Tom Brady taking what should have been Greg Olsen's spot

[ClawOn]

On 5/10/2022 at 12:43 PM, Mr. Scot said:

Good grief!

Wow I hope Tom can finally be comfortable financially in retirement. lulz

[SizzleBuzz]

On 5/10/2022 at 3:31 PM, Mr. Scot said:

Olsen is phenomenal as an in-game analyst.

That top spot absolutely should be, and should stay, his job.

Why?

Forever?

[4Corners]

I’ve listened to Olson Call some games and honestly he is ok, and not some rising star in the broadcasting world like some believe. He needs more reps. There is def some potential with him and I don’t see why he can’t improve. Probably should have started small on radio and got comfortable first. He has a very high football IQ and that is something that will work in his favor. 
 

one guy I think has some potential is RG3 - he is a natural and very comfortable calling a game. He is going to be a better broadcaster than a Pro Qb. 

Edited May 12, 2022 by 4Corners

[tukafan21]

4 hours ago, Stuart Smith said:

Chris Collinsworth, Brian Billikens. But you are right, most did play.

 

4 hours ago, Stuart Smith said:

Chris Collinsworth, Brian Billikens. But you are right, most did play.

You do realize Collinsworth played in the NFL for almost a decade and Billick is a SB winning HC who played in college?

Not really sure the point you were trying to make with them

[rayzor]

2 hours ago, tukafan21 said:

 

You do realize Collinsworth played in the NFL for almost a decade and Billick is a SB winning HC who played in college?

Not really sure the point you were trying to make with them

Kids don't know and if Brady sticks, younger kids just getting into football won't really know any better. Brady could end up being a new standard, which is unfortunate.

[PanthersATL]

 

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"Unlike Tony Romo, Brady will not be entertaining in the booth. Or insightful. Or excited. Or even alive, really," Drew Magary says of NFL QB legend's 10-year, $375 million deal with Fox Sports. "What he WILL be is meticulous about withholding his candor, which is of course what we all love from someone paid to give us a candid look into the sport. Tom Brady is a strategically dull man, forever drawing inspiration from the lobotomized. He can’t even make kissing his own son on the mouth all THAT compelling. When he takes over the Fox booth alongside play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt, he’ll almost certainly prove as useless a commentator as Joe Montana turned out to be

Source: https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Tom-Brady-joining-Fox-Sports-17165440.php

[Stuart Smith]

On 5/10/2022 at 9:07 PM, Stuart Smith said:

Exactly right. Some of the best announcers of any sport were average at best.

 

[Stuart Smith]

8 hours ago, Pakmeng said:

Collinsworth was Pro Bowl and All Pro receiver. Billick is a Super Bowl winning head coach.

You are correct, thanks for the correction.

[mc52beast]

Tom’s contribution to the games will be two words…. LETS GO

[Cam's New Arm]

I know he used to do radio spots every week, going over games but I've never heard him do anything like commentating. 

I'm sure there are some clauses in that contract and I'm sure he'll never make the full 10 year commitment but at least he's tied up, I guess.