Dan Patrick won't return as NBC's 'Football Night in America' host

Steve Gardner | USA TODAY

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NBC's Football Night in America broadcast will have a different look this fall, one that won't include Dan Patrick as host, according to the New York Post.

Patrick told the newspaper he turned down a new five-year contract in December because he didn't want to make that long of a commitment.

“I didn’t want to do it and not love doing it,” he said.

The veteran broadcaster has anchored the network's Sunday night pregame show for the past nine years and has co-hosted Super Bowl coverage four times.

No replacement has been named, but Patrick's departure would likely open the door for Mike Tirico to take over.

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“As always, changes to our NFL on-air team, if any, will be announced sometime closer to the start of the 2018 season,” NBC Sports said in a statement to the Post.

Tirico left ESPN to join NBC in July 2016.

He has served as the play-by-play announcer for the network's Thursday Night Football broadcasts and was the host of NBC's prime-time coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

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