Going from an F-Level Announcer to a D-Level announcer doesn't cut it when FOX is wasting a ton of money on him. At the same time, the guy he replaced is still considered at the top of his game, and everyone recognizes that replacing him for the name talent was a misguided move.
Greg On Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 2:55:16 PM UTC-5 PGage wrote: > As I’ve said, I’m prepared to go into any one on one Tom Brady hating > battle and come out the winner, both as a football player and a human > being; But I have to say I disagree with some other colleagues here I think > his work as an analyst has been surprisingly, not horrible and has gotten > much better from his to the first half of the first year that he did it. He > certainly about 2000% better than Joe Montana ever was when he tried that > gig. Brady is still way too kind of cozy with the NFL players, especially > once he played with, I think he did the Rams 49ers game and just couldn’t > bring himself to say anything bad about the 49ers quarterback who I think > had been a Patriots quarterback for a while. But he does do a good job of > breaking down the place and have explaining keys at quarterbacks are > looking at and mistakes at quarterbacks make. I wouldn’t call him you know > I talk to your analyst at this point, but maybe because my bar for him is > so low. I have been pleasantly surprised. > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 at 10:45 AM 'Greg Diener' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 4:04:23 PM UTC-5 Tom Wolper wrote: >> >> My standard for color analysts is that they know more about the game than >> I do and they don’t drive me nuts with inanities. Mark Sanchez worked a >> Steelers game early in the season and I appreciate how he could describe >> the offensive formation as they came to the line of scrimmage and said >> which play they were going to run. Between plays he had nothing to say >> which wasn’t a tired cliche. >> >> I used to be on the road some Monday nights and I had the MNF game on >> Westwood One radio. When Brady was playing they gave him a segment to do >> during halftime, and not just Patriots games. It was just empty talk, like >> when a local athlete is invited to speak at a community banquet. So my >> expectations of him weren’t that high to start with. He doesn’t stand out >> for me either way on TV. A lot of times I don’t even remember that’s him >> until he starts into an anecdote from his playing days. >> >> >> I've always said the only people who like Tom Brady either live in the >> New England or Tampa Bay areas or work for the media. He's always been a >> boring personality with a voice for a cardboard cutout, but that doesn't >> matter since the media loves him because he's good at throwing a football, >> so that should excuse all of the shady things he's done. >> >> Greg >> >> -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/5d114b32-e12d-42a2-b387-fb3f62226a3an%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/5d114b32-e12d-42a2-b387-fb3f62226a3an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/80216bdc-1613-4bfc-a84b-715baf305de2n%40googlegroups.com.
