Drew Brees’ broadcasting comeback has begun in earnest.
The former NFL quarterback is joining FOX Sports as its No. 3 game analyst, according to The Athletic. In that role, Brees is expected to work alongside play-by-play announcer Adam Amin, per the report. Amin previously called games with Mark Sanchez until the latter’s stabbing incident and subsequent arrest in Indianapolis last month.
Brees, who played 15 seasons for the New Orleans Saints and won Super Bowl 44 with the team, is expected to start in Week 11, although the details of his assignment remained unknown. USA TODAY Sports reached out to FOX for confirmation and further comment.
After his playing career ended in 2021, Brees immediately jumped into the broadcasting business with NBC, where he called Notre Dame football and was part of the ‘Sunday Night Football’ studio crew. He and Mike Tirico called an AFC wild-card contest between the Cincinnati Bengals and Las Vegas Raiders that postseason and did not receive stellar reviews.
That offseason, he and NBC parted ways. Brees has made occasional studio appearances with FOX and ESPN but has not had consistent broadcast work since. He previously told USA TODAY Sports part of the decision was fueled by a desire to spend more time with family.
Brees was a part of Netflix’s inaugural Christmas Day coverage on the desk and called the international feed, and he’ll call one of the two games domestically in 2025.
‘If you want to be great at anything, you have to work at it,’ Brees told USA TODAY Sports in 2022. ‘In the booth, there’s technique, there’s fundamentals that go along with it that just take time to kind of learn, to kind of train. Just like as a quarterback. It doesn’t happen overnight.
‘I do love broadcasting NFL games. I think I could be one of the very best at it if I chose to go that direction.’
Brees, 46, ranks second all-time in career passing yards (80,358) and passing touchdowns (571). He adds more depth to FOX’s announcer roster, with Tom Brady on the ‘A-Team’ and Greg Olsen in the No. 2 role.
