Bill Simmons, Colin Cowherd, Dan Patrick all come to the same conclusion on Tom Brady TV debut
"Tom Brady knows football. He has to know television."
"Tom Brady knows football. He has to know television."
"I don't know if he's gonna do it."
"'I'm calling the Super Bowl, dude.'"
"There’s been so much negativity. And a lot of it is just petty jealousness."
"I can’t wait for Nick Wright’s feedback."
"The bright side is it will probably be the entry point to me making my long-awaited debut on The Bill Simmons Podcast."
Simmons previously called the series "the best one I've been involved with."
"I don't want to do like the Nick Wright, I'm just throwing crazy takes out hoping to get aggregated ... Sorry, Nick."
"For Bezos, it's a little bit of a heat check."
Simmons has reportedly had "exploratory" discussions with other companies already.
"This is how the ABA started."
"Are we sure we should be marginalizing Tatum like this?"
"What Amazon did reminds me of what the Houston Rockets did when Daryl [Morey] was there."
The Sports Guy is leaning into the bit.
"No, we can't go down that road."
"My job on this podcast is to pass along the things that I hear and make some educated guesses."
"Football's more fun, it's a more smartly put-together sport at this point than basketball."
"I don't think there's any chance he signs an extension there, ever."
"By the way, he should run the Lakers."
It couldn't happen... could it?
"He's sharing these stories in the media. I'm like, 'This guy might be awesome at this.'"
"There was always something to talk about, but it wasn't a good playoffs."
"This is Ben Affleck saying, 'I just won for Argo, I'm going to be Batman.'"
"They didn't see NBC coming."