The 2025 NFL on FOX game announcer teams are stacked with veteran broadcasters, rising stars, and intriguing newcomers. As we await the start of the NFL season, one thing we know is that the overall production values of every FOX NFL broadcast will be slick. There will be telling graphics, multiple camera angles, and always a dash of newfangled technical wizardry.
The broadcast teams for the upcoming season reflect FOX’s West Coast, Hollywood feel, with big-name former players and polished broadcasters.
The lead team for FOX features Kevin Burkhardt on play-by-play, Tom Brady doing color, and two top-notch sideline reporters in Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi. It is refreshing to watch and listen to Rinaldi without crying. The reporter par excellence made a name for himself at ESPN with deep and often tear-jerking feature stories. Rinaldi is a seasoned reporter who adds substance to his sideline work.
Andrews remains in that top tier of NFL sideline reporters. She is a true multimedia and multidimensional star, going back to her terrific work as the best-ever cohost of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. Similarly, Burkhardt is the ultimate TV play-by-play announcer. He is ultra-professional, ultra-prepared, and ultra-personable. Burkhardt has taken over FOX’s number-one play-by-play slot from Joe Buck seamlessly. He has the right tenor and temperament for football. He eschews needless dramatics but knows how to call a key moment.
What To Expect From Tom Brady Year Two
If Tom Brady puts half the work into broadcasting that he did as a football player, expect a big leap in performance this year. On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d give Brady a 6 last year. His pacing was inconsistent. His voice inflection rose too high, and he spoke far too quickly in almost every game that he called.
They say that the game of football slows down for a quarterback as his career lengthens. Let’s hope the same thing happens for Brady as a broadcaster in 2025. Brady’s football knowledge is unquestioned, but he needs to slow down and pick his spots better. You cannot just show up with a starry name and football knowledge and be great on air. My guess is that Brady has done the work and will improve.
The one thing that I do not like about Brady in the FOX booth is the fact that he is part of the Las Vegas Raiders’ ownership group. There was a lot of debate on this last year, and I am on the side that says if you are affiliated with an NFL team in any way, you should not be calling the broadcast. I do not question Brady’s personal integrity, but I just think it’s wrong.
Another one of FOX’s 2025 NFL game crews features Joe Davis on play-by-play, Greg Olsen on color, and Pam Oliver as sideline reporter.
Davis brings a solid football voice. It is a coup for him to be paired with Olsen and Oliver. The truth is that if not for Brady signing with FOX, Olsen would still be on that number-one team with Burkhardt, Rinaldi, and Andrews. Olsen took to television quickly and easily. He communicates the game well, employs humor, and is adept at tapping into his knowledge as an excellent former tight end in the league.
What can you say about the consistently solid Pam Oliver? She’s an absolute trailblazer in the world of sideline reporters and is on the Mount Rushmore for that broadcasting position. Oliver has been the very best at what she does for decades. She shows no signs of slowing down at all.
A Deep Bench at FOX Sports
One of the most intriguing broadcast teams for the NFL on FOX in 2025 features Kevin Kugler on play-by-play, color analyst Daryl Johnston, and sideline reporter Allison Williams.
Williams brings a lot of experience and enthusiasm. She joined FOX Sports in 2022 and has served as a sideline reporter on college football broadcasts. She also had a lengthy run at ESPN working college football and basketball. I like her style, and I think she will flourish working with Kugler and Johnston.
Like Davis, Kugler is a guy who should be more of a household name in football play-by-play. I like his approach to broadcasting and the way he sets up his color-commentating partner. In Daryl Johnston, he has one of the best in the game. The sartorially splendid Johnston always brings his A-game, just as he did as a fullback with the Dallas Cowboys during the team’s 1990s championship glory years. It will be interesting to see how the chemistry between Kugler, Johnston, and Williams plays out during a broadcast.
As if his work covering the NHL playoffs was not enough, Kenny Albert brings his immense talent to FOX’s 2025 football broadcasts. He will work alongside color analyst Jonathan Vilma and sideline reporter Megan Olivi.
Albert is the ultimate pro, and that deep voice lets you know that football season is here. Olivi, who has shined covering UFC and the world of MMA, has a chance to follow in the footsteps of Andrews and Oliver. She brings a lot of grit and energy to the broadcast. On various networks and media platforms, Vilma has always been an exciting listen as a commentator. Vilma was a terrific linebacker during his NFL playing career. He brings that same intensity and vigor to a broadcast.
It is hard to match the experience of the FOX NFL game crew featuring play-by-play announcer Chris Myers, color analyst Mark Schlereth, and sideline reporter Jen Hale.
While they may be billed as FOX’s fourth- or fifth-string crew, they are all first-string talents. Myers is an absolute staple on sports television, going back to his days at ESPN. With that unique voice and raised-eyebrow slant toward a game, Myers is one of the most unique voices in football. He is terrific at pinpointing important moments in a game. He is also unafraid to interject his own opinions and comments into the broadcast.
Schlereth’s Breakfast Ball show on FS1 no longer exists, but his talent as a football analyst remains. I’ve been a longtime fan of Schlereth and his unabashed, direct, yet professional and measured style of commentary. He is a three-time Super Bowl champion and brings that pedigree and experience to a broadcast. Schlereth was an offensive lineman by trade. He explains to fans the in-depth intricacies of football as well as anyone.
Hale is the most versatile member of FOX’s 2025 NFL broadcast team. In addition to her fifteen seasons as an NFL sideline reporter for the network, she has been on FOX & Friends Weekend and Fox Live Now. Hale has also covered the NBA, Westminster Kennel Club Best in Show, and WKC Agility Championship for FOX. She worked for TNT and wonderfully hosted UNDISPUTED on FS1 in 2022 and 2023. The trio of Myers, Schlereth, and Hale might just be my favorite FOX broadcast crew this season.
Adam Amin, Mark Sanchez, and Kristina Pink comprise another NFL on FOX broadcast crew.
You can add Amin’s name to what could be the best group of NFL play-by-play announcers in the business. Amin brings a refreshing, contemporary, and unique style to his play-by-play performances. Similarly, Sanchez has totally impressed me with his ability to discuss and disseminate information about the game. His stints as a guest on FS1’s The Herd with Colin Cowherd have been outstanding. There is a very relaxed and calm approach that Sanchez brings, whether it is in the studio or the broadcast booth.
Amin and Sanchez will work well with Pink, another one of FOX’s terrific sideline reporters. Like Andrews and Oliver, she is a real pro—a respected reporter who brings real information when called upon during a game. Mike Pereira and Dean Blandino round out the FOX NFL crew as rules analysts. I have never been a fan of the referee-turned-broadcaster thing, but with the increased use of replay, it has become essential. Both Pereira and Blandino know what they are doing. They have a long history of expertise in the rules of the game.
FOX’s 2025 NFL broadcasts should be quite entertaining thanks to a bevy of established stars and future foundational talents. The network truly features a gaggle of glossy gridiron gabbers with glamour, glitz, and glibness.
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John Molori is a weekly columnist for Barrett Sports Media. He has previously contributed to ESPNW, Patriots Football Weekly, Golf Content Network, Methuen Life Magazine, and wrote a syndicated Media Blitz column in the New England region, which was published by numerous outlets including The Boston Metro, Providence Journal, Lowell Sun, and the Eagle-Tribune. His career also includes fourteen years in television as a News and Sports Reporter, Host, Producer working for Continental Cablevision, MediaOne, and AT&T. He can be reached on Twitter @MoloriMedia.
