Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady speaking in broadcast booth.Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady (Photo via FOX Sports)
NFL fans had the same complaint about Tom Brady during the Dallas Cowboys-Baltimore Ravens game at AT&T Stadium on Sunday.

Tom Brady and Kevin Burkhardt were on the call for a third straight Cowboys game, having also called their Week 1 (at Cleveland Browns) and Week 2 (vs. New Orleans Saints) contests.

Brady’s performance as an NFL analyst has been met with mixed reviews up to this point. He received immense criticism in Week 1 but drew far more favorable reviews in the Cowboys-Saints game last week.

But on Sunday, fans were back to (mostly) criticizing Tom Brady for a lackluster performance in Week 3. Specifically, they were complaining about Brady’s strange habit of talking about himself aplenty today:

 

The seven-time Super Bowl champion is in the first of a 10-year, $375 million contract he signed with FOX Sports in 2022 before his final NFL season. Brady took last year off of football before commencing his broadcasting career two weeks ago.

Brady and Burkhardt will be on the call for Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Caesars Superdome on Feb. 11.

Tom Brady Will Be In Tampa Bay Next Week

Fortunately for the fans who are fed up with Brady calling Dallas Cowboys games, he’ll finally get a break from America’s Team in Week 4. The Cowboys are visiting the New York Giants on “Thursday Night Football”, which will be called by Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit on Amazon Prime Video.

Today, it was confirmed that Brady and Burkhardt will be in Tampa Bay next Sunday to call the Buccaneers’ home game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Brady, of course, spent his final three years with the Bucs and led them to a Super Bowl 55 championship in the 2020 campaign.

Baker Mayfield Exposes How Players On The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Really Felt About Tom Brady

Baker Mayfield and Tom Brady Baker Mayfield and Tom Brady (Photos via Getty Images)
In 2023, Baker Mayfield took over for Tom Brady as the starting quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after Brady had been with the team for three seasons. Of course, those three years were successful, but it sounds like they were not necessarily fun.

During a recent appearance on the Case de Klub podcast with Corey Kluber and Tyler Casagrande, Mayfield showed how many players really felt about Brady in the building.

“The building was a little bit different with Tom in there,” Mayfield said. “Obviously, playing-wise, Tom is different. He had everybody dialed in, high-strung environment, so I think everybody was pretty stressed out.”

“They wanted me to come in, be myself, bring the joy back to football for guys who weren’t having as much fun,” he continued.

Of course, Mayfield likely wasn’t saying this as a personal attack on Brady, but rather how much he pushed all the other players around him.

 

There’s certainly a specific expectation that Brady holds those around him, too, and keeping up with that is likely hard and strenuous because who wants to be the one to disappoint one of the greatest athletes of all time and seven-time Super Bowl champion?

Baker Mayfield May Have Found A Long-Term Home In Tampa Bay

When the Cleveland Browns officially moved on from Mayfield, his career took a pretty unexpected turn.

In 2022, he spent time with the Los Angeles Rams and Carolina Panthers but didn’t really solidify himself as a starter with either team.

It wasn’t until 2023, when he played for Tampa Bay, that he shined, passing for 4,044 yards, 28 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions with a playoff birth.

That performance was good enough for the Buccaneers to hold him down for the future, signing Mayfield to a three-year $100 million deal.