Former broadcast partners Trent Green, Jamie Erdahl deliver touching tribute to Greg Gumbel

Since news broke of the tragic passing of longtime broadcaster Greg Gumbel on Friday, countless prominent sports media personalities have offered kind words for their late friend and peer. And on Saturday, two broadcasters who worked very closely with Gumbel shared their moving thoughts about Gumbel’s influence on their careers.

Both Trent Green and Jamie Erdahl worked closely with Gumbel on the broadcast of CBS NFL games over the years. Green and Gumbel worked together for six years from 2014-2019 before Erdahl joined the duo from the sidelines in 2017.

Green and Erdahl were both on-call for various NFL Network broadcasts on Saturday’s three-game NFL slate on the network. And both made it a point to discuss the kind of relationship they had with Gumbel during their time together.

At the call of the Denver Broncos vs. Cincinnati Bengals matchup, Green called working with Gumbel a “privilege” and explained that he impacted the lives of everyone he touched.

“I had the privilege of working in the NFL booth with him for six seasons,” Green said. “As incredible of a broadcaster as he was, he was an even better person. It’s just had an impact on everyone’s life that he touched.”

“As incredible of a broadcaster as he was, he was an even better person. It’s just had an impact on everyone’s life that he touched.”

Along with Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, who worked with Greg Gumbel for 6 seasons, remembers his former broadcast partner. pic.twitter.com/HceYBvXbWU

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) 28 December 2024

Later in the day, Erdahl, who was on call for the nightcap — an NFC West matchup between the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams. After Rich Eisen shared his thoughts, Erdahl did the same.

“It was three years with Greg in the booth with Trent Green and myself on the sidelines,” Erdahl said. “51 NFL games we played together and I loved every plane ride and meal and car ride and game we worked. But Greg was kind like you said. He was quick and he made us all better every time we encountered him. If you ever walked away from interacting with that man, you always thought, “That guy is legendary. We’re going to miss him so much, Rich.”

“Three years with Greg in the booth with Trent Green — and myself on the sidelines — 51 NFL games we played together…

“If you ever walked away from interacting with that man, you always thought, ‘That guy is legendary.'”

– Jamie Erdahl pic.twitter.com/5LPupFAqLa

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) 29 December 2024

What makes someone like Greg Gumbel so great is that he made such an impact on so many people’s careers through his own broadcasting journey that spanned half a century across numerous networks.

Gumbel was undoubtedly a larger-than-life personality during his lifetime. And based on the countless tributes offered by his peers in sports media following his passing, it appears his legacy may be even more prominent in the years to come.

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