Andrew Marchand and other sports media personalities are harshly criticizing Tom Brady’s broadcasting performances after another blunder in the Fox booth.
After a storied career as a quarterback, Brady signed a staggering 10-year, $375 million contract to be the lead NFL analyst for Fox alongside Kevin Burkhardt.
However, the six-time Super Bowl winner’s first season on the job has been anything but perfect. Given his status and the amount of money the network pays him, Brady ends up on the industry chopping block with every mishap, and there have been a few.
Brady didn’t help himself Saturday while calling the Baltimore Ravens’ game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
First, he mistakenly referred to Steelers running back Najee Harris as Najeh Davenport. Although the latter did play in the team’s position, he had not done so since 2008.
The shame didn’t stop there. While analyzing a second-quarter touchdown pass to Rashod Bateman, Brady said Lamar (Jackson) caught the touchdown pass before immediately correcting himself.
Tom Brady criticized by sports media personalities after another embarrassing mistake
The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand wrote about Brady’s regression during Saturday’s game.
“This is Cory Trice in the corner,” Brady said. ‘The second-year player who hasn’t had much experience as a player. They have a high-low concept and he just takes the cheese here on Likely and exposes the safety to this easy pitch here to Lamar.
While showing his lack of experience as a broadcaster, veteran journalists highlighted Brady’s routine failures. During the Ravens-Steelers broadcast, The Athletic’s Marchand noted Brady’s regression.
“Brady regressed this week,” he wrote on X. “No additional information all day. He said ‘chunks’ a thousand times.
Marchand was not alone in his transparent assessment, as his veteran sports media colleagues weighed in on Brady’s lackluster tenure.
“Tom Brady replacing Greg Olsen in the booth is like Mac Jones replacing Brady in New England,” said USA Today’s Safid Deen.
“Having to listen to Tom Brady makes this even harder,” said Jeff Hartman, podcast host at Steel Curtain Network.
“If FOX doesn’t fire Brady after this season, some respect will be lost,” wrote former MLB writer Jed Weisberger. ‘He is absolutely horrendous as an analyst and has no capacity to do this job. It makes me want to continue writing in the national media. The worst of all.’
The red-lined decision followed another incompetent performance by Brady. Last week, he mistook Philadelphia Eagles kicker Jake Elliott for David Akers.
Akers retired from the NFL in 2013 and has not kicked for the Eagles since 2010.