Tom Brady is known for his incredible exploits on the football field, but this past season saw him take on a new challenge: broadcasting.
The former NFL great signed a 10-year contract worth $375 million with Fox Sports back in 2022 to be their lead color commentator.
He made his debut alongside Kevin Burkhardt earlier this year, and the network has kept the pair away from interviews for the most part as Brady navigates his new surroundings.
We got some rare insight from Brady in his new newsletter, 199, on Friday. He talked about the role as the “most invigorating challenge” of his career.
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“If an NFL playbook is a Mount Everest of information, a single NFL broadcast is the entire Himalayan mountain chain-there isn’t enough time, energy or oxygen to cover it all,” Brady wrote.
“And that, for me, has been the other, exciting part of the challenge: figuring out how to clearly communicate as much valuable information as possible in the short window between snaps.”
Brady up for the challenge
What’s clear from Brady’s comments is that he loves the challenge that broadcasting brings because he knows he isn’t great at it – at least not yet.
His first game was met with mixed reviews, but over the course of the 2025 NFL season, Brady has learned lessons and become more composed in the booth. He admits that processing information as rapidly as his new role requires has been an adjustment.
“All of the information that was assaulting my senses every forty seconds had the effect of separating my mind from my mouth,” Brady said.
“It was too much, too quickly, too soon, to process into clear, effortless, fluid language.”
Now all eyes will be on Brady and how he performs as he prepares for his biggest gig as a broadcaster yet – the Super Bowl.
Brady and Burkhardt will be on the call when the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans on February 9, with the former Patriots and Buccaneers star having a chance to show all that he’s learned during his rookie campaign.