Not sure if that's any more true than Troy Aikman bringing an audience when he had the job. The NFC late game is almost always the most-watched game of the week, pace the flexing and maneuvering for Sunday nights, based on the teams/markets involved and the timeslot. That's why I'm surprised Fox bothered with Brady at all: I don't think they suffered one bit by having Greg Olsen work those games after Buck and Aikman left. I think it was critical for Fox to get Summerall and Madden as their #1 team when they were getting established, but at this stage of Fox Sports and of NFL telecasting in general, they don't need that name value anymore.

The whole thing doesn't really work for me because if he's the GOAT, it should be beneath him to schlep around from press box to press box like this. Think of how much it would have demystified Michael Jordan if he had sat next to Mike Breen every Wednesday night to yammer through some Mavericks-Clippers game.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

Not sure if that's any more true than Troy Aikman bringing an audience when he had the job. The NFC late game is almost always the most-watched game of the week, pace the flexing and maneuvering for Sunday nights, based on the teams/markets involved and the timeslot. That's why I'm surprised Fox bothered with Brady at all: I don't think they suffered one bit by having Greg Olsen work those games after Buck and Aikman left. I think it was critical for Fox to get Summerall and Madden as their #1 team when they were getting established, but at this stage of Fox Sports and of NFL telecasting in general, they don't need that name value anymore.

The whole thing doesn't really work for me because if he's the GOAT, it should be beneath him to schlep around from press box to press box like this. Think of how much it would have demystified Michael Jordan if he had sat next to Mike Breen every Wednesday night to yammer through some Mavericks-Clippers game.

MANY people I know listen with the sound down. There is no announcer worth what any of these guys are making.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Without having listened, Brady in general has zero personality or anything interesting to say. Now I’m sure he knows what he’s looking at on a football field but can he translate that into something people want to listen to given his already milquetoast personality? I have zero desire to watch just because he’s broadcasting. Olsen kinda got fucked and he was a pretty good listen.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I agree with this.

Tony Romo is certainly overpaid himself, but for those who do have the sound up, he has cultivated a personality and some sort of value add, even if the personality is increasingly just going "OHHH AHHH AWWW OHHHH WHOOOA OHHH JIM AHHH OOHH WAAAAH." (Hey, it didn't hurt Terry Boers.) But Romo was not a legend of the game. He was a pretty good quarterback who was a step below a good number of his contemporaries. He has the latitude to reinvent himself as a character we watch on TV that I don't think Brady really has.

My oft repeated refrain is I just don’t understand why these guys who already made a bajillion dollars ( Manning, Brady) want to keep working at all when for the vast majority of people , being retired and having more money than you can spend in 10 lifetimes would be nirvana. These guys are just built differently.

The whole thing doesn't really work for me because if he's the GOAT, it should be beneath him to schlep around from press box to press box like this. Think of how much it would have demystified Michael Jordan if he had sat next to Mike Breen every Wednesday night to yammer through some Mavericks-Clippers game.

I agree with this.

Tony Romo is certainly overpaid himself, but for those who do have the sound up, he has cultivated a personality and some sort of value add, even if the personality is increasingly just going "OHHH AHHH AWWW OHHHH WHOOOA OHHH JIM AHHH OOHH WAAAAH." (Hey, it didn't hurt Terry Boers.) But Romo was not a legend of the game. He was a pretty good quarterback who was a step below a good number of his contemporaries. He has the latitude to reinvent himself as a character we watch on TV that I don't think Brady really has.

I love Romo. I appear to be in the minority.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

I love Romo. I appear to be in the minority. Everybody keeps praising Aikman but to me the guy sounds more and more affected by his concussions.

I love Romo. I appear to be in the minority.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

I love Romo. I appear to be in the minority. Everybody keeps praising Aikman but to me the guy sounds more and more affected by his concussions.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

Agree…he’s lovably goofy.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.