Greg Olsen Reacts to Tom Brady Taking his FOX Broadcasting Job

Greg Olsen has transitioned from NFL Tight end to a solid broadcaster.

The former Pro Bowl tight end learned that his name just doesn’t carry as much weight as some others. Despite promising reviews as an NFL broadcast analyst alongside play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt, Olsen will have to step back to Tom Brady, who agreed to a massive 10-year, $375 million contract with FOX Sports to become its new No. 1 analyst once he’s done playing.

We wouldn’t blame Olsen for being a little annoyed by FOX’s decision; he was excellent as a color analyst last season, while Brady will enter the booth with zero broadcasting experience.

Olsen has already accepted being replaced by the greatest quarterback of all time.

“All along, we thought we were in the mix and we had good dialogue. Obviously they weren’t going to tell us exactly what was going on behind the scenes,” Olsen told Barstool Sports’ “Pardon My Take” podcast Wednesday.

“We had heard the same rumors everybody else did and we were trying to make sense of it all. When the news came, it was like you just said: If it was someone else — like if I got jumped by someone else, sure, I would’ve wanted to burn the city to the ground, right? I would have been pissed and whatever.

“But when you lose out on Tom Brady, it’s like, ‘This sucks. At least he doesn’t take the job now; maybe I can have my time in the sun and keep his seat warm until he gets there.’ But yeah, if you’re going to lose, at least lose to him.

“I can at least live with the only person in the world who beat me out was Tom Brady. I can live with that.”

Olsen will get at least one full season as FOX Sports’ No. 1 analyst following the departure of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman to ESPN.

Giving Brady his job might end up being a serious mistake, but we’ll have to wait and see how this plays out.

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