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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
Oliver Connolly

Tom Brady’s TV career so far has been a dud. Will that change in the Super Bowl?

Tom Brady and his broadcast partner Kevin Burkhardt will be in the booth for Fox on Sunday.
Tom Brady and his broadcast partner Kevin Burkhardt will be in the booth for Fox on Sunday. Photograph: Ken Blaze/USA Today Sports

Tom Brady will face one of the biggest tests of his career in the Super Bowl on Sunday. He is no longer charged with deciding games with his arm but he will be in the booth to analyze the game for an anticipated US audience of 120 million as Fox’s lead analyst.

For millions of those viewers, Sunday will be the first time they have heard from Brady since he played in a Super Bowl, was roasted on Netflix or was fodder for the tabloids. He will be tasked with navigating the longest broadcast of his career knowing that, with the Kansas City Chiefs chasing an unprecedented three-peat, his words will live in perpetuity. You can already foresee the social media outbursts and the heads slowly turning at your Super Bowl party: “Is that what Tom Brady sounds like? He is not very good at this, is he?”

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