Tom Brady with Colin Cowherd
Credit: Fox
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Tom Brady may not have been rooting for the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX earlier this year, but he still feels some kind of way about returning to Foxborough this weekend.
Brady and Kevin Burkhardt will be in New England Sunday afternoon to call the matchup between the Patriots and Green Bay Packers. It marks the first time Brady will return to Foxborough as a broadcaster. Tuesday afternoon, Brady told Colin Cowherd it will be an emotional return.
“It’ll be certainly emotional…to really understand what that Patriot organization is all about and to convey that to the fans in a way where I’m not talking about myself, I’m really talking about this awesome program that’s been built.” – Tom Brady on returning to Foxborough https://t.co/ocQs3K5DXz
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“It’ll be certainly emotional,” Brady admitted to Cowherd. “I mean, every inch of that stadium, I’ve been through so many times. From the locker rooms to the media rooms to the field. Just so many memorable plays in that stadium. Big games, championship games and rivalry games, division-clinching games. So, to be back there and to really understand what that Patriot organization is all about and to convey that to the fans in a way where I’m not talking about myself, I’m really talking about this awesome program that’s been built. And the Patriots just always seem to do things the right way.”
Brady quickly went into coach-speak mode, praising Mike Vrabel for resetting the environment and getting the Patriots back to the Super Bowl last season, and touting offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels for turning quarterback Drake Maye into an MVP candidate.
“It’s a great AFC-NFC matchup. These don’t happen very often,” Brady said of Green Bay traveling to New England. “And I get to be there to watch it in person in front of a very friendly home crowd — I’m very excited.”
Networks don’t typically promote their premier NFL game by hyping their broadcasters. But when Fox is paying Brady upwards of $38 million per year, they’re going to milk his return to Foxborough for all it’s worth. Even if Brady wasn’t emotional about returning to New England to call a game, Fox is trying to make sure the fans are. Fox released a commercial hyping Brady’s return that would probably be considered cringey if it were for any other broadcaster. But things are different when you’re returning to a place where you won six Super Bowls.
Now we wait for social media to spend Sunday debating whether Brady is being a Patriots homer or hater as he calls the game for Fox.