This year, Tom Brady is taking the job of former Fox Sports commentator Greg Olsen as Brady steps into his role as the network’s top analyst. But it doesn’t sound like Olsen has no hard feelings toward Brady.
During a recent appearance on the SI Media with Jimmy Traina podcast, Greg Olsen did not hold back his true thoughts on the situation as he made it clear that he has “no animosity or ill will” toward Tom Brady.
“He’s been nothing but respectful and nothing but professional through all of this, which has been amazing, and I’ve tried to be that in return to him,” Olsen explained according to Awful Announcing. “I have no animosity or ill will towards Tom. I think everyone is excited to see what’s it going to be like, what’s his perspective going to be, what’s his style going to be.”
Given that Brady signed his contract with Fox back in 2022, he knew that this day was coming, so it’s not like any of this was a surprise.
“You know what you signed up for,” Olsen said of being replaced by Brady in an interview released Thursday. “I’ve gotten to know Tom now over the last couple months, spent a lot of time with him last week in L.A. at the seminar. He’s been awesome. It’s been great to just get to know him personally. I didn’t know him that intimately when we were playing … but just getting to know him, getting to know about his family, hearing him talk about his kids, it’s cool to see the human side of him and just kick back and hang.”
We’ll have to see how Brady performs in his new role, but it’s clear that he’ll have the support of Olsen.
