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Even Bill Simmons Was Unimpressed by Tom Brady’s Broadcast Debut

Tom Brady and Kevin Burkhardt ahead of Brady’s broadcast debut. | Ken Blaze-Imagn Images

Tom Brady made his NFL broadcast debut on Sunday calling the Cleveland Browns-Dallas Cowboys game on FOX. The reviews were mixed, but it was his first time so there is plenty of opportunity for improvement over the next few months.

Still, Brady is the biggest story in sports media right now so people are lining up to grade his performance. Including Bill Simmons, The Ringer founder and one of Brady's biggest supporters from his time as quarterback of the New England Patriots. On the latest episode of Guess the Lines on the Bill Simmons Podcast, Simmons and Cousin Sal Iacono panned Brady's debut.

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