ESPN announcer Joe Buck is ready to give former NFL quarterback Tom Brady a helping hand if he needs one in the booth.
Buck recently spoke on The Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast about wanting to help the New England Patriots legend start his Fox analyst career with a bang.
Buck said Brady reportedly already talked to Troy Aikman about his upcoming broadcasting job, as Aikman was also a former quarterback before becoming one of Fox’s most prominent analysts.
“It’s a new situation for [Tom], and I’m anxious to see how he does with all that," Buck said on Wednesday. “I know that he’s talked to Troy about it, he’s talked to intermediaries about maybe getting with me and having me help him, which I’m totally open to doing and would love to do.”
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Having officially retired in February of this past year, Brady is set to launch his broadcasting career in 2024. Back in May of 2022, the seven-time Super Bowl champion signed a 10-year, $375 million deal with Fox Sports to become the network’s lead in-game analyst alongside play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt.
While Buck called Brady “obviously brilliant,” the long-time NFL announcer added that “knowing football” was fourth on the list when it came to succeeding in the booth.
“It’s what are you looking at, how are you going to present it, how fast can you do it, can you do it before the next snap?” Buck said. “There have been guys that seem to be computer-made to do analysis of an NFL or college game that haven’t been so great.”
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With a future Hall of Famer like Brady, one would certainly think the former Pats and Bucs signal-caller will be fit for the task of analyzing the game he’s played and dominated in for over two decades.
Brady himself expressed his excitement about starting the new venture. He said in September, “I'll be able to really watch this year with kind of a different eye. I used to watch it from the lens of a quarterback. Now I see it more from broadcasting, but also as a fan, and then also still from a quarterback. So maybe a few different perspectives to learn, which will be a really fun thing."
