Greg Olsen is the No. 2 analyst on Fox behind Tom Brady. But he won an Emmy over Brady. And fans reacted to Olsen’s win.
At the 47th Annual Sports Emmy Awards Tuesday night in New York City, Olsen claimed Outstanding Sports Personality: Event Analyst for the third time. Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback-turned-Fox broadcaster, was also nominated.
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“Brady is as bad as Collinsworth as a sports caster. I can’t stand listening to him,” one fan tweeted, referring to NBC’s Cris Collinsworth.
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“He’s number 1 but they just paid Brady more. Can’t blame Fox,” another fan wrote.
“Olsen is 100 times better than Brady and 1000 times better than Romo,” a third commented, referring to CBS’s lead NFL analyst Tony Romo.
“As he should have. Greg is great – Brady sucks at this,” one fan commented.
“No surprise. Olsen’s good and Brady’s life is still basically beyond perfect,” another fan commented.
“Olsen is a much better analyst in my opinion,” one fan wrote.
In 2024, Fox signed Tom Brady to a reported 10-year, $375 million deal and moved Olsen, who had called Super Bowl LVIII alongside Kevin Burkhardt, out of the No. 1 booth. Olsen said at the time that there was no animosity between him and Brady.
What Greg Olsen’s third Emmy says about his broadcasting future
Greg Olsen said this after the Tom Brady hire that there was room for both to thrive on Fox.
“I still seek to go out and reach the highest levels of this profession, and in no means does that mean that I want it to be at the expense of Tom,” Olsen said.
“And Tom wants to continue to ascend and achieve everything he wants, that doesn’t have to come at the expense of me.”
There are no openings in broadcast right now, even if Greg Olsen decided to leave Fox. CBS has Tony Romo locked in through the end of the decade. NBC’s Mike Tirico and Collinsworth aren’t moving. ESPN’s Joe Buck and Troy Aikman are settled. Amazon’s Prime Video, where 81-year-old Al Michaels is working year-to-year, is a realistic vacancy for Olsen.
Olsen won his first Emmy in the Emerging On-Air Talent category in 2023. Back-to-back Event Analyst wins followed in 2024 and now 2026.
Edited by Joseph Schiefelbein
