J.J. Watt signs multi-year deal to remain CBS lead analyst
The former NFL defensive star will continue alongside Jim Nantz on the network’s top broadcast team.
J.J. Watt has signed a multi-year agreement to continue as the analyst on CBS Sports’ lead NFL broadcast team, according to a report published by the NFL on Thursday.
Watt will work with play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz and sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson. CBS is also scheduled to carry Super Bowl 62 in Atlanta in February 2028, with Watt in the booth.
From studio analyst to lead booth
Watt joined CBS Sports in 2023 as a studio analyst on “The NFL Today.” After a 12-year playing career with the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals, he moved to game broadcasts in 2025, initially working on the network’s second team with Ian Eagle and Evan Washburn.
He was promoted to CBS’s top team this season. The NFL report said Watt joined Nantz and Wolfson after Tony Romo went on leave following his July 23 arrest in Wisconsin. Romo pleaded no contest to charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. CBS announced on Oct. 2 that it and Romo had agreed to part ways; he had been the network’s lead game analyst since 2017.
A decorated playing career
Watt was a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, a five-time All-Pro selection and the 2017 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. The NFL’s report did not disclose financial terms or the length of the new agreement beyond describing it as multi-year.
Super Bowl assignment ahead
CBS’s announced Super Bowl 62 coverage will bring Watt to the booth for the game in Atlanta in February 2028. The report also noted a recent on-air moment during a Buffalo Bills–Las Vegas Raiders broadcast, when Nantz hit his wrist against a football while demonstrating how players guard against the “Peanut Punch.” Nantz later said nothing was broken.
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