Nick Foles poked a little fun at Tom Brady after the Eagles beat the Chiefs at Super Bowl LIX
Nick Foles just can’t help himself when it comes to getting a dig in on former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
The former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback took to social media after the Eagles knocked off the Kansas City Chiefs in a 40-22 blowout victory at Super Bowl LIX.
Brady worked the game as a play-by-play analyst, which means he’s been in the building for both of the Eagles’ Super Bowl wins. The other victory came back in 2018 when Brady was the quarterback for the Patriots, and Foles led the Eagles to a surprising upset win over New England.
“It’s really cool that Tom Brady got to be there for the Eagles’ two Super Bowl wins! He might be a good luck charm. Have a great night!” Foles posted on X.
It’s really cool that Tom Brady got to be there for the Eagles’ two Super Bowl wins! He might be a good luck charm.
Losing to the Eagles in the Super Bowl is one of those games Brady surely wishes he could have back. Granted, Brady had a lights-out performance in that game with 505 passing yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.
It was one of the all-time great Super Bowl performances that ended in defeat for Brady and the Patriots. Don’t expect Foles to let them forget it anytime soon.
“It’s really cool that Tom Brady got to be there for the Eagles’ two Super Bowl wins!”
Nick Foles outside of the Philadelphia Eagles was a journeyman quarterback capable of being a useful backup and little else. Nick Foles as a Philadelphia Eagle, however, was a supernova lighting up the night sky in a series of explosive bursts.
Foles was Super Bowl 52 MVP after a legendary performance that saw him rise up in Carson Wentz’s stead and lead the Eagles to their first Super Bowl win, out-dueling seven-time world champion Tom Brady in the process. With Brady in the booth doing color commentary for Fox (and adding insight like suggesting the Chiefs wanted to stop the Eagles from scoring in order to win), Foles took Philadelphia’s second Super Bowl victory as an opportunity to needle his former, brief rival once more.
It's really cool that Tom Brady got to be there for the Eagles' two Super Bowl wins! He might be a good luck charm.
Foles isn’t wrong. The Eagles are 2-1 with Brady in the house in the Super Bowl, having lost to him 20 years earlier. While that’s hardly enough data to determine a trend, it’s worth monitoring. And worth remembering that, for one night, Nick Foles was better than the greatest quarterback in NFL history.
Nick Foles got in a great dig at Tom Brady via social media
There must be something about the Super Bowl and Nick Foles always knowing how to execute something to perfection.
The quarterback who led the Eagles to victory over Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII thanks for the Philly Special was back at it on Sunday.
After the Eagles clobbered the Chiefs, 40-22, in the Superdome, with Brady as FOX Sports’ lead analyst, Foles took to social media and nailed the GOAT with a perfectly placed zing.
It’s really cool that Tom Brady got to be there for the Eagles’ two Super Bowl wins! He might be a good luck charm.
Brady won’t get another shot at calling a Super Bowl until 2029. We’re sure Foles would like for the Birds to win another one without Brady on the mic.
Panthers great Greg Olsen was sorely missed during FOX’s broadcast of Super Bowl LIX.
Tom Brady may be the “G.O.A.T.” of the gridiron, but the same cannot be said—at least for now—about his abilities in the broadcast booth. That title, rather, may currently belong to a Carolina Panthers great.
FOX’s presentation of the Philadelphia Eagles’ dominant Super Bowl LIX victory over the Kansas City Chiefs had its A-squad on the call, with Kevin Burkhardt on play-by-play duties and Brady on analysis. That two-man team looked a bit different just a few years ago, as former Panthers tight end Greg Olsen was the network’s No. 1 color commentator in the last Chiefs-Eagles showdown.
The “this is your life Tom Brady” approach to the broadcast reflects the flaw in this booth. Greg Olsen calls the game at a much higher level, but star struck empty suits and sponsors love the idea of spending time with Brady and producing slick promos in lieu of a good broadcast
Greg Olsen should have kept his job as Fox’s lead football color commentator. Tom Brady is better suited for in studio analysis or deep dive football nerd talk on his own podcast.
Can we make a second half substitution and get Greg Olsen in the booth? Brady adds nothing to the broadcast to give insight into what’s happening. pic.twitter.com/hZUyqwXvYx
Fox analyst Tom Brady roasted Kevin Hart during Sunday night’s Super Bowl broadcast.
Brady’s ridiculous memory and petty side came out during the Chiefs-Eagles title game. Known Eagles fan Kevin Hart was enjoying the clinic his team was putting on, so naturally, cameras found him. Well, Tom wasn’t very amused by that decision—likely still some bitterness from jokes dropped during The Roast of Tom Brady—and lit into Kevin.
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“Kevin Hart’s here? How do the cameras find Kevin Hart?” Brady said, surprised. However, he wasn’t done. He made more to get off his chest. “Kevin, I love you. You took so many shots at me in May. I’m coming right back at you.”
Was this a good call? Tom Brady and Mike Pereira didn’t think so.
Sunday’s Super Bowl in New Orleans started with an officiating controversy, as the refs questionably waved off a big Philadelphia Eagles pass on fourth down because of offensive pass interference.
Quarterback Jalen Hurts hit wide receiver A.J. Brown for a big gain to keep the team’s first offensive drive going.
However, that very shaky flag was thrown immediately after the pass because of an offensive pass interference call on Brown.
It was just two years ago that Kevin Burkhardt was preparing to call his first Super Bowl for Fox Sports, and as he told USA TODAY Sports in 2023, the magnitude of what he was about to do hit him when he learned he’d be calling the 57th edition of the NFL’s championship game.
“The day after I was told, I went online and looked up how many play-by-play guys had called the Super Bowl,” Burkhardt said. “It was not lost on me that the number is 11. It’s a job that not many people in the world have had the luck or the fortune to do. I don’t take it lightly.”
Then, he added, “It’s history, is what it is.”
After becoming announcer No. 11, Burkhardt continued his terrific run on the mic. But the play-by-play announcer has a different challenge this time around as Fox is set to broadcast Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans: he’s got a different partner next to him.
He called that first Super Bowl with Greg Olsen, whom he had known for 20 years before they were paired together in the Fox lead booth.
Now, Tom Brady is his partner on the air for the big game.
He and Burkhardt called a season’s worth of games together, developing the kind of chemistry that NFL viewers enjoy from a broadcast booth. And to Brady’s credit, we’ve seen a vast improvement since a Week 1 filled with awkward pauses and stumbles. He seems much more relaxed on the air.
But there’s an additional challenge Brady faces, in addition to being a rookie calling his first Super Bowl as a broadcaster: As a minority owner in the Las Vegas Raiders, he has a list of restrictions on what he’s allowed to say on the air and what he has to avoid in order not to break NFL rules (although the league is relaxing some of those for him this week).
With all of that in mind, let’s look back at the year that brought Brady to calling his first Super Bowl after winning seven of them as the legendary quarterback of the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers:
September 8, 2024: Tom Brady’s first regular season game
After signing a reported 10-year and $375 million deal with Fox and agreeing in 2023 to buy a minority stake with the Las Vegas Raiders, Brady kicks off Week 1 of the season while calling the Dallas Cowboys and Cleveland Browns matchup. Critics noted his struggles to describe what he was seeing that contributed to some dead air. Clearly, he was nervous.
September 15, 2024: A solid week
Burkhardt and Brady had their best exchange of the year so far. Burkhardt asked Brady if the former quarterback would throw again to Cowboys receiver Jalen Brooks – who had slipped during a play, leading to an interception – if he was Dallas’s quarterback. Brady’s answer:
“Not today. It’s actually pretty tough to go back there. Because you know where he’s at. You’re saying, ‘I’m going to him, I just can’t count on him that he’s going to stay on his feet.’”
Fans love the honesty.
October 2024: He’s now an NFL owner
NFL owners officially approve Brady’s minority stake in the Raiders. The reported restrictions on Brady as an announcer include being barred from broadcast production meetings, prohibitions from criticizing officials and other teams. That’s all to make sure there’s no conflict of interest or ability to use insider information.
Questions swirl about his conflict of interest as reports say Brady is leading the charge to recruit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson as the Raiders’ next coach, given that Brady is calling the Lions-Commanders playoff game. Burkhardt asks Brady about his head coaching search and how he’s evaluated Johnson and Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn.
His response:
“It’s just been a great learning experience. What you realize is: the league’s full of great potential. And what I believe is, the resumes, the accolades, they’re all earned by what people do on the field. You earn your opportunities, you do your performance, and let that all do the talking, just as it should be, and as I did when I was a player.”
Notice he didn’t mention them by name.
January 22, 2025: He’s not going anywhere
Brady joked with Colin Cowherd about all the speculation that he could leave Fox after one year due to his role with the Raiders:
“I’ve had the best time at Fox and I’ve loved every time going into the booth and working with such great people, starting with my partner Kevin. … I got nine years left on my deal. Maybe longer, you never know. If Fox wants me and I want to go, we’ll just keep going, because it’s been really fun thus far.”
Tom Brady and Bill Belichick welcomed Randy Moss back to “Sunday NFL Countdown”
Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and legendary quarterback Tom Brady welcomed Randy Moss back to ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown.”
Moss, who is recovering from cancer treatment, stepped away from the job in December. He returned ahead of the biggest game of the year with the Philadelphia Eagles taking on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX.
Brady, Belichick and others were part of a video package that was put together for Moss.
“Hey, Randy. Want you to know we’re behind you as you continue your fight. Welcome back to TV and ‘Countdown,'” said Belichick.
Brady then added, “Welcome back, Randy. I’m sure all the guys on set have missed you, but we’ve all missed you, as well. You’ve been a fixture on that show for a long time. You were a fixture on the field.
“For as great as you were on the field at showing everybody the strength and resilience of how you performed over the course of your Hall of Fame career, you’ve impressed and inspired us more than anything with what you’ve done off the field. …You’re a brother to me. I love you more than anything in this world, and it’s so great to have you back.”
“It is so great to have you back.” – Tom Brady
Bill Belichick, Kevin Garnett and Justin Jefferson, among others, join Brady in welcoming back Randy Moss pic.twitter.com/ZwUhvgsOTT
Moss, Brady and Belichick were a lethal trio to opposing NFL defenses when the Patriots went unbeaten in the 2007 regular season. The success from that season has stood the test of time and created a lifelong bond between teammates.
Moss is one of the all-time great receivers, but he has taken that success with him to television as one of the most beloved NFL commentators. His return to the “NFL Countdown” desk is good news for everybody.
Tom Brady is no stranger to playing in Super Bowls — he’s won seven of them, after all. But when the 2025 Super Bowl kicks off in New Orleans on Sunday, Brady will be in an unfamiliar spot as a broadcaster.
Brady — who signed a 10-year, $375 million contract to be Fox’s lead NFL analyst — will be in the booth alongside Kevin Burkhardt. While Brady’s first season as an announcer was shaky, at best, the NFL didn’t exactly make his job any easier by signing off on his minority stake in the Raiders.
In an attempt to combat the conflict of interest Brady has as an owner and announcer, the league put restrictions on the former quarterback.
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The Brady Rules
Brady isn’t allowed to criticize NFL officials or teams. He isn’t allowed to attend production meetings. He isn’t allowed to attend team practices. He also isn’t allowed to visit team facilities (besides the Raiders).
Now, the NFL did suspend a lot of those rules for the Super Bowl. Brady would be taking part in production meetings, but he still can’t attend practices.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell did also say that the league would reevaluate these restrictions during the offseason.
