NFL fans thought Tom Brady sounded distractingly nervous during his Fox announcing debut

Fox’s NFL team pushed around many moving pieces to get Tom Brady as its lead color analyst. And after giving the legendary ex-quarterback nearly $400 million over 10 years to call games, Fox is just going to have to be patient with him. Mistakes, nervousness, and all.

We saw this as much during Brady’s announcing debut while calling the Dallas Cowboys’ matchup with the Cleveland Browns in Week 1.

While there’s no denying Brady’s vast wealth of football knowledge and acumen, he sounded nervous. Like an uncharacteristic type of nervous. So much so that his stilted, slow sentence structure became more distracting than the actual game. I also say “uncharacteristic” because we’re talking about a guy with nerves of steel who won so many big games over an illustrious NFL career.

Brady’s arguably the greatest football player of all time!

Now, he’s probably (and understandably?) nervous about announcing a game? It’s just strange to process at the moment, as you’ll note his stilted, over-rehearsed delivery in the clip below:

Yeah, that doesn’t sound too special or composed for a dude who received almost half a billion dollars to do this specific job.

Fortunately for Brady, it’s only Week 1, and he’s still learning the ropes. Give him patience. If he’s the Brady we all know quite well, it should only be a matter of time before he becomes a beloved, gifted commentator. Practice makes perfect, after all.

For now, though, hearing this man sound this nervous was quite bizarre. NFL fans agreed about Brady’s Week 1 announcing performance.