Former NFL quarterback Tom Brady made a surprise admission about one thing he’d prefer doing over the broadcast booth.
Tom Brady is in the first of a 10-year, $375 million contract he signed with FOX Sports in 2022. Brady works on the network’s No. 1 NFL commentary team with sideline reporter Erin Andrews and play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt.
The trio work the FOX Sports “America’s Game of the Week” showdown. They will also call games in the Wild Card Round and Divisional Round as well as the 2024 NFC Championship Game and Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans, Louisiana on Feb.11.
Even though Brady is earning a pretty penny to call games in the comforts of the broadcast booth, the 47-year-old admits that the itch to play football hasn’t gone away. In fact, the seven-time Super Bowl Champion said on the latest edition of his “Let’s Go!” podcast that he’d rather be on the playing field than the booth:
“I can’t wait until I get a home team where it’s a close game and there’s a lot of juice in the stadium. It’s been really fun to sit and watch these games from the 50-yard line. Although I’d much prefer to be on the field playing because it’s a lot more fun down there. But I’m not doing that anymore. But just watching from above and seeing how these guys are performing is pretty cool.”
Tom Brady with high praise for Josh Allens week 7 performance.
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Tom Brady was recently approved as a minority owner for the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, all but confirming that he can’t return to the league as a player. So unfortunately for the three-time league MVP and his army of fans, there’s zero chance of a second un-retirement.
Brady, Burkhardt and Andrews are in Seattle on Sunday to call the Seahawks’ pivotal Week 8 home game against Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills in a showdown of division leaders.
Tom Brady Made The Right Call Retiring In 2023
There’s a long list of NFL greats who simply didn’t know when it was time to retire, with the likes of Brett Favre, Deion Sanders, Randy Moss, Adrian Peterson and Darrelle Revis coming to mind.
Brady’s last season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2022 wasn’t terrible by any means, but it was clear that they were no longer a clear-cut Super Bowl contender. And at 46 years of age, it wasn’t realistic for Brady to find another competitive team to pursue an eighth ring with.
