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Report: Tom Jackson 'likely' to leave ESPN in network's overhaul of NFL coverage

Tom Jackson, a longtime fixture in ESPN's NFL programming, is "not likely" to return to "Sunday NFL Countdown" this season, the New York Daily News reported Monday.

No final decision has been made, the report said, but Jackson's departure from ESPN's popular Sunday pregame show could spell the end to his 28-year run with the network.

“He’s still weighing his options,” a source told the Daily News. “This will be Tommy’s call. It’s up to him. Tommy’s driving the train on this one. The situation is fluid.”

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