It was a direct, man-to-man, or rather, Tom-to-Tom unfiltered advice that Tom Pelissero gave Tom Brady. While Brady might be the more experienced one in terms of football, Pelissero is the one who knows how to deal with the hassles of being an analyst. Almost in a way to prepare Tom Brady for the tornado of the analyst world, Pelissero had one piece of advice for him before he stepped into the Fox Sports booth as their analyst.

“Just promise me you’re going to give us those opinions. Cut it loose, okay?” Pelissero said candidly as he sensed a lot of hesitation from Brady while criticizing any player. Brady had been practicing the ‘no criticizing players’ part since his NFL days. Well, if he brings that to the booth as a Fox Sports analyst, it would go against the fundamentals of his new role, calling players out when he feels they’re wrong. “They do what you did for 20+ years in the NFL, which is never criticizing anybody. You gotta attack. You gotta go sometimes Tom,” Pelissero advised Tom on his show ‘The Insiders’.

Taking the word seriously, Brady assured Pelissero about his bluntness in the broadcasting booth. The prime example that Brady could think of was Peyton Manning, the ‘other’ NFL GOAT after Tom Brady. He elaborated on how Manning reacts when a player makes a poor decision since he, just like Brady, has ‘a very high expectation of how a game needs to be played, be coached and be officiated.’

With his motivation to see the game grow driving him, Brady assured Pelissero of how his attitude would be while in the booth. “If people wanna listen, great. If they don’t, that’s okay,” Brady said confidently. Now that Brady’s mindset for his role is all set, he can focus on tackling the other problems likely to affect his transition.

The major obstacles in Tom Brady’s broadcasting transition

Speaking with Jimmy Traina of the SI media, Brady opened up about what would be the major blocker in his 375 million contract with Fox Sports. He knows that bringing the QB mentality there won’t do any good. But it is something that he had done every day for 20 years of his life.

Hence, per him, “the analysis of what I’m actually seeing will be relatively straightforward.” The interesting part, on the other hand, would be the preparation of it all. “The important part for me will be how do I just continue to make it fun for people to enjoy the viewing experience,” Brady said on the podcast. Now that Brady is clear on what he will do and how he will do it, fans will be eagerly waiting for the first show where their GOAT will try his skills out in another avenue.