NFL Network Hires Former Commanders HC Ron Rivera, Former Saints LB Manti Te'o, More

Former Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera and former New Orleans Saints linebacker Manti Te'o are headed from the NFL to the broadcast booth.

Rivera and Te'o will be joining former NFL wide receiver Isaiah Stanback and football analyst Nate Tice on the NFL Network for the 2024 season, league media announced on Thursday.

Te'o made his NFL Network debut on Good Morning Football earlier this month.

Te'o was a Heisman Trophy finalist at Notre Dame before he entered the NFL in 2013. He played parts of eight NFL seasons, mostly with the San Diego Chargers and the Saints.

Rivera, a linebacker for the Chicago Bears from 1984 to 1992, spent 13 seasons coaching the Carolina Panthers and Washington Commanders.

After he was fired in January as head coach of the Commanders, Rivera interviewed for defensive coordinator positions with the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys before taking on a role as an analyst on ESPN's "NFL Live" this spring.

According to NFL media, both Rivera and Te'o will be "regularly" joining the NFL Network's Good Morning Football as well as the Roku Channel-based companion morning show GMFB: Overtime.

Rivera will additionally appear as an analyst on NFL GameDay Live, a program simulcast with games that kick off at 1 p.m. ET, according to NFL Media.

Stanback, a former Washington standout who appeared in 22 NFL games for the Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars between 2007 and 2012, will also appear on the morning show.

Tice, a former University of Washington quarterback, previously established himself as an analyst at The Athletic before he left in May in order to join Yahoo Sports. Also a former member of the Oakland Raiders coaching staff, Tice will join the network while continuing work on writing and podcasting with Yahoo Sports, according to NFL Media.