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Tom Brady will soon assume a role in the broadcast booth following a lengthy NFL playing career that lasted more than two decades. He previewed that shift to commentating while speaking with Stephen A. Smith on Friday.
In the process, he threw a vicious stray the way of Daniel Jones. The New York City crowd in attendance let him hear it soon thereafter.
Brady is in the Big Apple for Fanatics Fest, a “three-day summer festival supersizing sports, culture and collector fandom.”
Part of that event involved a panel that included the seven-time Super Bowl winner. Droves of fans flooded the venue to hear Brady speak.
A few people want to see the Tom Brady-Stephen A. Smith panel at #FanaticsFest pic.twitter.com/63ZumMLxkO
— Ben Fawkes (@BFawkes22) August 16, 2024
A portion of that conversation revolved around his approach to calling games from the booth. He admitted that it will be much different than his outlook as a player.
Tom Brady wants to toe the line of analysis and criticism. He wants to express to his audience why a play may have gone wrong, from a QB perspective, without ripping said player to absolute shreds.
“I can’t [be too critical] on TV. There are parents and there are family members [listening],” he said. “I don’t want to necessarily say it in that way… If I was doing it myself, and let’s say I threw a really bad interception, I would walk to the sidelines and I would say, ‘You are the worst QB in the world. How could you possibly make that throw?’
“I don’t want to be so critical [in the booth]. In some ways, I don’t necessarily know what the problem was on that play. Let’s say, Daniel Jones throws an interception…”
New York Giants QB Daniel Jones catching strays from Tom Brady at #FanaticsFest pic.twitter.com/vWB7qX7I6R
— Ben Fawkes (@BFawkes22) August 16, 2024
Boos rained down from the crowd following the hypothetical scenario.
“I wasn’t even being critical of Daniel Jones!” Brady responded. “Well, maybe I was a little bit.”
Jones’s time in New York has been up and down to this point. The former first-round selection landed a major payday after leading the Giants to the playoffs in 2022. He then started the season 1-5 before being injured last year.
Over his five-year professional tenure, Jones is 22-36-1 as a starter.
The Giants are hoping he returns to his ’22 form on the field in the coming season, which kicks off in September against the Vikings.
If not, we might hear a little more of Tom Brady’s criticism from the broadcast booth!