The Simms file
CBS avoided a touchy situation Sunday and also missed an opportunity to establish a sports broadcasting first.
It was arguable which was the most important late afternoon AFC contest — Broncos-Chargers in Denver or Jets-Patriots at Foxborough, Mass.
CBS sent Phil Simms and Jim Nantz, its first NFL team, to Foxborough, a decision possibly based on that presumed huge late-afternoon Eastern Seaboard audience. Dick Enberg and Dan Fouts were in Denver.
If Simms had been here, he would have had to analyze the ineffective play of his son Chris, who was replaced late in the second quarter by Kyle Orton.
I’ve checked several sources who claim there has never been an NFL game featuring a broadcaster — a former quarterback — analyzing the quarterback play of his son.
