Rob Gronkowski Replaces Jimmy Johnson on ‘FOX NFL Sunday’

The “Fox NFL Sunday” crew will look a little different this season after legendary Dallas Cowboys coach and 2020 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee Jimmy Johnson announced his retirement last March.

Johnson, 82, joined Fox Sports as an analyst in 1994 after leaving the Cowboys. He spent two seasons as an analyst before returning to the NFL to be head coach of the Miami Dolphins for four seasons. Once he retired from coaching, he decided to return to Fox.

 “I had been thinking about it for the last four or five years, but I made the difficult decision to retire from Fox,” Johnson told Colin Cowherd. “I’m going to miss it and I’m going to miss all of the guys. I’ll see them occasionally, but it had been a great run starting back 31 years ago.”

Fox announced on Friday that Johnson will be replaced by former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski. After making several guest appearances on “Fox NFL Sunday,” Gronkowski will officially join the panel in a full-time capacity.

The five-time Pro Bowler and four-time All-Pro selection made his on-air debut after his initial retirement in 2018 on “Fox NFL Thursday” and appeared in Fox programming throughout the 2019 season.

The rest of the panel includes host Curt Menefee, Hall of Famers Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Michael Strahan, along with NFL insider Jay Glazer.

Gronkowski will also reunite with former teammate Tom Brady, who is part of Fox’s lead broadcast team alongside play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt and sideline reporters Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi.