Here’s the shake-up at Football Night in America: Chris Simms is out. Tony Dungy is gone. And Mike Tomlin is stepping into a revamped broadcast that’s set to travel with Sunday Night Football each week in 2026.
It looks like a standard network reset, right?
Around the league, though, not everyone is buying that narrative. Including Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, Jordon Hudson. She jumped into the conversation with a big question mark, tying the changes to the ongoing Dianna Russini–Mike Vrabel situation.
Jordon Hudson Links the Firing of Chris Simms to the Ongoing Mike Vrabel-Dianna Russini Controversy
Hudson shared a clip from Pro Football Talk Live, where Mike Florio and Simms were discussing the controversy.
The tension in the exchange was obvious, especially as Florio tried to steer things away before Simms went too far.
The transcript of the conversation is as follows:
Chris Simms: “Well, it’s the biggest story in the NFL. I mean, you know, I wouldn’t, I’d shoot you straight. These are things I’ve been texting my friends in the coaching world about. Even their wives are involved in the conversation.”
Mike Florio promptly said, “Stay on target. Stay on target.”
Simms: “What are you talking about?”
Florio: “Careful. I’m trying… You ever seen Star Wars? As Luke is going down, I don’t know. I’m not enough of a Star Wars nerd to know all the terms, but one of his wingmen is telling him to stay on target. There’s a lot there. And there’s only so much that is reported and known. And that’s why I’m just trying to help.”
Simms: “All right. In Star Wars, they have a thing called shut up and just let the person talk.”
Hudson posted the clip via her X account with that simple one-line question: “We’re not talking about this? @ProFootballTalk.”
She followed it with a meme pulled from a CBS Sunday Morning interview featuring John Mayer. The viral “We’re not talking about this” moment, edited with Simms (swapped with Mayer) and Florio (the content producer).
— Jordon Hudson (@Jordonbella) April 29, 2026
The meme is typically used to signal avoidance, when something obvious is sitting in plain sight but isn’t being addressed. That’s clearly the angle she was pushing.
The implication is that Simms’ exit from NBC may not be as clean as it appears, especially given the timing, which comes shortly after he hinted at behind-the-scenes conversations tied to the Vrabel-Russini situation.
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Dov Kleiman posted yet another ‘Yikes’ post on the situation, writing: “Yikes: Chris Simms was fired from NBC’s Sunday Night Football coverage just two weeks after he was about to reveal some insider info about the Mike Vrabel – Dianna Russini scandal. Mike Florio immediately cut Simms off before he could say anything.”
MLFootball’s X page was quick to get on the breaking news as well, captioning: “Chris Simms was FIRED by NBC from their Sunday Night Football coverage not long after when he almost revealed what coaches & their wives have been telling him about #Patriots HC Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini. 😳 This clip is wild now.”
Host of the Gambling Podcast Sean Green asked the uncomfortable question directly: “Chris Simms tries to speak on Russini on @ProFootballTalk, and now he’s out of SNF? Has another whistleblower been silenced?”
Chuck Bass was clueless with the whole timing of the situation as well, writing: “It never occurred to me that NBC fired Chris Simms not long after he admitted live on air that group chats involving the wives of NFL coaches had a lot more to say than what’s already been reported.”
Whether coincidence or something more, the overlap has kept the story alive. The Vrabel-Russini situation continues to pick up layers, and now it’s bleeding into media narratives as well.
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For the New England Patriots, it’s noise they don’t need. The focus was supposed to be on building momentum after Year 1 under Vrabel.
Instead, the offseason keeps circling back to everything happening off the field directly involving the head coach who was supposed to take them through the rebuild, and it doesn’t look like that conversation is slowing down anytime soon.