Maye Reflects On Brady's Return To Call Patriots Game
Tom Brady will call a New England Patriots game for the first time since retiring, working Sunday's matchup against the Green Bay Packers as FOX's lead color commentator. Kickoff at Gillette Stadium is set for 4:25 p.m. ET, pitting two 5-3 teams against each other in an AFC-NFC crossover.
Patriots quarterback Drake Maye addressed Brady's homecoming during a press conference Wednesday. "It's obviously cool," Maye said. "What a legend to come back here, and it's definitely cool for him, I bet, to come back and call a game in the stadium where he won so many games and was elite in this stadium, and really part of him, the fans, and their teams built Gillette into what it is now, so I bet it's cool for him." Maye added that Brady "hangs around the field sometimes," and said he tries "to go appreciate him for what he left here." ante post horse racing
Brady spent 20 seasons in New England, starting 19 of them, and left as the franchise's all-time leader with 74,571 passing yards, 541 touchdown passes and 219 regular-season victories. He led the Patriots to six Super Bowl titles - in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016 and 2018 - before closing his career with three seasons in Tampa Bay, where he won a seventh championship in his first year with the Buccaneers. Brady joined FOX in 2024 as its top NFL analyst alongside play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt, and Sunday's game will be his 50th broadcast assignment, combining regular season and playoff appearances, but the first involving his former team.
Maye enters the game in strong form after an uneven start to the season. The reigning runner-up for NFL MVP threw six interceptions and posted a 58.6 passer rating through New England's first three games, but has since turned his season around, posting 1,398 passing yards, 14 touchdown passes, two interceptions and a 122.2 rating over his last five outings while completing 68.8% of his throws. He has also rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns in that span, helping the Patriots win four of their last five games.
