BLOOMINGTON, Minn. _ The regal Tony Dungy, the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame coach who schemed against Cris Collinsworth before joining him in a network blazer, didn’t need to take an epoch Super Bowl half-time show to answer this puzzler.
Is Collinsworth a better analyst than he was a wide receiver during eight seasons with the Bengals in the ‘80s? Now’s a good time as any to ask. He went to three Pro Bowls as a player and Sunday (6:30 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Channel 5) he’s calling his fourth Super Bowl.
“Cris is the best analyst in football. Head and shoulders above everybody else,” says Dungy, who’ll be in the NBC studio while Collinsworth works the game with Al Michaels.