When he considered television a year ago, he dismissed being a game analyst because it involved weekly travel all over the nation.
What might have been an isolating technology seems to be evolving into a more inclusive one, game analysts say.
It remains possible that Parcells could eventually become the top game analyst.
After the end of his career he worked as a game analyst in a popular football TV broadcast.
He served as the game analyst on the radio network.
He seems to have a future in television, more as a game analyst than as a studio host.
But Packer is a better game analyst than a judge of journalism.
Jeff Torborg is expected to sign as a game analyst.
This position provides him even greater visibility than that of a game analyst or play-by-play announcer.
That he gave up a career as a game analyst that was starting to peak isn't surprising.