Former FOX Sports pundit Skip Bayless had a less-than-complimentary view of ‘s color commentary abilities – coining a new nickname in the process.
Bayless was watching Brady on the mic for the game between the and the Cardinals – coincidentally being broadcast on FOX.
‘I’ve been listening to 49ers-Cardinals commentary by Capt. Obvious … who just talks and talks more and more obvious,’ Bayless said.
Brady is currently in the midst of his first season in an NFL broadcast booth – alongside play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt as the No. 1 pairing for the network.
But he’s not been doing so without criticism – or growing pains – .
Former FOX Sports pundit Skip Bayless dropped a scathing nickname for Tom Brady
Brady, who now works for Bayless’ former employer, was branded ‘Capt. Obvious’
– with the former ‘Undisputed’ host providing a scathing assessment of the seven-time Super Bowl winning quarterback’s abilities in mid-September.
‘I listened to Tom Brady for a whole game today, then Tony Romo for a whole game,’ Bayless wrote on X during Sunday’s NFL action.
Brady was calling the ‘ game against the visiting . Afterwards Romo, a former Cowboys quarterback who now serves as a CBS Sports color commentator, called a game between the City Chiefs and the Cincinnati Bengals from Arrowhead Stadium.
‘Romo gives you far more X&O insight and enlightenment,’ Bayless wrote. ‘Some ex QBs can see it and say it. Some can’t. Maybe Brady played more with indescribable feel and instinct. But … he’s just a booth rookie.’
While Bayless sits at home watching NFL games, Brady’s been signed to a ten-year, $375million deal to call those games.
It seems that each week as he gets used to being behind the mic.
Bayless has been a free agent .
Brady is in year one of a ten-year, $375m deal to do color commentary for NFL games
‘Today was my last show on Undisputed,’ Bayless wrote on X in August. ‘I’m leaving FS1. I’ve been planning to pursue other opportunities for several months.
‘I had a great 8-year run with a lot of great people at FOX, but now I’m excited for what’s coming up. Stay tuned.’
Those plans have still not yet been revealed, but .