Tom Brady Fist Pump

The selection of photos used for a NFL broadcast can provoke significant comment, as with Fox’s bad photoshops of Sam Bradford’s head onto Teddy Bridgewater’s body and then Bradford’s head onto Matt Cassel’s body. NBC drew some significant commentary of their own for the photos of Tom Brady they utilized during this week’s Patriots-Seahawks Sunday Night Football broadcast yesterday, so much so that Twitter turned it into one of their curated moments. Here are some highlights from that.

Dexter was a theme, apparently:

But there were other takes, too:

https://twitter.com/doctahtim/status/797980429705940992

 

https://twitter.com/ObiHawkKenobi/status/797980596236468224

The best one may be NFL Network and NBC sideline reporter Alex Flanagan managing to reference the infamous Brady courtroom sketch:

Oh, and there are problems with the uniform too, for those who can get past Brady’s expressions:

Well, at least NBC got people talking about the game. And after a dismal year to date, ratings for Sunday Night Football were way up this week. Maybe that was about the Patriots-Seahawks matchup, a rematch of the 2015 Super Bowl. Or maybe it was all about the creepy shots of Tom Brady.

[Twitter Moments]

About Andrew Bucholtz

Andrew Bucholtz has been covering sports media for Awful Announcing since 2012. He is also a staff writer for The Comeback. His previous work includes time at Yahoo! Sports Canada and Black Press.

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