Retired quarterback Drew Brees has made headlines recently, hinting at a potential return to the NFL. The far likelier career move he could be making, though, would involve changing broadcast networks. Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reports (on Twitter) that Brees is “a possibility” to work as an analyst for Fox Sports. 
The 43-year-old listed a return to playing football as a possibility last week in a social media post. While few believed that to be a genuine statement of intent to sign with the Saints (or any other NFL team), it did bring up the question of his next career choice. It was known, at that time, that he would not be returning to NBC Sports, with whom he worked last season.
Not long after, it was reported that Brees recently underwent shoulder surgery, which essentially ended any chance of a comeback. While that news doesn’t guarantee that he will once again work as a TV analyst, it could nevertheless steer him towards a second attempt at doing so. As Marchand states, Fox “will not break the bank for him, but the opportunity will be there”.
Should Brees choose to make the move, he would slot in on the network’s No. 2 broadcast team. As he made clear in his recent tweet, however, there are a number of other opportunities he may prefer to explore. In the coming weeks and months, his future should become clearer.
Please, no.
“Tire World.
Fox? I dunno, I have a pickleball tournament coming up…”
Brees should call Saints games for a season or two. Get experience, then go back into the mass media platform.
Let me say that in no way do I believe that Brees is coming back: I think he was having a little fun with the media when he made those comments. But I also don’t see that his shoulder surgery means that he’s less likely to return. So what if he’s out until September or October? He probably wouldn’t want to go through training camp anyways. If anything, the fact that he’s doing surgery now would make me think that he’s more likely to contemplate returning, not less; if he wasn’t thinking about playing, he might just avoid surgery completely if the pain was at all tolerable.
BROAD Casting??
Got to begin & end with Phillip Rivers….
Please no. He’s just not good on tv.
Why the attachment to ex-players as announcers? Has anyone anywhere ever decided to watch a game, or to watch one game rather than another on a different network, because of the announcers?
I think the idea is that former players have more in-depth knowledge and personal experience, but obviously not everyone has the personality for it. I think most fans will watch a game no matter what, but the quality of the announcers actually matters. I’ve definitely changed channels because of bad broadcasters.
He was quiet plain on NBC. Curious if he could be a little more insightful like Romo is in broadcasting.