the one occasion he hasn’t known as however wish to, weighs in on what he thinks of Tom Brady and Nick Saban as tv stars, and way more.

Nessler additionally talks about his friendship with wrestling icon Ric Flair and divulges whether or not Flair or Bill Raftery is the larger partier.

Following Nessler, Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York joins me for our weekly “Traina Thoughts” phase. In this week’s phase, we talk about ESPN’s Jason Kelce–heavy Monday Night Football broadcast of Falcons-Eagles recreation, the pattern that NFL bettors ought to be conscious of, Saturday Night’s Main Event returning to NBC, whether or not The Bear is a comedy, and way more.

You can take heed to the SI Media With Jimmy Traina beneath or on Apple and Spotify.

You may watch SI Media With Jimmy Traina on Sports Illustrated‘s YouTube channel.

7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: My second-favorite episode of The Office, “The Dundies,” aired 19 years ago today on NBC. Enjoy this deleted scene featuring Michael Scott’s rap.

Be positive to make amends for previous editions of Traina Thoughts and take a look at the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast hosted by Jimmy Traina on Apple, Spotify or Google. You may comply with Jimmy on Twitter and Instagram.