ERIN ANDREWS was showered with praise during her season debut on Fox NFL Sunday.

The reporter was pitchside at the Northwest Stadium for the Washington Commanders' 21-6 win over the New York Giants .

And she received a warm welcome as she tuned in from the capital.

That was thanks to NFL Sunday presenter Charissa Thompson , who was delighted to speak to her colleague after a long time away in the off season.

She said to Andrews as she introduced her back to the show, "Calm down, we can. Erin Andrews joins us from the nation's capital.

"My favourite segment. This is where it's really going to go off the rails.

"The producer Jerry can just throw it out the rundown because we are going to go over our time because I can never get enough time with you.

"We're back, football's back

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