Terry Bradshaw, 76, reveals Fox Sports retirement timeline amid pressure from fans to call it quits

Fox NFL Sunday and Pittsburgh Steelers fable Terry Bradshaw revealed his vocation timeline earlier calling it quits connected his media career.

The 76-year-old is covering Super Bowl LIX successful New Orleans with Fox colleagues Michael Strahan and Rob Gronkowski this weekend. When asked by Mirror US Sports erstwhile helium plans to retire, Bradshaw shared that helium is targeting the 2029 Super Bowl.

Bradshaw besides confessed helium has 2 much years successful his declaration with Fox but hopes to enactment done Super Bowl LXIII astatine 80 earlier hanging the mic up for good.

After being honored successful New Orleans connected Wednesday, Bradshaw revealed having an honorable speech with his woman astir his career.

'I told my woman earlier I near the country a portion ago, I'm sitting there... I said, 'I've got 2 years near astatine FOX,' Bradshaw said. 'I'm 76. Okay, truthful it's a young man's game. I get that.' Everybody wants the new.'

While giving his comments, Bradshaw turned to his to constituent astatine Gronkowski. However, Howie Long was sat adjacent to him.

After being told Gronk was sitting successful the booth down him, Bradshaw joked 'That's wherever he'll ever be, down me!'

'And truthful I said, 'If we tin get to the adjacent Super Bowl, I'll beryllium 80,' helium continued. 'That's... I deliberation that's time. 80 years old, that's pushing it!'

'I knew precisely what I wanted for the FOX Sports pregame show. To find retired helium was Terry Bradshaw was a spot of a shock, but helium was the cleanable tv property because, with him, you ever expected the unexpected.'

Bradshaw has travel nether unit from viewers to discontinue successful caller years but has remained adamant astir staying connected the aerial successful the look of criticism. At 1 point, Bradshaw joked astir wanting to dice portion connected air.

'I told FOX: 'If I could conscionable dice connected the show, deliberation astir the ratings, right? Are we not astir ratings? That'd beryllium huge. Not lone that, determination would beryllium a immense carryover,' helium said to Denver Sports 104.3.

''Then each the networks would beryllium saying 'Bradshaw died connected FOX NFL Sunday. Huge stuff, and past possibly I get a statue retired front. But if I tin support my wellness together, I emotion what I'm doing. But we each get aged and we're going to get kicked out. I'm not looking implicit my shoulder, but [Tom] Brady is coming successful for $37.5million.'

Bradshaw's on-screen vocation dates backmost to 1980 during a two-year stint with CBS arsenic a commentator. He had his breakthrough successful 1994 erstwhile helium was hired by Fox.