The NFL season is rapidly approaching, with networks finalizing their broadcast plans.
Sports Illustrated’s top NFL insider, Albert Breer, is in advanced talks to join Amazon Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football” as an editorial consultant and on-air contributor, The Washington Post has learned.
The deal has not yet been finalized, the people said.
Chris Mortensen, the legendary ESPN NFL insider who passed away in March at age 72 after a battle with throat cancer, previously served as an editorial consultant for Amazon.
After Peter King left for NBC in 2018, Breer replaced King as writer of SI’s weekly column, “Monday Morning Quarterback.”
Breer, who previously worked for The Boston Globe and NFL Network, will remain with SI.
He also appears regularly as a guest on national talk shows hosted by Colin Cowherd, Rich Eisen and Dan Patrick.
An Amazon spokesman declined to comment, and Brier did not respond to a text message seeking comment.
Amazon is currently in its third season of Thursday Night Football, a critically acclaimed studio show starring Charissa Thompson, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Andrew Whitworth, Tony Gonzalez and Richard Sherman.
