Fox NFL Sunday veteran makes official exit announcement as Terry Bradshaw consider retirement
A FOX NFL Sunday star confirmed his departure from the hit pregame show on live television on Monday.
The Fox NFL Sunday veteran’s exit comes as the 75-year-old Pittsburgh Steelers legend Terry Bradshaw has considered retirement from broadcasting.
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Peter Schrager revealed on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football that he would be leaving the program and directly referenced reports that he was in talks with a rival networkCredit: NFL Network
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Fox NFL Sunday has seen one of its veterans leave the popular pregame programCredit: Getty
On Monday morning, NFL insider and analyst Peter Schrager announced that he would be hosting NFL Network’s Good Morning Football for the last time.
While the 42-year-old didn’t confirm his next move, yubi, he directly referenced reports from The Athletic and Front Office Sports, both of which reported that he was in discussions with ESPN.
“The rumors are true. Today is my last day on Good Morning Football,” Schrager said. I end with great feelings, we’re going to celebrate today.
“I love everyone on this show. It’s all good. But this will be the last episode I’ll be on this program.
“And with a heavy heart, I’m stepping away.
“But it’s also for good reasons and for a bright future.
And hopefully we’ll all still be crossing paths and we can talk about ball elsewhere and it’ll be fine.”
GMFB star Kyle Brandt, who has co-hosted the show alongside Schrager since the program’s inception in 2016, then joked that he thought Schrager’s big announcement was going to be his latest mock draft.
“Alright, so you leaving the show, that’s a pretty big deal,” Brandt said.
“I’m going to have to adjust to that and we’re gonna have to talk about it a lot this morning, I promise you.”
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Brandt will now be GMFB’s last remaining original host.
The Athletic and FOS reported that a deal between Schrager and ESPN has yet to be finalized.
However, the two outlets confirmed that Schrager will contribute to ESPN’s NFL top programs and events if he secures the contract.
Schrager is expected to work on ESPN’s numerous shows, including Get Up, First Take, NFL Live, and even the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft, which is next month.
He will leave GMFB and Fox NFL Sunday, where he has served as a sideline reporter and contributor.
Schrager and Jimmy Johnson, who retired earlier this month, are no longer stars on the show, and Bradshaw could follow them in the near future.
Bradshaw shared at the Super Bowl last month that he intends to retire from his over-30-year broadcasting career after Super Bowl 63 in 2029.
“I told my wife before I left the room a while ago, I’m sitting there, I said, ‘I’ve got two years left at FOX. I’m 76,'” Bradshaw said.
“Okay, so it’s a young man’s game. I get that. Everybody wants the new.
“And so I said, ‘If we can get to the next Super Bowl, I’ll be 80. That’s, I think that’s time’.
“80 years old, that’s pushing it.”
Fox also has question marks regarding TV reporters Charissa Thompson and Erin Andrews.
Both revealed last month that their contracts with Fox expired after the 2024 NFL campaign.
