It's about ratings, of course. The network dumped analyst and former quarterback Boomer Esiason for Miller and Fouts. We wanted to remove some of the sameness. We wanted to reinvent a little bit. Instead, the network has added comic relief to the booth.
Football is entertainment.
Comedy is entertainment. And don't pretend there's still a line between entertainment and sports. That blurred decades ago when CBS stuck beauty queen Phyllis George on the set for its Sunday football studio show. She was face candy for the beer drinkers, sort of like the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. For a while, anyway.