Football fans noticed a significant change with the “NFL on Fox” broadcasts, and they’re not exactly thrilled about it.
NFL on Fox debuted a new scorebug for Super Bowl 59 between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. Notably, the network removed the team logos from the graphics and replaced them with the team abbreviations, using giant white font as the letters.
But it appears that Fox Sports has decided to change the scorebug yet again…or at least experiment with something new ahead of the regular season. Folks watching the Buffalo Bills-Chicago Bears preseason game on Sunday made note of the new scorebug:
It appears that Fox will be slightly tweaking the scorebug they debuted at Super Bowl LIX for this season, as they are testing a bug for their preseason broadcast tomorrow night which features team logos instead of abbreviations and moves the timeout indicators: pic.twitter.com/BfRyKhlkq5
— Sports TV News & Updates (@TVSportsUpdates) August 17, 2025
FOX has updated their score bug for the 2025 NFL season: pic.twitter.com/DouAXCt0d1
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) August 18, 2025
But let’s just say that fans weren’t buying the new NFL on Fox scorebug.
“Lipstick on a pig,” a fan said.
Lipstick on a pig
— Jahmeir D. ✭ (@JDCowboys2) August 18, 2025
“What happened to class…,” quipped another.
What happened to class… pic.twitter.com/VtLCLeIm5S
— Guy (@GaetanoAlonzo) August 18, 2025
“it can’t be this hard to get a decent score bug,” a fan wrote.
it can’t be this hard to get a decent score bug
— 📌 (@darwinsburner) August 18, 2025
“How much money was spent for this insignificant change?” asked a user.
How much money was spent for this insignificant change?
— Kaizen Ki ☀️ (@AwenEnergy) August 18, 2025
“It still sucks. Score bugs peaked in 2010,” said another.
It still sucks. Score bugs peaked in 2010
— Isaac Barrow (@isaac__barrow) August 18, 2025
“it gets worse every year and idk how they manage to get worse,” a fan quipped.
it gets worse every year and idk how they manage to get worse
— kxIeI (@kxleldb) August 18, 2025
It has already been announced that Tom Brady, the network’s $375 million analyst, will call the New York Giants-Washington Commanders Week 1 game with Erin Andrews and Kevin Burkhardt.
Aside from the Giants-Commanders game, the NFL on Fox Week 1 slate also feature the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons, Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns, Carolina Panthers at Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans at Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks.
