Tom Brady not solely will not be working the Tremendous Bowl for FOX on February 12, however he will not be behind a mic subsequent season, both … the G.O.A.T. mentioned Monday he is not starting his broadcasting profession till 2024.

The previous Buccaneers signal-caller revealed his plan is to take all of 2023 off throughout a chat with Colin Cowherd on “The Herd” — saying he will not start calling video games for FOX till the autumn of ’24.

Brady mentioned he is wanting to make use of the downtime to get good on the gig earlier than formally entering into the sales space full-time.

“One factor about my profession, whether or not that was after I was drafted by the Patriots or signed in free company with the Bucs, I wished to be absolutely dedicated,” Brady defined. “I by no means wished to let folks down — I feel my largest motivator was that.”

“So, even sooner or later I wish to be nice at what I do and that all the time takes a while and strategizing and studying and rising and evolving.”

Brady mentioned along with leaning on others within the broadcasting world — he is additionally going to be spending ’23 “catching up on different elements of my life that want a while and power.”

The long run Corridor of Famer initially inked a 10-year, $375 million deal with Fox in Could 2022 … with the expectation that he’d start calling video games as soon as his soccer profession wrapped.

Clearly, although, Brady is on the lookout for a break from all the pieces for the subsequent 18 or so months … and he mentioned Monday FOX officers had been cool with all of it.

Within the meantime, former NFL star Greg Olsen will proceed to be FOX’s lead colour commentator. He is slated to name the Eagles vs. Chiefs recreation on Sunday with play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt.