Fox NFL analyst Greg Olsen has dealt with his fair share of unique circumstances in his broadcasting career over the past couple of years.
The Carolina Panthers standout has gone from a lame-duck analyst on Fox’s lead team, calling games alongside play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt before ceding the job to Tom Brady, to now settling into Fox’s No. 2 booth with play-by-play announcer Joe Davis.
The new assignment, however, comes with its own unique set of circumstances when Davis takes off to serve as Fox’s lead MLB announcer during baseball’s postseason.
Enter Jason Benetti.
Benetti is a Swiss Army knife as a play-by-play announcer. He currently serves as the lead on Detroit Tigers broadcasts, calls college football and basketball for Fox, and fills in for Davis in his absence.
Viewers generally saw Benetti as a seamless fit with Olsen during the duo’s debut together for Sunday afternoon’s Cleveland Browns-Washington Commanders game.
That didn’t stop the self-deprecating Benetti from getting a sly dig in on his new partner during the first quarter of the broadcast.
To his credit, Olsen didn’t miss a beat, giving a quick chuckle and going right back into his point about why the Commanders should go for it on 4th down. The analyst has proven himself to be a bit of a chameleon when it comes to working with a number of different play-by-play announcers, adapting to each one of his partners’ styles.
The pair’s successful broadcast also shows just how deep Fox’s bench is for play-by-play talent. The ability to pluck a Benetti-level talent off the sidelines is a testament to the rest of the network’s broadcast pairings.