Sue Simmons to call Giants games?
No. But it would be fun to hear her, um, unique brand of color commentary on the preseason games. Imagine Coughlin leaves Eli Manning in during the third quarter of one of those meaningless contests? She could blurt out her now famous catchpharse!
The Giants just announced a multi-year agreement with WNBC -- Simmons' employer by the way -- to broadcast preseason games. This year there will only be two of them -- the Browns game is a Monday nighter and the Jets game will go on their broadcaster (WCBS, if memory serves). Channel 4 will get the rematch between the Giants and Patriots on Aug. 28 in which all of those heroes from Super Bowl XLII will be on the sidelines watching people you've never heard of give one last attempt to crack the 53-man roster.
Bob Papa, the voice of the Giants, will handle play-by-play duties, with Carl Banks providing color commentary and Howard Cross reports from the sideline.
I do think Simmons would be a natural for the booth. Both she and the Giants work blue. (Rimshot: ba-dum cha!)