If 2016 will be, as it appears, Chris Berman’s last year at ESPN, he possibly won’t be joined for his farewell tour by Tom Jackson.
Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News reports that the 65-year-old Jackson “likely will not return” to ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown this year.
“He’s still weighing his options,” an industry source told Raissman. “This will be Tommy’s call. It’s up to him. Tommy’s driving the train on this one. The situation is fluid.”
Regardless of whether it’s fluid, the clock is ticking toward the start of the season. Just last week, ESPN announced that Randy Moss will be joining the show. Charles Woodson and Matthew Hasselbeck also are in, and holdovers like Mike Ditka, Keyshawn Johnson, and Cris Carter are out. If Jackson goes -- and Raissman’s source predicts Jackson will indeed leave -- Berman will be the only common link among the core group on the show.
Jackson played 14 years with the Broncos before joining ESPN after the end of his career. The coming season would be his 30th at ESPN.
