Greg Olsen has become one of the best NFL analysts on television, but that won’t be enough to keep his job, or salary, after Tom Brady’s arrival to Fox. Olsen was awarded Tuesday as the Best Live Sports Analyst at the Sports Emmy Awards and will still be sent to the second team for NFL games, with a 70 percent cut of your salary.
Despite the good performance of Olsen, who narrated the Super Bowl LVII in January 2023, the plan in Fox will not change: Brady will be along with Kevin Burkhardt on the network’s main team. The former quarterback of the New England Patriots will make his debut as a match analyst when the Cleveland Browns receive the Dallas Cowboys in Week 1.
Olsen, a pleasant surprise in the cabin
Somewhat unexpectedly, Greg Olsen joined the Fox star duo. Olsen, who retired from the NFL in 2021, signed a contract with the network that same year, where he was placed with Burkhardt and field reporter Pam Oliver.
The team received good reviews in their debut year, but it was in 2022 that they became the star team on Fox. Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, a duo that had been the main team since 2002, left for another television network.
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman left Fox for the 2022 season, and now call Monday night games on ESPN. (Photo: Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
Faced with the departure of its star duo and in view of the success of Tony Romo in its direct rival, CBS, Fox accelerated and hired Brady, who was still playing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Given the gap in the main team, Burkhardt and Olsen were chosen as the network’s star teamand in a short time they became critical and fan favorites.
An example was the award recently obtained. To win the Emmy for Best Analyst, which for the third consecutive year goes to an NFL analyst, Olsen beat out two American football analysts, Aikman and Chris Collinsworth, college basketball commentator Bill Raftery, as well as John Smoltz and Tom Verducci, of Major League Baseball.
Olsen is recognized… and replaced
Although Olsen just won the Sports Analyst of the Year award, this is not the first time he has left the Emmys with an award in hand. Last year he was named Outstanding Emerging Live Event Commentator. The coverage of him in Super Bowl LVII, with everything and the controversy at the end of the game, was applauded.
However, despite Olsen’s successful work, has been sent back to the network’s second team, where he will share the microphone with Joe Davis. Burkhardt will remain on the main team, along with TB12.
Greg Olsen began analyzing games when he was still an active player, serving as an analyst during his team’s bye weeks. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Brady’s name is, without a doubt, the main reason for the change. The former quarterback possibly brings a type of analysis similar to that of Romo or brothers Eli and Peyton Manning in the Manningcastalternative transmission of ESPN on some Monday nights (which, by the way, Bill Belichick joins this season).
For Olsen, however, a tough step aside when he has been honored for his work in the broadcast booth.. In fact, it has been speculated that the former tight end Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears y Seattle Seahawks could change scene soon.
Another way in which the arrival of Tom Brady affects Greg is that according to Andrew Marchand, journalist for the New York Post, Olsen’s salary would be significantly reduced, from $10 million to $3 million per season.. A 70 percent cut after being awarded as the best analyst. Not the best optics for the chain.
Previously, Olsen stated that for him the most important thing is to be able to narrate NFL games that have an impact, in addition to pointing out that his communication with Fox has always been clear.
Brady returns to the NFL… now in the booth
Former quarterback Tom Brady will have the difficult mission of replacing Greg Olsen, considered by many the best analyst in the NFL today. (Photo: Nic Antaya/UFL/Getty Images)
For Tom Brady, Greg Olsen’s success will undoubtedly add more pressure in a profession in which he has no experience. Brady has approached several commentators, including Olsen himself, in preparation for his job with the television network.
Looking to secure a renowned analyst after Aikman’s departure, Fox also opened its checkbook to ensure Tom’s arrival, so he will also earn 237.5 million per season for 10 years. Brady knows the media, is used to the attention and can obviously discern the sport like few others. However, to be an analyst it is also necessary to connect with fans and explain what is happening clearly and clearly.
To his credit, Brady has expressed his own admiration for Olsen’s work on more than one occasion and perhaps circumstances are the real culprit for the awkward situation. But, For better or worse, the former quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be measured directly against the man he replacesa two-time Emmy winner and perhaps the best analyst today.
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