Tom Brady given broadcasting advice from NFL legend

Tom Brady has been given advice from an NFL legend on when he makes the move from playing the game to analysing it as a broadcaster.

Brady, who is now retired and was recently inducted into the Patriots’ Hall of Fame, signed a 10-year $375 million broadcast deal with FOX.

Ahead of his start on the other side of the mixed zone, former NFL Super Bowl Champion quarterback Joe Theismann opted to give him some words of advice.

Brady warned of ‘lots of knowledgeable players that didn’t make it’

Theismann certainly has the credentials for advice giving from in front of the camera: he is one of the only players-turned-broadcasters in the NFL who lasted for such a long time in the business. He began his broadcasting career in 1985 and called ESPN’s Sunday Night Football from then until 2005.

On his career, Theismann said he was “fortunate” to get into broadcasting, where he learnt from John Madden. “And John had his own style, and [that’s what Tom] will have to do,” Theismann said.

“Tom is very knowledgeable about the game of football, but there have been lots of knowledgeable former players that didn’t make it in the broadcasting realm. But it will come down to how Tom presents it, how he works with his broadcast partner, and it will all come down to him being comfortable”, Theismann told OutKick.

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“Be Tom Brady, don’t try and be somebody else,” Theismann said. “That to me would probably be the biggest and best piece of advice. Be the guy that we know knows football, be the guy that has the knowledge about the game, and then let the game tell the story. You embellish it a little bit, but you don’t tell the story, the game tells the story.”

“To the fans out there, don’t judge him early on,” Theismann concluded. “Give him a chance to get comfortable, give him a chance to get his feet wet, give him an opportunity to understand and learn the broadcasting business, just like he did in football.”