Where is Cris Collinsworth? NBC broadcaster taking holiday break for Thanksgiving 'Sunday Night Football'

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The NFL has a jam-packed Week 13 schedule in the 2025 season. Thanksgiving is on Thursday, and the league has three standalone games, with Fox, CBS and NBC all getting one.

NBC will also broadcast "Sunday Night Football" in Week 13, giving its "Sunday Night Football" broadcast crew two primetime matchups. The team will look a little different in Week 13. While many are used to ending their football Sundays with Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth in the booth, there will be a different pairing as the Cincinnati Bengals take on the Baltimore Ravens on Thanksgiving night.

Here is more on why Collinsworth isn't broadcasting the Thanksgiving night game alongside Mike Tirico.

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Where is Cris Collinsworth?

The details of Collinsworth's contract with NBC are unknown. Still, baked into the deal he has with the company is that every year he will take off either the Thanksgiving night game or the following "Sunday Night Football" game. With NBC currently holding the broadcast rights to two primetime Thanksgiving Week games, Collinsworth has always chosen to work only one of them.

For Week 13 of the 2025 season, Collinsworth has chosen not to work the Bengals-Ravens game alongside Tirico. Instead, he will be back in the booth for "Sunday Night Football" between the Denver Broncos and the Washington Commanders on November 30.

Collinsworth played in the NFL for eight years with the Bengals from 1981-1988. He transitioned into football coverage, starting in radio in Cincinnati before shifting to TV. Since 2009, he has served as color commentator for NBC's "Sunday Night Football," succeeding legendary broadcaster John Madden.

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Who is replacing Cris Collinsworth?

Collinsworth will be replaced by Jason Garrett. The former Dallas Cowboys head coach has filled in for Collinsworth before, joining Tirico in the booth for the night game on Thanksgiving in 2025.

While Garrett found some success as the head coach in Dallas, he is more divisive on the mic. He has been part of the "Sunday Night Football" pre-game show, and has done better, but fans aren't sold on him in the broadcast booth.