Tom Brady Curses on Air—Again

Tom Brady just can’t stop saying, “Oh, shit” on the air on Fox, it appears.

For the second time this season, he uttered the phrase during a live broadcast Sunday. This time, Brady allowed the profanity to slip during a segment on the network’s pregame NFL studio show.

He was asked, quiz-show style, who was third behind Drew Brees and him for the most 300-yard passing games in NFL history. Brady initially guessed Brees and then, apparently realizing his mistake, reacted with the phrase.

That prompted laughs from Michael Strahan and Terry Bradshaw on the Fox set. Brady, who was not on the set, turned away from the camera for a moment, then looked back and smiled. He then correctly guessed Peyton Manning.

Brady was in Detroit to call the Vikings-Lions game Sunday.

Fox did not respond to a request for comment by Front Office Sports.

During the Fox broadcast of a Commanders-Cowboys game in September in Arlington, Tex., Brady used the same phrase while reacting to a replay of a dislocated left elbow suffered on a play by Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels.

“Oh, shit,” Brady said then. “Excuse me. I was not expecting to see that.”

It’s unclear whether Brady’s slip-up could lead to action by the Federal Communications Commission.

The FCC’s website says: “Broadcasting obscene content is prohibited by law at all times of the day. Indecent and profane content are prohibited on broadcast TV and radio between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., when there is a reasonable risk that children may be in the audience.”

Profane content, the FCC says, “includes ‘grossly offensive’ language that is considered a public nuisance.”

The FCC also says on its website: “Enforcement of the obscenity, indecency and profanity rules usually begins with complaints from the public that FCC staff review for possible violations. If an investigation is warranted and the FCC finds a station in violation of its rules, it has the authority to revoke a station license, impose a fine or issue an admonishment or warning.”

The FCC did not respond to a request for comment Sunday.

Brady has also drawn recent notice for a different type of strong language. While broadcasting for Fox during last Sunday’s Packers-Lions game, Brady made critical comments about the officiating.

The NFL’s team-access restrictions for Brady, based on his dual role as a Fox broadcaster and a part-owner of the Raiders, include a prohibition against criticizing the officiating too strenuously.

Asked about Brady’s comments during that broadcast and the rules that apply to him, a source told FOS that the NFL speaks regularly with its broadcast partners and does not make those conversations public.

The NFL applied the same rules to Troy Aikman this season based on his broadcasting role with ESPN and his work as a consultant to the Dolphins during their general manager and head coach searches last offseason.

Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the Patriots and Buccaneers, is in his third season of broadcasting work for Fox. His 10-year deal with the network pays him an average of $37.5 million per season.