Ahead of the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New Orleans Saints, two heavyweights of their respective sports faced off at midfield.
Tom Brady, the greatest quarterback of all time, and Mike Tyson, one of the best in boxing, faced each other on the 50-yard line at AT&T Stadium.
The couple exchanged a hug and a few words as cameras captured the two together.
Brady and Tyson later met with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who gifted Brady a football, for a staged photo.
Brady is there as he calls a 1 p.m. game for FOX Sports in his second week as an NFL broadcaster.
Tom Brady (right) and Mike Tyson (left) met at midfield for a photo before the Cowboys game.
The pair of sports legends were later joined by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
Fortunately for Brady, he already covered one of the teams in his first week when the Cowboys beat the Cleveland Browns.
Unfortunately for the quarterback, his on-air debut didn’t go as planned, as he received lukewarm to negative reviews.
While his FOX colleagues praised him for his performance, media analysts and fans alike were more critical of the seven-time Super Bowl champion.
“Maybe someone should have listened to Tom Brady’s actual words before spending $300 million on him,” read one scathing social media post, while another echoed the criticism, adding: “Tom Brady can’t seem to form sentences that have any sort of normal cadence.”
Richard Deitsch, a senior media reporter for The Athletic, offered an unbiased review of Brady’s performance, saying it sounded like it was his first time in a booth, but he needed more time to adjust.
“On Sunday, Brady looked like someone who was trying to learn the trade in real time. That’s not a criticism. That’s just reality,” Deitsch said. wrote in his column.
It’s unclear why Brady is calling this game instead of FOX’s later game between the Los Angeles Rams and Arizona Cardinals.
Brady is in Dallas to broadcast the game between the Cowboys and the New Orleans Saints
As for Tyson, he will return to the building to fight Jake Paul in mid-November of this year.
One possible reason could be that Birmingham City, a club he part-owns, are playing Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham in an EFL League One match.
After Reynolds and fellow co-owner Rob McElhenney recruited Eli Manning for the contest, Brady posted a response video holding one of his Super Bowl trophies and saying, “See you Monday!”
That game starts at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, so Brady could catch a flight from Dallas to the UK right after the game.
As for Tyson, the 58-year-old boxer is preparing. for his in-ring return against YouTuber and former Disney star Jake Paul on November 15 at AT&T Stadium.
They were originally supposed to fight in July, but that fight was postponed when the former heavyweight champion suffered an ulcer flare-up aboard a coast-to-coast flight.
Instead of Tyson, former UFC fighter and bare-knuckle boxer Mike Perry entered the scene, only to suffer a sixth-round knockout loss.
Tyson, who has not revealed how much money he will earn for the fight, does not have much faith in Paul’s ability in the ring.
“Can I be honest?” Tyson asked rhetorically during a recent interview with Esquire. “I don’t think he can hurt me.”
