Tom Brady gets better in Cardinals big win

Tom Brady celebrated his first Arizona Cardinals game Sunday as the highest-paid football announcer in the history of the known universe, and it was great.

A great game, that is. A huge 24:23 surprise by the Cardinals on the road against the San Francisco 49ers. “A blast!” as play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt put it, and he wasn’t wrong.

Brady was good too, much better than in his much-hyped debut (the last time I saw one of his games). He noted that despite their loss, the Cardinals fought back in the second half. “There weren’t any people who gave up, there weren’t any people who got too bad,” he said. Not wrong either.

Kevin Burkhardt is a pretty good meteorologist

But can we please take a moment here to show Burkhardt some respect? The game was played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, home of the 49ers. That terrible summer (and now fall) it was 95 degrees at kickoff; During the game, temperatures rose to 100 degrees.

Understandably, heat was the topic of much discussion among the broadcast team. Sideline reporter Tom Rinaldi noticed the 95-degree reading and talked about it as if it were the surface of the sun or something. For those of us in Arizona, these temperatures are a chilly snap. And Burkhardt knew it.

Moments later, as the conversation heated up again, Burkhardt spoke about Arizona. “What do they say in the desert? ‘It’s dry heat?’ Yes, but there are 120!”

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Burkhardt sounded like a guy who had burned his hands on the steering wheel once or twice. “Hot is hot,” Brady remarked. A little obvious, yes, but not bad.

This concludes our weather report. We now return to our regular evaluation of Brady’s call during the game. His “hot is hot” comment was no different than some of his football calls, obvious but fine. As the Cardinals were driving in the first quarter, he said, “That could be 3 points, or 7 if it’s a touchdown.”

You don’t say that.

If you’re going to pay a guy $350 million over 10 years to call games, you’re going to want a little more. And most of the time, Brady gave more than that. His biggest improvement was his performance. He sounded like a real person. In his first game he sounded like JD Vance ordering donuts.

Brady also sounded like a big fan of Kyler Murray and James Conner. And who wouldn’t be after Sunday? Both played great. After a tough run, Brady said Conner was “one of my favorite players to watch. … An older player that I’m so impressed with.”

Conner is, um, 29.

Brady was on the Murray train before the game started. Does Murray have to be superhuman for the Cardinals to win, Burkhardt asked?

“Yeah,” Brady said, laughing. “He needs to be Superman, superhuman, that superhero, all of that. He needs a big day.”

Murray delivered, breaking off a 50-yard touchdown run on the Cardinals’ second play from scrimmage. “Superhero? Superhuman? It looked like it to me!” Brady.

Everyone is happy about a good callback.

Tom Brady is not John Madden. He’s not even Greg Olsen

Brady had some other good lines. He’s the greatest quarterback in NFL history, so it was no surprise when he said, “Ultimately, when you have the ball in your hands, you decide the fate of the entire franchise.”

While talking about Cardinals kicker Chad Ryland filling in for the injured Matt Prater, Brady said, “It’s not like you’re out here just going to the kicking tree and finding the next great player.” And while talking about the Speaking about trying to change the Cardinals’ culture, he said: “I had a coach who said you can’t win until you can’t lose.” OK, Tom, we know who your coach was. (Brady and Bill Belichick played in six Super Bowls together in New England; Brady won another in Tampa Bay.)

Don’t misunderstand. No one will easily confuse Brady with John Madden. Or even for Greg Olsen, the Fox analyst moved up to the No. 2 team when Brady started announcing. If anything, his play on Sunday was an acknowledgment of how good Burkhardt is, running the broadcast and providing perfect opportunities for Brady to make his shots.

Brady is still a work in progress. But like the Cardinals on Sunday, he showed some encouraging signs of hope.

Opinion: How was Tom Brady’s TV debut?: Not worth $350 million

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Tom Brady gets better in Cardinals big win

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