ESPN's Tom Jackson is 'likely' leaving the network as an NFL analyst after 28 years

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NFL analyst, Tom Jackson, is reportedly not returning to ESPN this season
A source said Jackson is still 'weighing his options' while other news outlets have definitively reported that Jackson will not be back at ESPN
Jackson has worked with on-air partner Chris Berman on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown since 1987, when he first came to network 28 years ago

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 00:45 EST, 26 July 2016 | Updated: 06:59 EST, 26 July 2016

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NFL analyst, Tom Jackson, is reportedly not returning to ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown after 28 years.

Earlier on Monday, the New York Daily News reported that Jackson would 'likely' not return to ESPN.

'He's still weighing his options,' an NFL TV source told the newspaper.

NFL analyst, Tom Jackson, is reportedly not returning to ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown after 28 years

'This will be Tommy's call. It's up to him . Tommy's driving the train on this one. The situation is fluid.'

Jackson has been contemplating his career in TV for awhile, the source told the Daily News.

But Pro Football Talk said definitively that Jackson would not be returning to his position as one of the most insightful NFL analysts on television.

Jackson's on-air partner Chris Berman was reportedly entering his last year as well, but according to the Daily News those reports have been denied.

The two have worked together on Countdown since 1987, the year Jackson came to ESPN.

Another industry source told the Daily News: 'My guess is he is going to leave.'

Following reports that former quarterback Trent Dilfer was set to leave the network, Dilfer signed a multi-year extension last month. The re-hiring of Dilfer was based on an expectation of Jackson leaving. Commentators Chris Berman (left) and Jackson (right) with Adam Vinatieri from the New England Patriots in 2005

Former quarterback Trent Dilfer signed a multi-year extension last month, following reports that he planned to leave the network, according to Pro Football Talk.

ESPN re-signed Dilfer and added him to the Sunday Countdown along with his Monday Night Countdown segment, according to the Daily News.

The re-hiring of Dilfer was based on an expectation of Jackson leaving, according to the Washington Post.

The 2015 trio, Cris Carter, Keyshawn Johnson and Mike Ditka have been replaced with Randy Moss, Matt Hasselbeck and Charles Woodson.

Jackson, who is a three time Pro Bowler and three time All-Pro linebacker for the Denver Broncos, received the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Rozelle Radio Television Award in 2015.

He was selected by Denver in the fourth round of the 1973 NFL draft and he went on to spend his entire 14-year NFL career with the Broncos.