Tom Brady will return to New England as Fox broadcaster to call Patriots' Week 9 matchup vs. Packers

Tom Brady will return to Foxborough, Massachusetts for the first time in his broadcasting career with Fox Sports for Week 9’s matchup between the Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots.

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Brady, who won six Super Bowl championships with the Patriots, visited Foxborough last August when the team unveiled a statue to honor him outside Gillette Stadium. To the presumed relief of everyone involved, the sculpture created a suitable likeness of Brady unlike statues paying tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo and Dwyane Wade.

The seven-time Super Bowl winner (the Lombardi Trophy from 2020 season was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) enters his third year as the color analyst for Fox’s No. 1 NFL broadcast team with play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt.

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As part of the top broadcast crew for Fox, Brady wasn’t assigned to any Patriots games in his first season, during which New England had a 4-13 record and wouldn’t have been considered for any national telecasts.

Last season, the Patriots were the surprise of the NFL, finishing 14-3 on their way to the Super Bowl. But based on the previous year’s record, New England wasn’t scheduled for any prominent broadcasts that Brady would have called. And CBS has the AFC broadcast package, while Fox focuses largely on NFC games, so Brady did not call any Patriots games during the postseason. NBC carried the Super Bowl telecast.

This year, however, after a Super Bowl run, the Patriots will get a national 4:25 p.m. ET against the Packers, projected as a top contender in the NFC.

During his 20 seasons with the Patriots, Brady passed for 74,571 yards and 541 touchdowns, completing 63.8% of his passes. His record in New England as the starting quarterback was 219-64.