Fox is hiring Drew Brees as a full-time NFL recreation analyst and is probably going transferring on from the embattled Mark Sanchez, The Athletic reported on Wednesday.
Brees, a 13-time Professional Bowl quarterback, joins a lineup that includes Tom Brady and Greg Olsen and will likely be within the broadcast sales space every week from Sunday, per the report.
Precise phrases of his deal and particular recreation assignments will not be but recognized.
Brees would seemingly be paired with play-by-play man Adam Amin, who had been working with Sanchez, 38, earlier than the latter’s arrest for battery following an early October altercation in Indianapolis.
Brees, 46, retired from the NFL after the 2020 season and spent the 2021 season with NBC Sports activities, working as a colour analyst for the community’s Notre Dame broadcasts and showing on “Soccer Evening in America.”
Brees has additionally accomplished studio work with Fox and ESPN and served as an analyst for Netflix’s worldwide feed final Christmas.
Brees led the New Orleans Saints to a Tremendous Bowl XLIV championship within the 2009 season and was a two-time NFL Offensive Participant of the 12 months. He ranks second behind Brady in NFL historical past in passing yards (80,358) and landing passes (571).
–Area Stage Media
