The AFC Championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens will kick off at 3 p.m. ET on CBS. The Chiefs are looking to win the AFC title for the fourth time in five seasons. Baltimore has not been to the Super Bowl since winning the title in the 2012 season.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has reached the AFC Championship Game in all six seasons he’s been a starter. Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is making his first appearance in the AFC Championship Game.
What Time Does CBS Coverage Start?
CBS starts coverage at 2 p.m. ET with The NFL Today; kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET. Host James Brown, along with analysts Phil Simms, Bill Cowher, Boomer Esiason, and Nate Burleson. NFL Insider Jonathan Jones will join the show to provide updates from around the league.
Who Are the Game Announcers for Chiefs-Ravens?
The lead CBS crew of Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, and Tracy Wolfson will call the game. Jay Feely, who served as a game analyst during the season, will be their second sideline reporter and provide kicking analysis.
Former NFL and NCAA basketball official Gene Steratore is the rules analyst for the broadcast.
Nantz has been the lead play-by-play announcer for the NFL on CBS since 2004 after being the network’s NFL studio host for six seasons. Last spring, Nantz called his final NCAA men’s basketball tournament after being the lead announcer for March Madness since 1991.
He has also been the host of the Masters since 1988 and will continue to host the legendary tournament this year. Nantz started at CBS as the studio host for college football from 1985 to 1988.
Romo has been the CBS lead game analyst since joining the network in 2017 after he retired from the NFL. He spent 14 seasons as a quarterback with the Dallas Cowboys. Romo, Nantz, and Wolfson have called two Super Bowls together and will call another one this season in Las Vegas.
MORE: NFL Playoff Bracket
Wolfson has been the sideline reporter for the main CBS broadcast team since the 2014 season. Before taking on the role, she was on the sidelines for the CBS SEC Game of the Week for 10 years. Wolfson has been the lead sideline reporter for the Final Four since the 2008 season.
Steratore joined CBS in 2018 after 15 years as an NFL game official and 22 years as an NCAA Division I basketball official. He was a referee for 13 of his 15 NFL seasons and his final game as a referee was Super Bowl LII.
Steratore, who is also a rules analyst for CBS college basketball, officiated 12 NCAA Tournament games along with several conference tournaments.
Want to predict the results of the 2023 NFL postseason with our FREE NFL Playoff Predictor? How about looking into in-depth breakdowns of team depth charts or the NFL playoff schedule? Pro Football Network has you covered with all that and more!