Mike Florio is preparing for another NFL season serving as an analyst for NBC’s Sunday Night Football pregame show, Football Night in America, and his more rigorous duties heading up the ProFootballTalk website and his daily show, PFT Live, which airs on Peacock.
“Once football season starts, it’s seven days a week, nonstop, no break,” Florio tells Front Office Sports. “I have a little bit of time on Friday nights where the world is normal, but otherwise, it’s nonstop.”
Florio’s schedule this fall will look a little different as, for the first time, FNIA will be on the road every week, broadcasting live from the site of each SNF matchup. Florio, however, won’t be making all 18 road trips. “They’re going to let me decide which trips to make, and which games I should just stay home,” he says.
Meanwhile, PFT Live will have a more regular dose of former NFL quarterback Chris Simms, who will co-host the show four days per week (he’ll be off Wednesdays), up from two to three days last season. Simms is not returning to FNIA this season, which previously impacted when he could co-host PFT Live.
With training camp underway and the start of the league’s preseason schedule just days away, Florio spoke to FOS about the upcoming NFL season, his media duties, and his recent criticism of how the 49ers handled the news surrounding coach Kyle Shanahan’s car accident.
