NBC taps Gibbs and Theismann for the playoffs

While the Redskins will not be going to the playoffs, a couple of familiar former Washington super stars will be covering the games for NBC.

At 4:30 p.m. Saturday on NBC, the Jets will be headed to Cincinnati with Tom Hammond, Joe Gibbs and Joe Theismann doing the broadcast.

At 8 p.m. Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Andrea Kremer will call the action from Cowboys Stadium for the Cowboys-Eagles game.

Saturday’s coverage begins with “Football Night in America,” at 4 p.m. with Bob Costas hosting live from inside Cowboys Stadium. Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann will co-host “Football Night” from NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza studios joined by Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy, two-time Super Bowl winner Rodney Harrison and Sports Illustrated’s Peter King.

On Sunday, CBS will have the Ravens–Pats game at 1 p.m. with Jim Nantz and Phil Simms.

FOX will have the final game of the playoffs’ first weekend at 4:40 p.m. with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman calling the Packers-Cards game.

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