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Tom Brady is arguably the greatest quarterback of all time, but he's a rookie in the broadcast booth this season. Brady is learning on the fly at FOX, calling his first two games over the last two weeks. Brady's been on the call for two Dallas Cowboys games, and the Cowboys happen to be Skip Bayless' favorite NFL team.
Bayless has been a longtime Brady supporter, often arguing on his behalf when discussing football with Stephen A. Smith or Shannon Sharpe. After seeing him cover his beloved Cowboys for two weeks, Bayless is giving his opinion on what he's heard from the legendary quarterback .
"Analyzing games, on the fly, on live network television, Tom so far is just another sixth-round draft pick, and I am not sure he’ll get a whole lot better," Bayless said on his podcast. "Analyzing games, on the fly, on live network television..
.Tom [Brady] so far..
.is just another 6th round draft pick" @realskipbayless is still unimpressed. pic.
twitter.com/V8zKOG6f20 Bayless then took things a step further, giving former Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo props for how he's done as a broadcaster. “I was stunned at how much more X and O insight and enlightenment Tony Romo provided instantaneously than Captain Obvious Brady did,” Bayless continued.
“This is something I’d say I have a pretty good feel for because, over the last 20 years, I’ve worked with hundreds of ex-star athletes on live national television, testing their split-second ability to talk the game they played at such a high level. You’d be shocked at how many just can’t. They just played.
" Bayless pointed out how Romo may have a natural advantage as a broadcaster because Brady's intuition and feel for the game is difficult to translate for a television audience. "Romo, the undrafted free agent, played with his mind," Bayless explained. Sam Hodde/Getty Images "It’s possible that Tom Brady, the most accurate passer that I ever saw, played more with feel and instincts that are extremely difficult to verbalize and explain on the fly.
” Bayless then suggested that Brady's longtime partnership with Bill Belichick could be to blame for his early struggles in the booth. “Maybe Brady spent so many years under Belichick learning to publicly guard what he was really thinking that now Brady’s having trouble spilling the beans on national TV,” Bayless noted. We'll see if he notes an improvement in Brady's commentary this weekend, as he'll be on call again for the Ravens-Cowboys game on Sunday.
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