Nate Burleson will be key part of CBS and Nickelodeon’s Super Bowl coverage

CBS’ Nate Burleson could be the one particular person on the Tremendous Bowl to get extra air time than Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes or any of the opposite star gamers within the recreation.

The community’s morning present, the place Burleson is a co-host, will originate from Las Vegas this week. Burleson may also be an analyst on the Tremendous Bowl pregame present and a commentator on Nickelodeon’s recreation broadcast.

Add in co-hosting Nickelodeon’s weekly “NFL Slimetime” present and the same old calls for of Tremendous Bowl week, Burleson won’t have a lot downtime.

“Sleep is a should, and we’ll decide our head up when the sport is over. I by no means performed in a single, however I really feel like that is form of like my Tremendous Bowl week. This would be the most demanding, bodily and intellectually, however I am up for the problem,” Burleson stated.

After an 11-year enjoying profession, Burleson transitioned to tv, first at NFL Community after which at CBS. He has been with CBS since 2017 when he joined “The NFL Right now.”

Burleson has been on “CBS Mornings” since September 2021, however doing a morning present on Pacific time has its personal challenges. As an alternative of waking up at 4 a.m., as Burleson sometimes does for a 7 a.m. Jap begin, he may have a 1:30 or 2 a.m. wake-up name because the morning present begins at 4 a.m. Pacific time.

Meaning Burleson should keep away from many of the nighttime events that will likely be happening.

“It may flip our schedules the wrong way up fully, however I am enthusiastic about what it should imply for us to have a presence there,” he stated. “I’ve dedicated to getting sleep between appearances, resting my physique and getting ready. That is Vegas and doubtless the simplest Tremendous Bowl to social gathering at. I believe my hair would explode if I stayed up previous midnight. I’ve already made my thoughts up that what individuals are going to Vegas for is not what I’ll Vegas for.”

Burleson’s greatest problem will likely be on Tremendous Bowl Sunday and getting from the pregame set on the sector to Part 101 at Allegiant Stadium, the place Nickelodeon’s sales space will likely be for the sport broadcast.

In addition to getting from one finish of the stadium to the opposite, Burleson will change outfits earlier than the kickoff on Nickelodeon.

Out of all of the assignments Burleson has this week, the Nickelodeon recreation makes him essentially the most excited. It is going to be the fifth time an NFL recreation has aired on Nickelodeon, however the greatest since this would be the first alternate broadcast of a Tremendous Bowl.

By enhanced graphics and superior augmented actuality, it’s going to seem as if Burleson and announcer Noah Eagle are calling the sport from “Bikini Backside,” the undersea residence of SpongeBob SquarePants. The printed may also function SpongeBob and Patrick Star.

“We’re going to immerse the viewer into this world. It is a distinctive expertise not like every other, and it’ll set the bar,” he stated.

Shawn Robbins, Nickelodeon’s coordinating producer for the Tremendous Bowl, stated that Burleson has been an integral a part of the video games’ viewing expertise.

“All of it begins with Nate and the way he’s delivering the sport to the youngsters. He is the start line in what we’re doing,” Robbins stated.

Although Burleson hoped that the Detroit Lions, the place he performed from 2010-13, would have made the Tremendous Bowl, he’s nonetheless excited to see San Francisco and Kansas Metropolis meet for the Lombardi Trophy for the second time in 5 seasons.

Burleson missed on his preseason prediction of the Cincinnati Bengals reaching the Tremendous Bowl, however he was appropriate about San Francisco attending to Vegas for the massive recreation.

“The beauty of these two groups is that now we have storylines for days,” he stated. “Everybody tries to knock (San Francisco QB) Brock Purdy as a result of he was the final decide within the draft, and he has so many proficient gamers surrounding him. I have a look at him as the rationale why all of this works. In fact, he has expertise. Who would not? However he is without doubt one of the most constant QBs and has nerves of steal. He isn’t a future star. He is a star proper now.

“And, after all, Kansas Metropolis. It is a dynasty within the making with 4 Tremendous Bowl appearances in 5 years. When Tom (Brady) left the sport, I believed there was no manner anyone would ever get near his seven Tremendous Bowl titles. There is no manner a quarterback can play lengthy sufficient, not to mention be adequate. And right here we’re with Patrick Mahomes. He has a chance for his third, and he is a child in comparison with how lengthy Tom performed.”