Predicting every game Tom Brady calls on Fox in 2024

The cat’s already out of the bag about which game former NFL great Tom Brady will call his for first as an analyst with Fox.

Brady is tabled to commentate on the Week 1 game between the Dallas Cowboys and Cleveland Browns. From there, though, it’s a bit of a mystery. Since he’s on the No. 1 crew with lead Fox play-by-play commentator Kevin Burkhardt, we know that the seven-time Super Bowl Champion will obviously call next year’s NFC Championship Game and at least one playoff game before that.

How about everything else, though? Let’s guess where Brady and Burkhardt, Erin Andrews, and co. will be throughout the 2024 season.

Week 2

Week 1’s Cleveland-Dallas game is in the coveted 4:25 p.m. Eastern spot. CBS owns the doubleheader in Week 2, so finding Brady’s second site requires looking at a smaller site. Among the games we can likely rule out here are:

* Cowboys @ Saints
* Cardinals @ Rams
* Patriots @ Seahawks

I don’t necessarily think that Brady’s return to New England as a commentator will happen right away in Week 2. I also don’t think that Brady and Burkhardt will follow the Cowboys through the first two weeks of the season. Cardinals-Rams is a 4:05 p.m. start, and given the distribution this week, it feels somewhat unlikely.

That winds it down to three games:

* Detroit @ Tampa Bay
* Indianapolis @ Green Bay
* Giants @ Commanders

The NFC East is usually a huge ratings-getter nationally, but it’s probably not likely that the Commanders and Giants, two of the NFL’s worst teams last year, find themselves with that attractive label. Even with optimism about in Washington with Jayden Daniels and a new-look Giants team, it feels unlikely. Meanwhile, Indy-Green Bay is possible, but a Brady return early to Tampa might make the most sense. It probably makes more sense than a celebrated trip back to Foxborough, Massachusetts for one.

Also, Detroit is an attractive team this year after they made it through to the NFC Championship last year. The Bucs were a playoff team last year, too, and in fact: This is a playoff rematch. SO with that in mind, that’s where our guess will be.

Week 2 Guess: Detroit @ Tampa Bay

Week 3

Fox has the doubleheader in Week 3, and the 4:25 p.m. slate offers an interesting setup. The 1 p.m. games lack a little sizzle this week, at least on paper right now. But the second leg is a whopper. The San Francisco 49ers play the Los Angeles Rams down in LA, and elsewhere, the Dallas Cowboys host Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. Brady will likely call his hometown 49ers at some point this season… but even though he called the Cowboys in Week 1, this feels like something Fox won’t let slip by the wayside.

Week 3 Guess: Baltimore @ Dallas

Week 4

The top two guesses for Brady in Week 4 of his run are either Rams-Bears or, potentially, Patriots-49ers. Fox does not have the national doubleheader this week, as that belongs to CBS. Rams-Bears provides an interesting opportunity for Brady in the booth. Rookie quarterback Caleb Williams will be under center for the Bears. In case you’ve missed it, there’s a lot of hype about that! Brady calling a game for Williams is a fascinating possibility.

But so too is Brady calling his former team against the team that some even thought he might join a few years ago. Brady grew up in the Bay Area. His former team travels to the Bay… it almost feels too perfect a storm.

Week 4 Guess: New England @ San Francisco

Week 5

The Miami Dolphins play the New England Patriots in Foxborough at 1 p.m. Eastern. With a slate of games that includes Browns-Commanders, Bears-Panthers, Raiders-Broncos, and Cardinals-49ers, this is a no-brainer.

Week 5 Guess: Miami @ New England

Week 6

Week 6 sees another doubleheader for Fox. We’re in mid-October now, so figuring this out might get a little easier. If Cleveland and Philadelphia get out to hot starts, that 1 p.m. game could get the pair. But at 4:25 p.m., the Cowboys host the Lions in a rematch of their epic Saturday night game last year. I think I know where this one is going.

Week 6 Guess: Detroit @ Dallas

Week 7

A Super Bowl LVIII rematch between San Francisco and Kansas City is Fox’s lone 4:25 p.m. game on Sunday, October 20. This is even easier.

Week 7 Guess: Kansas City @ San Francisco

Week 8

The World Series will commence on Fox on Friday, October, 25. It runs through Saturday, November 2, and doesn’t air on either week’s Sunday. With that said, it could be interesting if Fox decides to send Burkhardt or Joe Davis on any other assignments away from the World Series.

Perhaps out of convenience to Los Angeles, Saints @ Chargers makes the most sense. Brady calling the Jim Harbaugh-led Chargers could be entertaining, as the two are obviously both uniquely different personality. Plus, Brady calling a game featuring Justin Herbert is an interesting possibility.

Buffalo @ Seattle also may be an intriguing game. Those two teams could be better than the Chargers and Saints at this time, and thus could beget top priority. Fox’s lack of a doubleheader this week, though, makes you wonder about where he’ll land.