Nickelodeon’s Gabrielle Nevaeh Green Accidentally Got Tony Romo’s 800 Page Packet Of Game Notes

Gabrielle Nevaeh Green Accidentally Got Tony Romos 800 Page Game Notes

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Sundayโ€™s NFL Wild Card playoff game between the Chicago Bears and the New Orleans Saints featured a rather well received twist in that it was broadcast not only on CBS, but also on Nickelodeon.

The Nickelodeon broadcast was helmed by play-by-play announcer Noah Eagle (son of longtime broadcaster Ian Eagle) with former NFL wide receiver Nate Burleson and Nickelodeon star Gabrielle Nevaeh Green providing analysis and color, and 14-year-old Nick star Lex Lumpkin serving as the sideline reporter.

Burlesonโ€™s work explaining the nuances of an NFL game to what was expected to be a younger audience was especially well-received, while many of the questions Burleson answered throughout the broadcast came from the 15-year-old Green.

Green wasnโ€™t completely unprepared for the broadcast, however. It turns out that, by accident, Green received CBS broadcaster Tony Romoโ€™s 800 page packat of game notes, reports the New York Times.

She was supposed to get a one-page cheat sheet, according to the broadcastโ€™s coordinating producer, Shawn Robbins. When she received a copy of Romoโ€™s monster notes package from a production assistant her mom emailed Robbins, asking, โ€œUm, hey Shawn, what do we need to know from this 800 page packet?โ€

In the end, she didnโ€™t need Romoโ€™s notes, as the broadcast averaged 2.06 million viewers and CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus said following the game, โ€œI think itโ€™s probably the first of many collaborations between CBS Sports and the Viacom platforms.โ€

Even with the potential for F-bombs to be dropped on a kidsโ€™ channel.

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