00:00The man gets fired with a year left on his contract
00:03and somehow lands in a better spot a month later.
00:06That's the Tom Pellicero story right now,
00:09and both he and Netflix NFL coverage are winning.
00:13Remember, ESPN cut Pellicero loose in the summer layoffs
00:17and had all of us kind of scratching our heads with that move.
00:20He is one of the most plugged-in insiders in the sport
00:24and still had a year left on his NFL network deal when it all happened.
00:28But one network's trash is another's treasure,
00:32and he was only on the open market for, what, about a month?
00:36Now he's Netflix's guy, sideline reporter and lead NFL insider
00:41for their five-game 2026 slate,
00:44and he'll be covering some really big primetime games.
00:47In fact, week one, he's got Rams Niners from Melbourne, Australia,
00:52on September 10th to name one of them.
00:55But on top of that, he's also co-hosting the Ringer NFL show
00:59and popping up weekly on the Bill Simmons podcast.
01:02And here's the part that matters if you're watching the entire media landscape.
01:07This is the third name Ringer and Spotify have pulled off the ESPN NFL network layoffs
01:14recently after McShay and Zach Lowe.
01:17Now, I don't think that's a coincidence at all.
01:21For me, this is Netflix showing that, hey, we want to be taking serious.
01:26Getting Pellicero says you want to be taking seriously in NFL coverage.
01:30Looks like Netflix wanted to go out and get the guy who breaks the news,
01:35not just the guy who talks about it.
01:37That's a credibility play, and that's a smart move.
01:41Netflix is slowly building a roster of talent for their NFL coverage,
01:45and it's far from over.
01:48Yeah.
01:51That's a good point.
01:51I think that's a good point.
01:51I think preservation and papercoma is...
01:51If you don't know.
01:52They were talking about my любой shit.
01:52I don't know.
01:52So, there is a good point.
01:52I was thinking about you that might be making up some businesses.
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