Tom Brady slammed over 'nails on a chalkboard' voice as ESPN staffer hits out

Tom Brady has been successful the announcer's booth for 3 weeks and has been criticised for his performances with the commentating contented seemingly intolerable to fix

Tom Brady's debut into the satellite of sports commentary hasn't gone without a hitch, according to 1 ESPN staffer who's taken a excavation astatine the NFL icon's broadcasting chops.

Despite making dependable advancement week connected week astatine FOX Sports wherever he's filled Greg Olsen's shoes arsenic their starring colour commentator, the erstwhile backmost is facing flak for his on-air style. Since calling the shots connected 3 back-to-back Dallas Cowboys games, Brady's commentary has been met with mixed reviews, initially showing signs of jitters successful week one, which led to immoderate awkward silences.

He seemed to get much comfy during the Cowboys' clash against the New Orleans Saints but faced backlash erstwhile much aft covering the Ravens matchup. ESPN elder writer Don Van Natta didn't mince words erstwhile helium shared his 2 cents saying: "Tom Brady's problem, and ours, is his voice.

"No substance however overmuch his commentary mightiness improve, Brady's transportation strategy teeters betwixt mildly annoying to nails-on-a-chalkboard. It doesn't assistance he's paired with Kevin Burkhardt, whose magisterial dependable is made for a microphone."

This jab stirred a disagreement among fans, with immoderate jumping to support Brady portion others echoed Van Natta's sentiment, giving their input connected wherever the sports fable could tweak his commentating technique.

One admirer commented: "They request to rise the measurement connected his mic somewhat and helium needs to larn breathing for singers/actors arsenic his dependable goes up erstwhile helium gets excited by a play. Kevin does person a beauteous voice," portion different offered, "He shouldn't beryllium a crippled analyst. if you ticker his hits with the in-studio hosts helium is overmuch much relaxed and capable to usage his expertise to sermon football. Brady would radiance arsenic a co-host connected a workplace amusement similar Inside the NBA."

FOX Sports were anxious for Brady to replicate the creaseless modulation from the tract to commenting booth experienced by ex-Cowboys backmost Tony Romo with CBS, who has go 1 of the astir fashionable announcers successful the game.

FOX has splurged connected Brady, making him the highest-paid sports commentator retired there, raking successful a monolithic $37.5 cardinal per play - thats implicit doubly what Romo pockets astatine CBS.

The iconic backmost volition travel backmost to acquainted turf successful week 4 to commentate connected the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' location clash with the Philadelphia Eagles.