Netflix announces Tom Brady roast, new partnership

Tom Brady almost retired after the 2021 season, but the 44-year-old quarterback is back and more visible than ever. The formerly closed-off Super Bowl Champ-turned-social media jokester is on ESPN with his Man in the Arena series, he’s in a movie, 80 for Brady, he’s going to be joining FoxSports and now, he’s even teaming up with Netflix.

Brady’s production company, 199 Productions, is part of a team putting together Netflix’s Greatest Roasts of All Time: GROATS. As part of the deal, the former Michigan star and Patriots legend will be the show’s first roast victim. His episode will record next offseason, after the 2022 season. The streaming service did not reveal who could show up to burn the Tampa Bay Bucs quarterback.

Netflix announced the move with a release titled: “Netflix to Roast Gisele Bündchen’s Husband, Tom Brady.”

“To quote my good friend, Marshawn Lynch … ‘I’m just here so I won’t get fined,’” said Brady in a statement following the news.

“We can’t wait to burn three-time Super Bowl-losing quarterback Tom Brady, who only went back to the NFL in order to delay this roast,” Robbie Praw, Netflix vice president of stand-up and comedy formats, said. “In all seriousness, it’s a huge thrill to work with the greatest football player of all time on this project. No one’s better at taking hits and still coming out on top, so we know the roast will be a breeze for Brady.”

Tom Brady to become highest-paid sports broadcaster

The minute Fox Sports announced Tom Brady would serve as its lead analyst after he retires, speculation started about his salary. An earlier report suggested one number, but another report suggests it’s an even bigger payday than people thought.

Brady is reportedly signing a 10-year, $375 million with Fox Sports to serve as the network’s No. 1 analyst after he retires, according to the New York Post’s Andrew Marchand. That number comes a few hours after Front Office Sports initially reported Brady would make between $20 million and $25 million per year and upward of $200 million for the entire term of his contract.

That contract is more than double what Tony Romo makes to work alongside Jim Nantz at CBS and what Troy Aikman will make at ESPN combined. The duo combine to make $33.5 million, according to Marchand.

Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch made the news official about Brady’s future during an earnings call last week. The deal takes effect when Brady retires — whenever that may be. He’ll join Kevin Burkhardt, who was recently promoted to replace Joe Buck as Fox’s No. 1 analyst after Buck departed to join Aikman at ESPN as the new Monday Night Football booth.