Tom Brady discusses broadcasting 'competition' with Greg Olsen

Greg Olsen recently suggested he and Tom Brady will enjoy a "healthy competition" when Brady replaces him as Fox's lead in-game NFL analyst this coming season.

During a Monday appearance on "The Herd with Colin Cowherd," Brady sounded more focused on the bar he's setting for himself as he transitions into the booth.

"There are definitely parts of me that are hyper-competitive," Brady acknowledged, per Reice Shipley of Awful Announcing. "Certainly they were as a player and as an athlete. I love that competition. I relish that competition daily. I didn’t give a s--- if it was practice, if it was a game, if it was ping-pong, if we were playing 'trashketball' in the locker room. I wanted to win."

Fox is relegating Olsen to its No. 2 NFL announcing team because Brady signed a 10-year deal reportedly worth $375M with the network in 2022. While Olsen became an award-winning broadcaster on Fox's top crew, it's assumed network executives hope Brady's presence will attract additional viewers to national games for at least the 2024 campaign.

Brady has spoken with Olsen and others about his next career step. On Monday, the seven-time Super Bowl champion seemed to brush aside chatter about any supposed "competition" with Olsen.

"I think it’s — for me, it’s about, 'Did I put everything I could into it? Did I give the fans everything that they tuned in for?' That’s really how I’ll end up gauging myself," Brady continued. "I’ll have to look at myself at the end of every Sunday night saying did I do a good enough job? Did I live up to the belief that Fox had in me?"

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk noted on Tuesday that it's unknown what kind of access Brady will have to other clubs as he pursues becoming a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders. Some team owners clearly don't want a part owner of any franchise to be involved in standard pregame production meetings before NFL Sundays.

Brady's potential relationship with the Raiders isn't yet an issue regarding his Fox duties, but the situation could change if owners eventually vote to approve his proposed transaction.