'I want him to succeed,' Olsen admitted.
, but one in particular stood out: a message from Greg Olsen, the former NFL tight end turned analyst that Brady replaced on Fox's No. 1 booth.. "I want him to feel I’m a good teammate. It’s no different than if he came into the locker room when I was a player and we happened to play the same position."with Joe Davis, while Brady is partnered with Kevin Burkhardt. Olsen worked with Burkhardt for the last two seasons and won a Sports Emmy for his analysis.
“My success is not contingent upon Tom," Olsen continued. "Tom being really good doesn’t make me less good, and Tom being bad doesn’t make me better. Fox has two top teams, and that’s how I view it. But I’ve talked to Joe about this: I want people to think that Joe and I are the best crew on television. It doesn’t matter that we’re the ‘B’ crew.
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