Brian Billick out at FOX Sports

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Fox Sports Parts Ways with NFL Announcer Brian Billick After Six Years
By Jason McIntyre

Fox Sports has parted ways with football analyst Brian Billick after six years, sources tell The Big Lead. Billick’s contract was up, and Fox Sports decided not to renew it.

A Fox Sports spokesman confirmed the news to The Big Lead Sunday afternoon. “We simply decided to move in a different direction. We appreciate all of Brian’s contributions over the years at Fox.”

In January 2013, Billick and play-by-play announcer Thom Brennaman called a playoff game. In January 2014, Fox instead went with the up-and-coming pair of Kevin Burkhardt and analyst John Lynch.

It’s unclear what the next step will be for Billick, who won a Super Bowl as coach of the Baltimore Ravens. He turned 60 in February, but last coached in 2007. One possible landing spot is the NFL Network.
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Billick was head coach of the Ravens from 1999 to 2007 and led them to a championship at Super Bowl XXXV. He had been serving as a color commentator during games on FOX for six seasons, and a year ago he appeared to be viewed as a rising star at the network, as FOX assigned Billick to a playoff game. But now the 60-year-old Billick is departing the booth.
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Don't know if he was interested in another coaching gig or not but if so I'm surprised he wasn't hired. Maybe next season he will get some offers.
 
His "star value" had a shelf life, after that he had to have some real broadcast talent, just not enough of that so in come the more current "stars".
 
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And he continuously bashed the Rams. Rarely had a good word to say about them, he always sounded like he was rooting for the other team. Go back and watch the Rams at Carolina.
 
Billick was counterfeit from jumpstreet. He rode that insane offense in Minny (who wouldn't have looked good as an OC with that talent??), and parlayed it into a coaching job in Bmore where he once again hit the jackpot with one of the best defenses in league history. Dude released his SB winning QB and threw a Brinks truck of $ at Elvis fucking Grbac. Never put a decent offense on the field in Bmore. That team won in SPITE of Billick.
 
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Exactly.

He was always given far too much credit.

He hit the perfect storm twice. Whenever listening to him talk football, I kept imagining other coaches saying to each other, "How the Hell did this guy win a SuperBowll?"
 
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Billick was counterfeit from jumpstreet. He rode that insane offense in Minny (who wouldn't have looked good as an OC with that talent??), and parlayed it into a coaching job in Bmore where he once again hit the jackpot with one of the best defenses in league history. Dude released his SB winning QB and threw a Brinks truck of $ at Elvis freaking Grbac. Never put a decent offense on the field in Bmore. That team won in SPITE of Billick.
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Remember when the Rams were shopping Trent Green?

I was on another board saying that if he went to BAL or PITT that he would end up with a couple of rings. Those two teams were that totally stacked on both sides of the ball and only needed a QB. Literally they each were just a good QB from being on top of the conference and possibly the NFL.

Cowher stuck with Cordell Stewart and Billick went with Elvis Grbac. Ouch on both counts, two horrible decisions.
 
NOW ,NOW , let's stick to his broadcast abilities,I will forever love how Billick described the NY Gints and how over confident they were coming into that Super Bowl,said they were "all farts and giggles", then they didn't KNOW WHAT hit them, kinda like the Broncos this year.
 
Well this MAY BE our last chance to reminisce about Brian and the "good old days " so here for everyone's viewing enjoyment , Brian when he first came on my radar screen. He'd just been fired as a player.

 
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Agreed with most here, he was awful. Course I can't stand the majority of football announcers these days on any of the channels. Billick was one of the worst though.
 
One of the values I live by is never allow your strength to become your weakness! Jay Zygmunt did this when he outsmarted himself signing LB Jamie Duncan over London Fletcher and Brian Billick who has a Masters in Communication thought he was smarter than everyone else.

This is why although being a Head Coach of a Super Bowl team cannot land a Head Coaching gig despite others getting jobs who are less qualified and now being fired because he never did game preperation when being the color analyst on Sunday...Next Step? Who knows, but I don't think he'll get a Head Coaching opportunity.
 
Now if I never have to see Schlereth and that douche who used to play for the patises, you can color me a happy man.
 
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