Drew Brees of ESPN Monday Evening Countdown on set earlier than the sport between the Miami Dolphins and the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on Nov. 11, 2024 in Inglewood, California.
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Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees stated he’d like to hitch an NFL broadcast crew as a sport analyst, and hinted he is already in talks with media corporations for a job.
Brees signed a multiyear contract with NBC Sports activities in 2020, however solely spent a yr as an NFL studio analyst earlier than leaving the position in what then-head of NBC Sports activities Pete Bevacqua referred to as a “way of life alternative” for Brees.
If he have been to return to broadcasting, Brees stated he’d really feel snug as a sport commentator, following the footsteps of different quarterbacks of his period together with Tom Brady and Tony Romo. Brady signed a 10-year contract with Fox in 2022 price a minimum of $375 million, in accordance with The Athletic. He’ll conclude his first season broadcasting Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl 59.
“I like broadcast as a result of there’s an perception that comes with enjoying the place, the quarterback place, for 20 years that you’ve that no person else has. I really feel like we’re extraordinarily properly outfitted to have the ability to speak about and talk precisely what’s occurred on the sector and why,” Brees stated Thursday in a CNBC Sport interview on Radio Row in New Orleans forward of the Tremendous Bowl. “So look, I might, with the suitable alternative, I might like to.”
When requested if Brees had already held talks with media executives, he stated, “Perhaps.” Pressed if a job might start subsequent season, he additionally responded, “Perhaps.”
“I like the sport of soccer, and I’ll all the time be concerned within the NFL sport in some capability,” stated Brees.