Phil Simms

Phil Simms completed a 26-year run in 2024 at CBS Sports joining the network in 1998 where he served as a studio analyst on The NFL Today and contributor on NFL Monday QB on CBS Sports Network season. For 19 seasons, Simms served as the lead NFL game analyst for CBS’s NFL coverage and three seasons calling Thursday Night Football. 

He has called eight Super Bowls; six for CBS including SB 50 (2016), SB XLVII (2013), SB XLIV (2010) and SB XLI (2007), SB XXXVIII (2004) and SB XXXV (2001) and two for NBC including Super Bowl XXX (1996) and Super Bowl XXXIII (1999).

Simms can be heard weekly on Simms Complete a video podcast he hosts with son Matt available on the Bleav platform and all the major podcast platforms. During the NFL season, Simms is a co-host of SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Radio program Simms and the Mad Dog, as well as a weekly contributor on Boomer & Gio (WFAN/simulcast for television on CBS Sports Network) and Kickoff with Boomer & Valenti (Audacy). 

For the 2024 NFL season, Simms has called the television broadcasts of the New York Giants pre-season games as well as select radio broadcasts for Westwood One and Compass Media Networks. 

Simms spent 15 years as a quarterback for the New York Giants, winning two Super Bowl titles (1987, 1991).  He was named Super Bowl MVP in Super Bowl XXI (1987) when he completed 22 of 25 passes in defeating the Denver Broncos for Big Blue’s first Super Bowl win. In addition, Simms is second in Big Blue history for most passes completed and attempted for one game, one season and throughout his career; most touchdown passes throughout his career; and most 300 yard games throughout his career. Simms completed his career with a .598 win percentage (95-64), the highest for any Giants quarterback with over 50 games played.

The Kentucky-native was the Giants first selection in the 1979 NFL Draft out of Morehead State University.  Simms would go on to be selected to participate in NFL Pro Bowl games in 1993 and before that in 1985, when he was named MVP of the contest.   

Simms introduced the “Phil Simms All-Iron Team,” honoring NFL players and coaches, which first aired on a Christmas Day broadcast on CBS in 1999. The "All-Iron Team" special aired on broadcasts on Super Bowl XLI Sunday (2007), Super Bowl XLIV Sunday (2010), Super Bowl XLVII Sunday (2013) and Super Bowl 50 Sunday (2016).

Prior to joining CBS Sports, Simms served as a game analyst on NBC’s top NFL broadcast team along with Dick Enberg and Paul Maguire from 1995-1998 (which included two Super Bowls). Away from the gridiron, he has also announced weightlifting events for NBC Sports coverage of the 1996 Olympic Summer Games and served as sideline reporter on “The NBA in NBC”.  Simms also worked on the “NFL Quarterback Challenge” and “Run To Daylight” while at NBC. In addition, Simms was a co-host on Inside The NFL from 2008-2023. 

In addition to his work in the broadcast booth, the Franklin Lakes, NJ resident authored the New York Times bestselling “Sunday Morning Quarterback: Going Deep on the Strategies, Myths and Mayhem of Football”. Utilizing his rich football IQ, Simms has become a quarterback skills expert to which he teaches and provides evaluations of high school, college and professional quarterbacks to top NFL personnel directors. 

In 2024, Simms was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. In 2022, Simms was named the recipient of the Davey O’ Brien Legends Award, recognizing a college or professional quarterback who has made a significant contribution to the game of football, distinguished himself as an extraordinary leader and demonstrated exemplary conduct both on and off the football field.

Simms currently serves as a spokesperson for FanDuel, Balance of Nature, Bigelow Tea, GEICO, Arthritis Knee Pain Centers, Collectors Showcase of America (CSA), Investors Bank and Hackensack University Medical Center. He also served as the color analyst voice for the widely popular EA Sports video game Madden NFL 13, 14, 15 and 16 as well as a spokesperson for brands including Investors Bank, Century 21 and Fanatics.
 
Simms and wife Diana reside in Franklin Lakes, NJ and have three children, Chris, Matt and Deirdre, as well as five grandchildren. Chris Simms played quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans and Denver Broncos and now serves as one of the leading football analysts in the industry. Matt Simms played quarterback for the New York Jets, Buffalo Bills and Atlanta Falcons.