CBS' Bengals-Titans broadcast team pairs Trent Green, Ian Eagle; Esiason talks to Taylor

CBS announced earlier this week that Trent Green is filling in for Charles Davis as color analyst for its broadcast of Saturday's playoff game between the Bengals and Titans in Nashville.

Davis will miss the game because of COVID-19 protocols. Green will join play-by-play broadcaster Ian Eagle in the booth, with Evan Washburn as sideline reporter and Gene Steratore as a rules analyst.

In October, Green spoke at length during CBS' broadcast of the New York Jets' 34-31 win against the Bengals about an unnecessary-roughness penalty called against Bengals defensive back Mike Hilton on 3rd-and-11 that resulted in a crucial first down for the Jets with less than two minutes left in the game, insisting that the Jets' Ty Johnson initiated the helmet-to-helmet hit.

Green and Kevin Harlan called CBS' broadcast of quarterback Joe Burrow's regular-season debut with the Bengals in Sept. 2020 against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Before the game, former Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason interviewed head coach Zac Taylor on "The NFL Today" - "to relive Cincinnati’s first playoff win in 31 years and discuss his relationship with quarterback Joe Burrow."

From @NFLonCBS via Twitter:

More from CBS Sports Communications about Saturday's broadcast schedule:

THE NFL TODAY airs on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 3:30 PM, ET and Sunday, Jan. 23 at 6 PM, ET, hosted by James Brown, along with analysts Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowher, Phil Simms and Nate Burleson.

On Saturday, Bengals head coach Zac Taylor joins Esiason in an interview on THE NFL TODAY Plus, the crew breaks down the Bengals' offense and Titans' defense in an EyeVision segment.

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