Tom Brady Super Bowl Announcing Debut Features Kevin Hart Crack, Shots At NFL Referees

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In his Super Bowl broadcasting debut, Fox analyst Tom Brady showed a surprising willingness to critique NFL referees and also tried to give Patrick Mahomes advice for staging a comeback.

There had been a lot of buildup to Brady’s first Super Bowl outing after signing a reported $375 million contract with Fox, especially after the color analyst drew mixed reviews in a mistake-filled rookie year.

The game quickly became lopsided, removing some of the scrutiny, with the Philadelphia Eagles leading the Kansas City Chiefs, 40-6, late in the fourth quarter. “You’ve got to just inch your way back,” Brady said when the Chiefs were down by three scores. “There’s no 24-point play.” Brady earned one of his record seven Super Bowl rings by engineering an historic comeback, leading the New England Patriots to a win after they trailed the Atlanta Falcons, 28-3, late in the third quarter.

While Brady criticized Mahomes for “ill-advised throws” on two consecutive passes that were intercepted by the Eagles, he said he “won’t flinch” because of his “competitiveness.” A lot of the social media reaction to Brady focused on football pundits assessing his legacy versus where Mahomes could end up at the end of his career.