Tom Brady’s double NFL life is ‘problematic’: Dan Patrick

Dan Patrick doesn’t spot a world wherever Tom Brady tin successfully propulsion disconnected being FOX Sports’ apical NFL broadcaster while holding his domiciled arsenic a number proprietor of nan Raiders.

During Tuesday’s installment of “The Dan Patrick Show,” nan big questioned really Brady is juggling some jobs without conflict.

“I don’t cognize if he’s doing double duties, wherever he’s doing nan crippled [with FOX], but he’s besides being informed, ‘By nan way, we’re going to merchandise nan full violative unit here,” Patrick said, referring to Las Vegas firing 5 violative coaches pursuing Sunday’s 41-24 blowout nonaccomplishment to nan Bengals.

“It’s problematic pinch Tom trying to do some of these things. And its not thing you usually attraction connected because do spot that nan analysts — they spell to practice, they get a batch of wrong accusation — immoderate coaches much forthcoming, immoderate backmost much forthcoming. But you request to person your announcer cognize what’s going on.”

Patrick mentioned that announcers aren’t allowed to spell into ownership meetings.

“Now, tin he get that information? Yes. But if you said, Tom Brady sewage to spell into nan locker room and opportunity to Patrick Mahomes, ‘I’m funny astir this,’ chances are, Mahomes is going to show Tom that. But he’s not allowed to speech accusation aliases get accusation because he useful for nan Raiders. Crazy. Problematic.”

Thats erstwhile Patrick’s co-host brought up Brady’s comments during Sunday’s Lions-Packers game, erstwhile he seemed captious of a determination by officials to eject Detroit protect backmost Brian Branch.

Brady has to travel a different group of rules now that he is an NFL proprietor — 1 being that he can’t publically critique officials.

“I don’t emotion that [ejection] telephone astatine all,” Brady said during Sunday’s broadcast. “Obviously it’s a penalty, but to me, location has to beryllium superior intent successful a crippled for illustration this.” 

NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said there was nary rumor pinch Brady’s comments.

The NFL said successful a connection to Sports Business Journal that location would beryllium an rumor if Brady “was egregiously captious of officiating aliases called into mobility nan integrity of an charismatic aliases nan crew.”

Patrick went connected to explicate that nan NFL has “Tom Brady rules” successful spot for him to juggle some roles.

“They allowed him to beryllium a number proprietor and past he’s besides nan lead broadcaster for FOX,” Patrick said. “And thats why I said he’s not going to beryllium doing 10 years of broadcasting — he’s conscionable not. OK, you get your fix. They’re paying you a batch of money. He’s astir apt sewage different things he’s going to do.

“But you dream he would beryllium capable to do his occupation for illustration everybody other successful that position does their job. But he can’t. And I do deliberation that would make him amended astatine his occupation because location are times erstwhile he relies connected cliches … Tom is rookie and needs to cognize what is bully TV.”

Patrick besides explained that he believes Greg Olsen’s fame successful nan booth could beryllium “problematic” for Brady’s early successful broadcasting.

“We’re still waiting for him [Brady] to beryllium capable to relax and do a game,” Patrick said. “Instead of trying to beryllium a broadcaster doing a game, and I look guardant to that.”

Brady signed a 10-year, $375 cardinal woody pinch Fox Sports in May 2022, and took a twelvemonth disconnected earlier joined play-by-play sound Kevin Burkhardt successful nan booth arsenic FOX’s No. 1 broadcast duo.

Olsen — who was beloved connected aerial and won a Sports Emmy for his activity successful nan booth — was demoted to nan No. 2 colour commentator, alongside Joe Davis.