After retiring from the game of football following a three-year stint with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tom Brady hit the broadcast booth. Of course, he spent one year off away from the gridiron to focus on other ventures and aspects of life.

Tom Brady has understandably been somewhat of a mixed bag while completing his first season as Fox's lead in-game NFL analyst. Current Fox studio personality Rob Gronkowski defended his former teammate's performance.

All eyes were on Tom Brady as soon as the seven-time Super Bowl champ decided to sign a 10-year, $375 million contract to become FOX's top-billed NFL analyst. Tom had never done any broadcasting to that point,

The bar was set extremely high for first-year Fox broadcaster Tom Brady entering his debut season, given his remarkable playing career and the $375 million deal he signed to join the network's No. 1 NFL team alongside Kevin Burkhardt.