Tom Brady set to call his very first New England game as analyst

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Two full seasons into Tom Brady's broadcasting career, he is finally heading back to the building where the legend was built, and this time it comes with genuine competitive stakes.

The NFL's 2026 schedule release Thursday evening revealed that Tom Brady will be in the booth at Gillette Stadium for Week 9, when the Green Bay Packers visit the New England Patriots on Nov. 8.

Brady enters his third season as Fox's color analyst alongside play-by-play partner Kevin Burkhardt, covering the network's "America's Game of the Week" window at 4:25 p.m. ET. Erin Andrews handles the sideline. It marks the first time Brady has broadcast a Patriots game since joining Fox Sports in 2024.

Brady to call Patriots at Gillette for the first time

ESPN's Adam Schefter confirmed the assignment Thursday on X.

Fox holds the NFC broadcast package, and New England is an AFC team; their games have largely aired on CBS. Two seasons went by without Brady ever sitting in the Gillette booth.

His previous visits back to Foxborough were never really about commentary. In 2021, he returned as an opponent with the and left with a narrow 19-17 win. Since then, most of the returns have felt more like moments of appreciation than football itself, the “Keeper of the Light” recognition in 2023, the Hall of Fame induction a year later, then eventually the statue unveiling outside the stadium last August.