All Denver Broncos fans are aware of the great work that Ring of Fame linebacker Tom Jackson does on ESPN every week of the NFL season.
I recommended T.J. to NBC as soon as he retired. They interviewed him and immediately offered him a contract. But, in line with his father's advice to "take some time to think over a big decision," Tom asked for a couple of days. Meanwhile, the new guys at ESPN called and asked him to do a studio audition with "some guy named Chris Berman."
T.J. went to Bristol, he and Chris hit it off like brothers, and they have been on the set of NFL Countdown and NFL Primetime ever since.