Just after just one period at NBC, it is achievable Drew Brees could be on the move to Fox Sporting activities, The Put up has realized.
Fox’s No. 1 recreation analyst role continues to be unoccupied after Troy Aikman fled for ESPN and a 5-yr, $90 million deal.
When Greg Olsen stays the top in-house prospect to grow to be Fox Sports’ No. 1 NFL recreation analyst, sources say that Brees is in the combine.
Even if Brees leaves NBC for Fox, Olsen could nevertheless be promoted to Fox’s lead team with Kevin Burkhardt.
In that circumstance, Brees would staff with Joe Davis or Adam Amin on the No. 2 group. Brees and Olsen had been equally rookie NFL analysts previous 12 months.
The Article beforehand documented that Burkhardt will replace Joe Buck as Fox’s lead NFL activity caller. Buck followed Aikman to ESPN and “Monday Night time Soccer.”
In his initially period at NBC, Brees grew to take pleasure in game titles extra than the studio, according to resources. Amazon also likes Brees, which could make the risk of him executing get the job done on “Thursday Evening Football” and then calling video games for Fox on Sundays.
NBC introduced in Brees believing he could be its potential No. 1 NFL activity analyst, but then prolonged Cris Collinsworth’s contract to connect with “Sunday Evening Football” video games, leaving Brees with the prospect to go on to evaluate Notre Dame home online games, a handful of NFL games and the weekly Sunday night studio exhibit.
With Brees’ desire to be on games, Fox could be an alluring likelihood. Inspite of the playoff activity that Brees struggled on with Mike Tirico, Fox Sporting activities executives imagine Brees even now has prospective, in accordance to sources. Brees does have the huge-identify quarterback pedigree that is related to Aikman and CBS’ Tony Romo.
Just one other take note about Fox and NBC: they have been doing work carefully jointly on the USFL. Furthermore, NBC just authorized Dale Earnhardt Jr. to function Talladega for Fox on Sunday.
Could a Fox-NBC Brees deal be subsequent?
The two Fox and NBC declined comment.
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