{"id":1899,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1899","headline":"Brady set to call his first Patriots game as a broadcaster","dek":"Fox's promotion of the moment has drawn criticism from Chris Russo even as Brady calls it emotional.","body":"Tom Brady heads back to Gillette Stadium this weekend, not in pads but in a headset. Sunday's game between the 5-3 Patriots and the 5-3 Packers marks Brady's first time calling a New England game for Fox, after 49 combined regular season and postseason broadcasts elsewhere. He spent 20 seasons in New England, starting 19 of them, and left with six Super Bowl titles to his name.\n\nPatriots quarterback Drake Maye called it cool to have Brady back in the building where he was, in Maye's words, elite. Brady himself has admitted the return feels emotional, especially with the Patriots also honoring Rob Gronkowski and the 2016 team that same weekend.\n\nNot everyone is buying the sentiment. Chris Russo tore into Fox for turning the broadcast into a Brady retrospective instead of focusing on the actual matchup between Maye and Packers quarterback Jordan Love. Russo pointed to Fox's heavy promotion last week, with commercials and hype videos built around Brady's homecoming, and called the whole approach the dumbest thing in the world.\n\nBrady last played at Gillette Stadium as a visitor in 2021 with Tampa Bay. This weekend will be his first appearance there as a broadcaster.","published_at":"2026-11-05T18:04:38.980289+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"Patriots QB Drake Maye Talks Impact Of 'Legend' Tom Brady Calling Week 9 Game","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/drake-maye-tom-brady-patriots-packers"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Chris Russo tears into Fox over ‘dumb’ Tom Brady decision ahead of Patriots vs Packers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/chris-russo-tears-fox-over-123000924.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Tom Brady ready for ‘emotional’ return to Foxborough to broadcast Patriots game","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7753053/2026/11/05/tom-brady-patriots-return-foxborough-fox-packers/"},{"outlet":"Awful Announcing","publisher":"Awful Announcing","title":"Chris Russo ridicules Fox for promoting Tom Brady’s return to Foxborough: ‘Dumbest thing in the world’","url":"https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/chris-russo-tom-brady-return-foxborough.html"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Tom Brady shares how he really feels about returning to Foxborough on Sunday","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/tom-brady-shares-really-feels-121500168.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Tom Brady Returns To Foxborough As Fox Broadcaster","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/tom-brady-returns-foxborough-fox-174853588.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Chris Russo ridicules Fox for promoting Tom Brady’s return to Foxborough: ‘Dumbest thing in the world’","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/chris-russo-ridicules-fox-promoting-203004950.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"‘Like we are all very stupid people who don’t remember the past’: Dave Portnoy takes a shot at Tom Brady","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/very-stupid-people-don-t-001731381.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Patriots’ Mike Vrabel doesn’t sound thrilled about catching up with Tom Brady before he calls Packers game","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/patriots-mike-vrabel-doesn-t-090457781.html"},{"outlet":"Front Office Sports","publisher":"Front Office Sports","title":"Julian Edelman: Foxborough ‘Will Be Rocking’ for Tom Brady’s Return","url":"https://frontofficesports.com/article/julian-edelman-foxborough-rocking-tom-brady-return/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Julian Edelman: Foxborough ‘Will Be Rocking’ for Tom Brady’s Return","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/julian-edelman-foxborough-rocking-tom-165700430.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mike Vrabel Gives Icy Response to Tom Brady Question Ahead of QB's Return","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mike-vrabel-gives-icy-response-164729173.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}