Tom Brady can now attend production meetings with teams as part of his role with Fox Sports. What changed?
Tom Brady was handcuffed a bit in his first year as a Fox Sports analyst last NFL season, barred from those information-gathering production meetings with teams due to his minority ownership in the Las Vegas Raiders.
In 2025, the cuffs are off.
The NFL is removing the "Brady Rules," according to The Athletic. At least the part that bars him from production meetings (he'll still be restricted from practices). America's favorite quarterback is free. Free to speak with coaches and players. Free to learn what teams are planning and thinking. Free to be a mole for the pirates with the black eye patch.
Ya know, if the quarterback at the center of deflategate and spygate would ever want to do such a thing. Probably not, right?
In Tom Brady’s rookie broadcasting year, he played by a special set of rules due to his Raiders ownership stake. The NFL relented for the Super Bowl.
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) August 27, 2025
Now? The “Brady Rules” are basically done, sources tell @AndrewMarchand.
Look, I don't know all the different types of information shared in those production meetings. I would like to assume nothing that could give another team a competitive advantage. Otherwise, why would the NFL allow a team owner into the room? Then again, the type of information shared is totally up to the people in the room.
Fox Sports play-by-play man Joe Davis told Awful Announcing last summer the production meetings are "very important" and "some coaches don't give you anything. Some coaches give you too much." You would hope the representative of a professional football team would have enough restraint not to divulge important intel to a potential mole, but we all know somebody who talks too much. Especially in the presence of someone considered a big deal. Some people can't help themselves.
All you need to know is the NFL thought these "Brady Rules" necessary last year. As did Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, who advocated for the restrictions. It's odd that suddenly they aren't necessary, even though nothing changed. The more prudent decision would have been to remove Brady from the booth completely. But with a 10-year, $375 million contract, that option was never really on the table.
Shedeur Sanders is QB3 (for now)
I've been on the record saying the Cleveland Browns are wasting their time with Joe Flacco. They should have cut bait with the veteran a long time ago and given the keys to the offense to one of the younger quarterbacks in camp.
That's obviously not the direction Cleveland chose to go, trading Kenny Pickett to the Raiders and naming Flacco the starter over Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders. But if you're like me and wanting to see Sanders get a chance to show what he can do this season, I wouldn't worry much. It's probably safe to say he'll get an opportunity.
They all will.
Browns name Dillon Gabriel as the backup QB entering the season.
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 26, 2025
Shedeur Sanders is QB3. pic.twitter.com/u2cdM9AWLe
The Browns open their season against the Bengals, Ravens, Packers, Lions, Vikings and Steelers. They play the games for a reason, so I'm not prepared to say they'll go 0-6 in that stretch. But if you see a win in there, please tell me where. I guess those divisional games are always tough.
The point is, if preseason odds are any indication -- the Browns are projected to finish under 5.5 wins -- Cleveland won't be very good this year. And when teams are bad, they start looking toward the future.
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