Drew Brees is making his return to the broadcast booth as a part of Netflix’s Christmas Day broadcast. Though Brees’ first attempt at broadcasting wasn’t well received, Brees is confident being in the booth is where he would shine and can excel.
One man that agrees with Brees is his former teammate with the New Orleans Saints, Jonathan Vilma. Vilma is no stranger to the broadcasting booth. The former linebacker has been calling games for the last five seasons.
He used that experience to give Brees a bit of public advice: “Just go out, be natural, be relaxed. And look, if you flub something, move on, right? If you mess something up, who cares? Because it’s three hours of football. It’s meant to be fun. It’s not meant to be perfect. Just go out and enjoy it.”
Because of Brees’ work ethic, Vilma believes Brees “watched his tape 20 times over how to improve.’ That seems to align with who Brees has shown us to be over his career. You don’t become one of the greatest quarterbacks ever without a detailed approach to the game.
Brees has flashed his knowledge in media before, and it’s easy to believe he can do it in the broadcast booth as well.
