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Cris Carter teams with Twitter to call Thursday Night Football games on Periscope

Cris Carter plans to put a new twist on what it means to be an NFL analyst this season.

The former ESPN analyst is teaming with Twitter to provide live commentary via Periscope for each Thursday Night Football game this season, sources tell Sporting News.

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The Pro Football Hall of Famer, who left the cast of ESPN's "Sunday NFL Countdown" in a shakeup that left Cris Berman as the last man standing, will go live @criscarter80 and Periscope roughly 90 minutes before each TNF game, at halftime and right after the game ends.