Tom Brady’s broadcast debut leaves viewers divided after NFL icon makes brief appearance during UFL championship game

TOM Brady made his Fox NFL debut with a brief appearance during the UFL championship game.

The seven-time Super Bowl champion joined Curt Menefee and Joel Klatt in the broadcast booth early in the second quarter of Sunday’s matchup between the Birmingham Stallions and the San Antonio Brahmas.

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Brady, 46, began his sportscasting career with a joke about his fitness.

“I can’t get on the field anymore,” he joked after Menefee said Fox was “bringing some instant offense” to introduce the retired quarterback.

The former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers star then noted that the championship games could follow many different scenarios.

He also highlighted that the defense has dominated the match so far and neither team has yet entered the table at the time of their special appearance.

As expected, NFL fans were divided at the preview of Brady’s efforts as a game analyst.

“Tone BradYes sounding great in the booth,” wrote one.

“He was really good, honestly,” added another.

However, a third said: “He’s not cut out for this.”

And one wrote: “I miss Greg Olson already.”

Brady is expected to replace Greg Olsen as Kevin Burkhardt’s broadcast partner on Fox NFL’s A-Team broadcast, having signed a 10-year, $375 million deal with the network.

The two-time Offensive Player of the Year also recently spoke about working on the tone of his comments ahead of his first NFL game in the booth.

“The important part for me will be how I continue to make it fun for people to enjoy the viewing experience,” he said on Sports Illustrated Media Podcast.

“Sometimes I get a little too serious because I see myself as ‘quarterback Tom Brady’ instead of ‘let’s enjoy a great football game, Tom Brady.’

“Sometimes I get a little too critical. So I’m trying to make sure I have the right tone.”

Brady also discussed the mindset with which he will approach his new career in an appearance on Colin Cowherd’s show, The Herd.

“There are definitely parts of me that are hyper-competitive – I certainly was as a player and as an athlete,” he said.

“I loved that competition, I savored it every day.

“I didn’t care if it was practice, if it was a game, if it was ping pong, if we were playing basketball in the locker room.

“There are other parts where I feel like I’ve matured a little bit and I don’t necessarily need to be absolutely competitive about everything.

“It’s a little more selective… Certainly, as a broadcaster, I don’t think for me it’s about competition.

“I think for me it’s about, ‘Did I put everything I could into this? Did I give the fans everything they expected?’

“That’s how I’ll end up evaluating myself.”