Another week in the books for the rookie broadcaster.
Tom Brady's first season as an NFL broadcaster will be under an incredibly strong microscope. He is Tom Brady, after all. Everything he does is of great interest to the general public. But as the former quarterback knows well, there are no bright lights quite like that of the NFL.
In part due to his status, in part due to the enormity of the contract Fox Sports gave him, and in part because he's replacing a widely-liked analyst in Greg Olsen, every single thing Brady says on FOX broadcasts this season will be broken down and examined to the core. There will be many lengthy columns written to judge the minutiae of Brady's skills as a color commentator. And many people will read them.
But for most, opinions on Brady will come down to a handful of viral clips that circulate on social media platforms over the next 17 weeks and into the playoffs. These clips could be good or bad, but either way they'll inform the larger audience of Brady's current status as an announcer until there are north of 20 million pairs of eyes on him in the postseason.Brady, on the call for the Dallas Cowboys' failed comeback against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, is slowly getting better.
One other clip that stood out: Brady touching upon his 28-3 comeback after the FOX cameras miraculously found a fan randomly wearing a shirt referencing the epic Super Bowl in the stands. Based on his first three weeks Brady is clearly aware of the pitfalls that can come with constantly reminiscing about his own career but even brief glimmers of insight into what the greatest quarterback of all time was thinking during the biggest moments in his career are what FOX is really paying for.
Brady's had his moments of insight, but they've come when expected. To borrow from football parlance he isn't operating well out of structure so far. When both the pace of play and Kevin Burkhardt set Brady up, he's good for an interesting piece of analysis or commentary. Otherwise it can get bland, like in this case.Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
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