Tom Brady first tasted Turducken during the Thanksgiving game between the Cowboys and Giants.
Football quarterback Tom Brady’s first season as a broadcaster hasn’t included many headline-generating comments from the booth during the Giants-Cowboys game on Thursday, November 28, 2024.
Highlights
- Tom Brady criticized Jones’ decision to request a release from the Giants.
- Brady tried his first Turducken during the Thanksgiving broadcast on FOX.
- Madden’s turkey and Turducken rituals remain essential to NFL Thanksgiving broadcasts even after 30 years.
Brady criticized Daniel Jones’s decision to request a release from the Giants. He said,
“I don’t know how that whole situation went down but to think that you’d ask for a release from a team that committed a lot to you is maybe different from how I would’ve handled that,”
Tom Brady
The release happened after New York head coach Brian Daboll announced Tommy DeVito would start over Jones. Moreover, the Giants used Jones as a scout team during practice after they benched him.
It’s undoubtedly not the end of the NFC East team envisioned when it gave Jones a four-year, $160 million contract in March 2023.
That deal also featured a $23 million injury guarantee for the 2025 season that would have kicked in if he suffered an injury that prevented him from passing a physical during the upcoming offseason.
Brady brought up the money and wanted to set a positive example for his teammates, but Jones is still just 27 years old and surely wants to prove himself elsewhere.
Getting released allowed him to sign with a playoff contender in the Vikings, even if he is just a backup.
Brady was also never in the same situation as Jones. He became the face of the league during his time with the New England Patriots and won seven Super Bowls during his illustrious career.
It was clear Jones’ time as a vital part of the Giants was coming to an end, and he and the team both made choices with an eye on the future.
Tom Brady Tried Turducken For The First Time On Fox Thanksgiving Broadcast
As his legendary playing career has ended, Tom Brady had no excuse for trying some Turducken during Fox Sports’ NFL Thanksgiving broadcast and the match between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys.
Tom Brady was in the booth for the broadcast and put the Turducken on full display during a brief cutaway from the action.
Tom Brady enjoys his first Turducken 😂@TomBrady #MaddenThanksgiving pic.twitter.com/yoWEuNWT6G
— NFL (@NFL) November 29, 2024
Brady, who has noted bizarre eating habits, was a bit right in and was blown away by eating something in flavor.
Yet after he tucked into the famous three-bird roast for the first time and gushed to TV partner Kevin Burkhardt that it was terrific, his fans had one slight issue with that.
Unfortunately for Tom, he and Kevin failed to realize when taking a bite out of two Turducken legs in the commentary booth that this part of the dish includes the thigh joints of a deboned turkey.
That means if he just ate the legs, as it seems, the seven-time Super Bowl winner has yet to eat Turducken, which consists of a deboned duck stuffed into a deboned chicken, further stuffed into a deboned turkey in its main body.
However, whether Brady swallowed or split the meat when the camera was away is unknown.
One fan replied to an NFL clip of Brady enjoying his Turducken on Twitter. The 25-second clip was posted on November 29, 2024, and has over 500k views.
No duck or chicken in a turkey leg
TKOBETS
Another fan joked,
Hahaha new position he’s playing now. Eating turkey
Vawk
A third fan echoed the same thought by saying,
Looks like TomBrady’s finally embracing the dark meat of success with that Turducken!
RipSaveLol
Despite his strict diet during his football career, Brady has always given himself up on a full Thanksgiving meal during the holiday period.
However, the NFL icon’s long-time body coach, Alex Guerrero, says he typically enjoys local, free-range turkey without antibiotics for his Thanksgiving meal.
NFL players and broadcasters tucking into turkey legs and Turducken live on air dates back to the days of John Madden and Pat Summerall on commentary.
The tradition, which is afforded to winning players on the field after games, started in 1989 when Madden awarded a turkey leg to defensive end Reggie White after the Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Dallas Cowboys in a 27-0 Thanksgiving win.
Tom Brady gives a try to his 1st Turducken!! pic.twitter.com/ecGcI0XpBb
— EssentiallySports (@ES_sportsnews) November 29, 2024
Eight years later, the legendary ex-coach added Turducken to that tradition when a New Orleans Saints public relations staffer brought him some to try.
Almost 30 years later, Madden’s turkey and Turducken rituals remain essential to NFL Thanksgiving broadcasts.
Additional Information
- An American former professional football quarterback, Tom Brady, has an estimated net worth of over $300 million as of 2024.
- Brady married Gisele Bundchen in 2009 but separated in 2022. He shares a son, John Edward Thomas Moynahan, with ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan and two kids, Vivian and Benjamin, with Gisele.
- Tom Brady was born to his father, Tom Brady Sr., and his mother, Galynn Patricia Brady.
