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Photos: Tom Brady, Caitlin Clark among those in star-studded pro-am at the RSM Classic 2024

What a day in St. Simons Island.

The RSM Classic is the PGA Tour’s final official stop of 2024, the last chance for players to earn their way into the top 125 of the FedEx Cup standings and secure a card for 2025. However, before first-round action gets underway Thursday, a star-studded pro-am was on the docket Wednesday.

Caitlin Clark, fresh off her pro-am appearance at The Annika where she played alongside both Nelly Korda and Annika Sorenstam, and NFL GOAT Tom Brady were just two of the names taking on Sea Island Golf Club.

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PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan was also part of the pro-am.

Here are a dozen photos from a fun day at the RSM Classic.

Photos from RSM Classic pro-am featuring Caitlin Clark, Tom Brady

One of us: Tom Brady is keeping the driver in the bag during 2024 RSM Classic pro-am. Here’s why

The GOAT is in Georgia.

This week’s RSM Classic is the final official PGA Tour event of the year, and before the action gets underway  Thursday, there’s a star-studded pro-am underway at Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Georgia. One of the notable names is arguably the greatest football player of all time: Tom Brady.

Brady, an avid golfer who has participated in The Match made-for-TV series on TNT, is taking advantage of an off day down in Georgia. Caitlin Clark, fresh off her pro-am appearance at the LPGA’s The Annika, is also teeing it up on Wednesday.

The Tour’s social media team caught a great clip on Brady explaining why he’s keeping the driver in the bag on Wednesday and relying on his 2-iron.

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Which NFL game is Tom Brady calling in Week 11 in 2024? Here’s the answer.

Here’s your answer about Tom Brady calling NFL games in Week 11.

We’ve seen Tom Brady the GOAT NFL QB. We’ve seen him have the spotlight on him off the field.

And now? We get Tom Brady the announcer, starting in 2024, now that’s in the top announcing team on Fox with Kevin Burkhardt. We’ll see how it goes for him as a voice in the booth after a rough first week, although he did better in Week 2 and had a great moment in Week 4. Since then, he’s gotten even better.

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And if you’re here, maybe you’re wondering: which game is Tom Brady calling this week? Here’s your answer!

In Week 11, he’ll be on the mic for the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears game.

That’s it! Enjoy.

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Tom Brady continues heaping praise on Ravens QB Lamar Jackson

Former NFL quarterback Tom Brady continues to heap praise on Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson

The Baltimore Ravens drafted quarterback Lamar Jackson in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft. Ever since, he has gone on to become one of the best quarterbacks the league has ever seen, evolving his game each year.

One of the legendary quarterbacks who has always had Jackson’s back is Tom Brady, who had massive success in the NFL. Brady gave out awards for Week 10’s action, and Jackson earned praise for his performance against the Bengals.

Jackson is well on his way to winning his third MVP and has had an unforgettable season so far. The respect he’s earned across the league spans far and wide, but Brady has always been in his corner.

Tom Brady says the Commanders are a top 5 team

Tom Brady has the Commanders as a top-five NFL team.

The legendary Tom Brady is in his first season as an analyst for FOX Sports. The seven-time Super Bowl champion is FOX’s top analyst, calling the game of the week with Kevin Burkhardt each week.

Outside of his weekly duty calling games, Brady also does his weekly power rankings and stars of the week. Brady is already a big fan of Washington Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels.

Now, it looks like Brady is coming around on the entire team. In his weekly power rankings after Week 9 and ahead of Week 10, he had the Commanders ranked No. 5.

“Led by rookie QB Jayden Daniels, he doesn’t look like a rookie to me,” Brady said. “Washington has won three straight and seven of their last eight. That’s insane. Hats off to Coach Quinn; you’ve done an incredible job this year as head coach. The team they’ve had more wins this year than they did last year, and that’s their best start in almost 30 years. They’ll try to stay undefeated at home this season when the Steelers make the trip to D.C. this week.”

As Brady mentioned, the Commanders host the healthy and well-rested Steelers on Sunday in a battle of division leaders.

Tom Brady will be on the call for the Bucs matchup with the 49ers in Week 10

The last quarterback to lead the Bucs to a Super Bowl will be back in town on Sunday as he gets to work on his second career.

The last quarterback to lead the Bucs to a Super Bowl will be back in town on Sunday as he gets to work on his second career. FOX will be handling the broadcasting duties for the game on Sunday, and they are bringing their A-team led by Tim Brady.

In his last visit to Tampa Bay, he and Baker Mayfield stole the headlines, but that won’t be likely this time around. They had a misunderstanding, got things squared away, and moved on.

However, this Bucs offense will look much different from what Brady saw last time. There is no Chris Godwin or Mike Evans. Cade Otton is a star now, and Sterling Shepard and Trey Palmer are leading the receivers.

Hopefully, Brady has done his homework on this roster because many new names have popped up to play meaningful roles. Thankfully, his old friend Baker Mayfield remains a constant for the offense and Liam Coen.

Skip Bayless really called Tom Brady the Daniel Jones of NFL broadcasters. Ouch!

That’s a little harsh, Skip.

Tom Brady has certainly gotten better on the air for Fox Sports since Week 1 of the NFL season on the air, even if his Las Vegas Raiders ownership restrictions are a problem.

But comparing him to Daniel Jones? That’s a bit much, although it’s coming from Skip Bayless, who’s known for being a bit much.

“As a TV analyst, he’s nothing but Daniel Jones,” Bayless said. “I’m sorry, but Tom Brady drove me nuts yesterday during the Detroit-Green Bay game with his endless, giddy, Captain Obvious blabber. He just talks and talks and talks some more about what is so cliched, obvious, so Patriots-Brady-talking-to-the-media-obvious. So ‘eager to be nice guy Tom’ obvious.”

Harsh!

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NFL opted against disciplining Tom Brady after he broke his ownership restrictions during Fox Week 9 broadcast

Tom Brady isn’t allowed to criticize officials. He did it anyway.

Tom Brady put the NFL in a position to make a disciplinary decision on Sunday, and the league is reportedly opting to let the seven-time Super Bowl champ off with a warning instead.

As part of his minority ownership stake in the Las Vegas Raiders, the league placed several restrictions on Brady for his job as Fox’s lead NFL analyst. Brady is banned from visiting non-Raiders facilities and attending production meetings. He’s also not allowed to criticize teams or NFL officials on the air.

During Sunday’s Week 9 game between the Lions and Packers, Brady put those rules to the test when he disagreed with the call to eject Lions defensive back Brian Branch.

According to Front Office Sports, the league will not be fining Brady:

That would appear to violate the league’s ban on Brady criticizing teams or referees. But the NFL had “no issue” with his comments, according to the source. Brady won’t be fined.

Brady’s framing of “I don’t love that call at all” might have been key there. He made it about his opinion rather than saying an official was wrong. But in an ideal booth, you wouldn’t have an announcer forced to navigate that tightrope. He should be allowed to criticize officials when a call is missed — that’s part of the job.

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Tom Brady may have violated his ownership restrictions when he criticized NFL officials for Brian Branch’s ejection

The league doesn’t want Brady to criticize refs.

When the NFL finalized its ownership agreement to give Tom Brady a minority stake in the Las Vegas Raiders, it put the league in an unusual spot.

Brady — despite having a financial incentive in the Raiders’ success — is Fox’s lead NFL analyst where he’s expected to act as an impartial expert. In an effort to keep Brady from showing conflicts of interest, the league office placed several restrictions on what Brady can do and say with Fox.

And while the rules effectively made it impossible for Brady to be a successful analyst, the most glaring rule of them all prevented him from criticizing NFL officials.

He may have broken that rule on Sunday.

During the Week 9 matchup between the Lions and Packers, Lions defensive back Brian Branch was ejected for a dangerous hit to the helmet. The call for an ejection evidently came from the league’s officiating office. And though the hit clearly warranted a 15-yard penalty, it was definitely questionable as an ejectable offense.

Brady tried to express that and said, “I don’t love that call at all.”

Now, Brady may have found a loophole there by making the criticism about his feelings rather than saying an official missed the call. But we’ll have to see if the league actually cared for Brady’s valid critique there.

After all, if he can’t speak freely, what’s the point of even having him in the booth?

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Tom Brady perfectly illustrates the problem with playing a young QB too soon

Tom Brady talked about young quarterbacks coming into the NFL and why they struggle.

In Week Nine of the NFL season, we saw an amazing number of veteran quarterbacks starting for their teams. Guys like Joe Flacco, Kirk Cousins, Matthew Stafford and Geno Smith are all guys well past 30 who are bring called upon instead of a younger signal caller.

During the TV broadcast between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, color commentator and NFL legend Tom Brady offered up a great perspective on why teams are turning to veterans and young players aren’t able to get into or stay in starting lineups.

“They don’t play in college programs, they just play on college teams,” Brady said.

This was an excellent point by Brady that was probably missed by most. But the proliferation of the transfer portal and young quarterbacks moving between programs does nothing but stunt their development as quarterbacks. They might have all the physical tools in the world but there’s no consistency to their game and it shows when they are handed a far more complex NFL offense.

Looking at the 2025 NFL draft, we see some great examples of this. Miami’s Cam Ward has a crazy set of skills but has moved around. On the other side, players like Georgia’s Carson Beck has spent his entire career at Georgia. Most pundits have Ward ahead of Beck in terms of draft rankings but Beck might be able to come in and contribute at a higher level sooner in an NFL who doesn’t want to wait for players to develop.

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