FOX has made another big change for Week 6’s NFL coverage involving star commentator Greg Olsen.
The network has announced the broadcast pairings for the next round of games in the 2024 season.
Greg Olsen will have a third different broadcast partner in six weeks[/caption]
Greg Olsen was paired with Jason Benetti last time in the absence of Joe Davis[/caption]
And it involves another new partner for Olsen, who was demoted from the top team to make way for Tom Brady.
Olsen used to work with Kevin Burkhardt on the leading Fox broadcast team.
This year he’s part of the second National Football League crew with Joe Davis.
But with Davis on Major League Baseball playoffs duty, former tight end Olsen was handed a new partner last week.
Fans loved the chemistry between Olsen and Jason Benetti on the Week 5 game between the Cleveland Browns and Washington Commanders.
“Jason Benetti-Greg Olsen broadcast booth as A team as it gets for a non A team duo,” one said.
“Why aren’t @jasonbenetti and @gregolsen88 the primary booth? What a duo,” another wrote.
“Even though it kind of sucks that Olsen was ‘demoted,’ he’s working with same amazing announcers this year,” one more posted.
But the pairing has apparently only lasted one week, with Olsen given a new partner for Week 6.
Olsen will be joined by Adam Amin in the booth as the duo call the 1 pm ET game between the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It is one of three games Fox has in the 1 pm ET window in Week 6.
The network will also show the Arizona Cardinals against the Green Bay Packers and Cleveland Browns at Philadelphia Eagles during the same window.
The top team of Burkhardt and Brady will be on the 4.25 pm ET showdown between the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys.
And Fox will also show the Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers at the same time.
The Tom Brady domino effect
Tom Brady will take his seat in Fox’s top NFL announce team alongside Kevin Burkhardt.
And his arrival at the network has set off a domino effect with every other announcer moving down one spot.
That means Fox’s NFL coverage in 2024 will feature entirely new broadcast pairings.
Greg Olsen, who previously worked alongside Burkhardt, will now be part of the No. 2 announce team with Joe Davis.
The other Fox pairings for 2024 are:
- Adam Amin-Mark Sanchez
- Kenny Albert-Jon Vilma
- Kevin Kugler-Daryl Johnston
- Chris Myers-Mark Schlereth
It’s a huge Sunday for Fox with their NFL double header week followed by a MLB playoff game.
The MLB and Fox confirmed details for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series.
The New York Mets will visit either the Los Angeles Dodgers or San Diego Padres.
And that game will begin at 8.15 pm ET and be live on the main Fox channel, it was confirmed.
That means it avoids a clash with the NFL double header and is given top billing in prime time rather than on FS1.
New York sports fans will face a choice between the Mets game and NBC’s Sunday Night Football clash between the Cincinnati Bengals and New York Giants.
