With his legendary playing career over, Tom Brady had no excuse not to finally try some Turducken during Fox Sports’ NFL Thanksgiving broadcast.
But after enjoying the famous three-bird roast for the very first time – and telling TV partner Kevin Burkhardt it was “amazing” – fans had one little problem.
It was only turkey.
Unfortunately, what he and Burkhardt didn’t realize as they took a bite out of two Turducken legs in the commentary booth was that this part of the dish contained only the thigh joints of a deboned turkey.
That means if he just ate the leg, as it appears, the seven-time Super Bowl winner Turducken still has to eat; which consists of a deboned duck stuffed into a deboned chicken, and further stuffed into a deboned turkey in the main body.
“No duck or chicken in a turkey leg,” one user replied to an NFL clip of Brady “enjoying his first Turducken” on X.
Tom Brady had no excuse for not finally trying out Turducken during Fox’s NFL Thanksgiving broadcast
The NFL legend called it “amazing,” but fans noticed he had actually only eaten turkey
Another fan said, “You mean the turkey leg.”
A third echoed the same thought, saying, “They both took a turkey leg. So they only eat turkey.’
While another said: ‘Technically he just has the “Tur” in Turducken.’
Despite the strict diet he followed during his football career, Brady always indulged in a full Thanksgiving meal during the holidays, according to his TB12 website.
However, the NFL icon’s body coach Alex Guerrero says he typically enjoys “local, free-range turkey without antibiotics” for his Thanksgiving meal.
NFL players and broadcasters digging into turkey legs and Turducken live on broadcast dates all the way back to the days of John Madden and Pat Summerall on commentary.
The tradition, usually offered to win players on the field after games, began in 1989 when Madden awarded a turkey leg to defensive end Reggie White after the Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Dallas Cowboys in a 27-0 Thanksgiving victory.
And eight years later, the legendary former coach, who passed away in 2021, added Turducken to that tradition when a New Orleans Saints PR person brought him a pair to try.
Nearly thirty years later, Madden’s turkey and Turducken ritual remains an integral part of the NFL Thanksgiving broadcasts.