{"id":6329,"date":"2024-09-09T17:51:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T17:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=6329"},"modified":"2024-09-09T17:51:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T17:51:28","slug":"nfl-redzone-host-scott-hanson-apologizes-for-tom-brady-on-air-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=6329","title":{"rendered":"NFL RedZone host Scott Hanson apologizes for Tom Brady on-air criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rookie broadcaster, and arguably the greatest\u00a0<a class=\"ath_autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/\" data-id=\"2\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0player ever,\u00a0<a class=\"ath_autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/tom-brady-d0I2fPFxqMjAsfgz\/\" data-id=\"d0I2fPFxqMjAsfgz\">Tom Brady<\/a>\u00a0didn\u2019t show enough enthusiasm for boisterous NFL RedZone host Scott Hanson when\u00a0<a class=\"ath_autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/cowboys\/\" data-id=\"39\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>\u00a0kicker\u00a0<a class=\"ath_autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/brandon-aubrey-aykbyHg70zurdiPF\/\" data-id=\"aykbyHg70zurdiPF\">Brandon Aubrey<\/a>\u00a0lined up for a 71-yard field goal attempt near halftime Sunday against the\u00a0<a class=\"ath_autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/browns\/\" data-id=\"38\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hanson criticized Brady for a lack of excitement about the possible field goal attempt Sunday. He then backed off his remark Monday apologizing on X for an \u201cunfair and inconsiderate\u201d shot at Brady.<\/p>\n<p>Hanson cut in during the RedZone broadcast shortly after Brady and Fox\u2019s Kevin Burkhardt went through the scenario of the possible field goal before the Browns called a timeout. The Cowboys pulled Aubrey off the field after the timeout and Dallas punted instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh come on! Brady\u2019s gotta get more excited than that in the booth,\u201d Hanson said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This was unfair &amp; inconsiderate by me. Yes, I was saying it tongue in cheek &#8211; but I didn\u2019t calculate how it may come across. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomBrady?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TomBrady<\/a>, I apologize.<br \/>\nI promise I am rooting you on in this new venture! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/heyRJga8gC\">https:\/\/t.co\/heyRJga8gC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Hanson (@ScottHanson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottHanson\/status\/1833142942833508671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>The Athletic<\/em>\u2019s Andrew Marchand\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5754529\/2024\/09\/08\/tom-brady-fox-nfl-debut-super-bowl\/\">wrote Brady \u201csounded like a rookie out of the gate Sunday.<\/a>\u00a0His syntax was stilted. His interesting thoughts were limited. It was a bit awkward.\u201d But added, \u201cBrady eventually settled down a little and showed flashes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Athletic<\/em>\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5750467\/2024\/09\/08\/tom-brady-fox-nfl-broadcasting-debut\/\">Richard Deitsch also wrote:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cSunday, Brady came off as someone attempting to learn the craft in real time. That\u2019s not a criticism. It\u2019s just reality. He first spoke on-air at 4:23 p.m. ET with the usual scene-setter stuff and was very deliberate over the first quarter. Everything felt a little slow, with him and Burkhardt still finding a conversation rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrady got more comfortable as the broadcast continued, and I\u2019d expect that to be the pattern as the season continues. If you desperately want me to grade him, I\u2019d give him 2 1\/4 goats out of four. Fox will take that for his first regular-season game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brady, Burkhardt and the No. 1 Fox crew will be on the call when the\u00a0<a class=\"ath_autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/saints\/\" data-id=\"50\">New Orleans Saints<\/a>\u00a0visit the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Rookie broadcaster, and arguably the greatest\u00a0NFL\u00a0player ever,\u00a0Tom Brady\u00a0didn\u2019t show enough enthusiasm for boisterous NFL RedZone host Scott Hanson when\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0kicker\u00a0Brandon Aubrey\u00a0lined up for a 71-yard field goal attempt near &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6332,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6329\/revisions\/6332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}