Editing Phil Simms (section)

==Post NFL career==
[[File:Phil Simms Feb 2019 2.jpg|thumb|Simms (center) during a CBS broadcast in 2019]]
On September 4, 1995, Simms' jersey was retired in a halftime ceremony of a game versus the Dallas Cowboys. During an emotional speech, Simms stated that he wanted to don his jersey one final time, and throw "one more pass" to teammate [[Lawrence Taylor]].<ref>[http://media.espn.com/MediaZone/PressKits/NFL2005/MNF_list.htm MNF 36: The List Monday Night Football Special (Original Air Date: August 25, 2005)], espn.com. Retrieved January 12, 2007. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107093138/https://espnpressroom.com/us/ |date=November 7, 2021 }}</ref> Simms later commented, "[a]ll of a sudden it kind of hit me, I've put Lawrence in a really tough spot; national TV, he's got dress shoes and a sports jacket on, and he's had a few beers and he's going to run down the field and I'm going to throw him a pass."<ref name="NFL">[[NFL Films]], [[NFL Network]]. Retrieved April 22, 2007.</ref> Simms then motioned for Taylor to run a longer pattern, and after 30–40&nbsp;yards, threw him the pass. Taylor later stated that the situation made him more nervous than any play of his career, "I'm saying to myself (as the pass is being thrown), 'If I drop this pass, I got to run my black ass all the way to [[Upper Saddle River]] because there ain't no way I'm going to be able to stay in that stadium'."<ref name="NFL"/> Taylor caught the pass however, and the capacity crowd in attendance cheered in approval.<ref>{{cite news | last=George | first=Thomas | url=https://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F60611FB3D5D0C768CDDA00894DD494D81 | title=ON PRO FOOTBALL; The Giants' Best Play Of the Dallas Game Was Simms to L. T. | work=The New York Times | date=September 5, 1995 | access-date=April 22, 2007}}</ref>

After his retirement as a player in 1994, Simms first joined ESPN then went on to join [[NFL on NBC|NBC's lead broadcast crew]], teaming with [[Dick Enberg]] and [[Paul Maguire]] on NBC's coverage of [[Super Bowl XXX]] and [[Super Bowl XXXII]]. Simms also announced [[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|weightlifting]] at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] and served as a sideline reporter on the ''[[NBA on NBC]]'' for [[NBC Sports]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sportsline.com/cbssports/team/psimms | title=Phil Simms, Lead Game Analyst | work=CBS Sports | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007031410/http://www.sportsline.com/cbssports/team/psimms | archive-date=October 7, 2008 | access-date= October 11, 2010}}</ref> In 1998, he moved to CBS with the AFC package, teaming first with [[Greg Gumbel]] (through the end of the [[2003 NFL season|2003 season]]) and later with [[Jim Nantz]] on the [[NFL on CBS|CBS's lead broadcast team]]. He also worked with [[Armen Keteyian]], [[Bonnie Bernstein]], [[Lesley Visser]], and [[Tracy Wolfson]]. Since 2009, he has been a host of ''[[Inside the NFL]]'' on Showtime (another CBS holding) with [[James Brown (sportscaster)|James Brown]] and [[Cris Collinsworth]]. In 2017, he was replaced by [[Tony Romo]] as a color commentator and joined the CBS pregame show ''[[The NFL Today]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nfl.com/news/tony-romo-to-replace-phil-simms-in-broadcast-booth-0ap3000000797442 | title=Tony Romo to replace Phil Simms in broadcast booth | first=Kevin | last=Patra | date=April 4, 2017 | work=NFL.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/tony-romo-cut-cowboys-enter-broadcast-booth-article-1.3018451 | title=Tony Romo retires from NFL, to replace Phil Simms as top CBS analyst | first=Jake | last=Becker | date=April 4, 2017 | work=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]] | location=New York}}</ref> He left CBS after his contract expired at the end of the 2023 season. Simms has also worked on Westwood One as an analyst for select games in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 23, 2024 |title=Phil Simms to Work with Ian Eagle Calling Westwood One NFL Broadcasts; Starts Thursday with Cowboys-Giants |url=https://barrettmedia.com/2024/09/23/phil-simms-to-work-with-ian-eagle-calling-westwood-one-nfl-broadcasts-starts-thursday-with-cowboys-giants/ |website=www.barrettmedia.com |access-date=November 1, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Simms joined WFAN's ''Boomer and Gio'' as a weekly guest in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last=Contes |first=Brandon |date=September 3, 2024 |title=Phil Simms to join WFAN's 'Boomer and Gio' weekly during NFL season |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/phil-simms-to-join-wfans-boomer-gio-weekly-during-nfl-season.html |website=www.awfulannouncing.com |access-date=October 5, 2024}}</ref>

Simms was part of the commentary team along with Nantz in the ''[[Madden NFL]]'' ''[[Madden NFL 13|13]]'', ''[[Madden NFL 25 (2013 video game)|25]]'', ''[[Madden NFL 15|15]]'', and ''[[Madden NFL 16|16]]'' video games.

Outside of football broadcasting, Simms co-hosted the [[Miss Universe 2002]] pageant with actress and model [[Daisy Fuentes]]. He made an appearance as himself on the CBS soap opera ''[[As the World Turns]]'' in 2007, and in February 2010 made an appearance on ''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' (with Nantz) to present a [[Super Bowl XLIV]] showcase. In the same month, he appeared as himself (again with Nantz) on the ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' episode "[[Rabbit or Duck]]". On November 13, 2014, Simms appeared uncredited on the episode "Just a Regular Irregular" of the CBS television series ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]''. Simms' cameo was as a consultant to [[Sherlock Holmes]] in the art of [[knife throwing]]. Furthermore, Simms was forced to settle a debt with Holmes by loaning him a [[Super Bowl ring]] for the purpose of advancing the investigation.<ref>Wood, Benjamin. [http://community.ew.com/2014/11/13/elementary-recap-sherlock-friends-in-low-places/ "'Elementary' recap: Sherlock has friends in low places"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209030817/http://community.ew.com/2014/11/13/elementary-recap-sherlock-friends-in-low-places/ |date=December 9, 2014 }} ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' website (November 13, 2014)</ref>