Tom Brady admits he’d rather be playing than broadcasting

When it comes to his broadcasting career, Tom Brady is admittedly a bit bored.

Through his first seven weeks as Fox’s lead NFL analyst, the seven-time Super Bowl champion has called six blowouts and just one win for the home team, leaving him without the high-pressure moments and atmospheres that defined his legendary playing career.

“I can’t wait until I get a home team where it’s a close game and there’s a lot of juice in the stadium,” Brady admitted on the latest episode of SiriusXM’s Let’s Go! with Bill Belichick, Maxx Crosby, Peter King & Jim Gray.

But while the lackluster nature of the games he’s called might have borne the brunt of the blame for the three-time NFL MVP’s boredom, the true culprit might be the reality that he’s not doing the job he’d prefer to be doing most.

“It’s been really fun to sit and watch these games from the 50-yard line,” Brady continued. “Although I’d much prefer to be on the field playing because it’s a lot more fun down there. But I’m not doing that anymore. But just watching from above and seeing how these guys are performing is pretty cool.”

While Brady said as recently as this past April that he’d be open to a return to the playing field, this appears to be the first time he’s stated a desire to still play since he officially began his broadcasting career. And although he simultaneously admitted that phase of his life is now over, the comment certainly paints some of his analysis in a different light, such as when he recently said he’d “love” to be the quarterback of the Detroit Lions’ offense.

God forbid Jared Goff goes down with an injury this season; would Detroit dare make that call? And while Brady’s newfound status as a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders might complicate matters, it’s not as if that role isn’t providing roadblocks for his current — and apparently less exciting — career.