Tom Brady’s TV career so far has been a dud. Will that change in the Super Bowl?
The former quarterback been hit with the problem that often plagues great players: what is intuitive to him is not intuitive to everyone else
Tom Brady will face one of the biggest tests of his career in the Super Bowl on Sunday. He is no longer charged with deciding games with his arm but he will be in the booth to analyze the game for an anticipated US audience of 120 million as Fox’s lead analyst.
For millions of those viewers, Sunday will be the first time they have heard from Brady since he played in a Super Bowl, was roasted on Netflix or was fodder for the tabloids. He will be tasked with navigating the longest broadcast of his career knowing that, with the Kansas City Chiefs chasing an unprecedented three-peat, his words will live in perpetuity. You can already foresee the social media outbursts and the heads slowly turning at your Super Bowl party: “Is that what Tom Brady sounds like? He is not very good at this, is he?”
“There is a lot on the line this game for both clubs”
“I always hated playing defenses that played well”
“The last thing Commanders fans wanted there was a fumble”
“This game is about the games within the game”
“In the playoffs, things are tougher”
“This team needs more juice”
“What a stud”
“Now here is a stud”
“They just have more studs”
“The Eagles are playing with more juice”
“They don’t have enough juice”
“In the playoffs, it’s about the Jimmies and Joes”
“That’s playoff football”
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