Tom Brady pleads for a run as Detroit lines up
Kevin Burkhardt turns his partner's late-game anxiety into a booth joke in FOX Sports' fast-moving Lions-Packers clip.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 157,497 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (15,418).
Tom Brady Was Stressing Over the Lions' Late-Game Playcalling Against the Packers #nfl #football
Kevin Burkhardt has a prescription for his broadcast partner: somebody bring heart medication to the booth.
Tom Brady's concern is football, specifically the possibility that Detroit might throw late in its game against Green Bay. "You got to keep this ball on the ground," he says as the Lions prepare for the snap. Then he sees the formation.
"Don't tell me they're going to throw this." A moment later: "Oh my god, they're going to throw this."
The former quarterback sounds less like a detached observer than someone who still wants a say in the huddle. That is the detail viewers keep returning to: Brady's playing-day intensity surviving the move to commentary. Several also bring up his objections to penalties during the game, though this clip centers on his plea to run.
FOX Sports' Short drew an estimated 157,000 views in its first day, roughly ten times the channel's usual Shorts start. The comments arrived at four times the usual pace.
Brady's concern about the play call did not stop him from recognizing Detroit's quarterback afterward. A separate, sponsored postgame segment shows him awarding Jared Goff his LFG Player of the Game honor; that upload also drew an unusually large first-day audience.
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What viewers say
Brady brings a different level of energy to the booth
@suchmouseSee it on YouTubeThe man is still in the game 😂
@christiansolid1098See it on YouTubeHeart medication? Brady is just keeping it real.
@ramario6195See it on YouTube
2 more comments
Hahahaha this is great commentating
@PJJ07771See it on YouTubeTom Brady knows what he's speaking about! ❤😊
@cynthiabarbieri595See it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- FOX Sports
- Subscribers
- 2,370,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 15,502,690
- Channel views, pace per day
- 3,236,950 (on a normal day: 2,775,974)
- Video published
- October 26, 2026
- Video views so far
- 173,673 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 130,586
The numbers
The booth reaction drew a much larger first-day audience than a typical FOX Sports Short, with a busier comment section too.
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