‘Can’t hide his bias’ – Tom Brady blasted by furious fans over $375m Fox star’s Baker Mayfield call

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Furious NFL fans accused Tom Brady of bias as he called the Week 4 game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Philadelphia Eagles.The seven-time Super Bowl champion, who signed a $375 million contract to become Fox’s highest-paid analyst, was in the booth alongside Kevin Burkhardt at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday.Brady returned to Tampa Bay for Fox’s Week 4 NFL actionGettyBoth Tampa Bay and Philadelphia were 3-0 heading into the game, making it one of the most-anticipated match ups of the packed Sunday slate.For some fans, though, Brady‘s calling wasn’t up to scratch.Tom Brady accused of bias on Baker Mayfield callPhilly left Raymond James Stadium with a hard-fought 31-25 victory over the Bucs to improve to 4-0, but late on, they looked in danger of becoming the latest victims of a Baker Mayfield comeback.Tampa Bay’s quarterback had led his team to game-winning scores in the final two minutes in each of its first three games, and ripped two 70-plus yard touchdown passes in the third quarter alone.Mayfield was showing out, despite being on the wrong end of the scoreline, and Brady was loving it.Late in the fourth, with Tampa Bay down 23-31 on third and six, Mayfield saved the drive by dodging four Eagles players as his pocket collapsed.He scrambled through three more tackles for a first down that put the Bucs in field goal range.The play left Brady, who won a Super Bowl in Tampa Bay before Mayfield arrived as his successor, stunned.He let out a loud ‘Ohhhh!’ as the former No. 1 pick used his feet to extended the play in a critical moment.The noise Brady made didn’t sit well with some viewers, who believed he was getting too excited watching his former team, having met up with Mayfield pre-game.Brady and Mayfield were spotted on the field together ahead of Sunday’s kick offGettyBrady was very excited over one play from Mayfield in the fourth quarterX: @NFL“Not calling a biased game at all, smh,” one fan said, after the clip was shared on X.“They should ban Tom Brady from calling Eagles games. He can’t hide his bias. Especially playing the Bucs,” another annoyed fan wrote.“Tom Brady’s bromance with the wonderful, talented, beautiful Baker Mayfield didn’t turn out well. Obvious rooting for Bucs when he should be unbiased,” a third wrote.“Brady calls Bucs games with more bias than Pats games. He’s good and he’ll get past it like (Troy) Aikman did, but it’s obvious he’s protecting the franchise,” a fourth claimed.On top of the social media outcry, a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter argued that the NFL legend ‘appeared to show a level of bias toward the Bucs’ in a piece published on Sunday afternoon that dissected the Fox broadcast.What has Brady said about ‘conflict of interest’ in retirement roles?Brady, who called Super Bowl LIX in his rookie season as a broadcaster, has long faced scrutiny over his Fox role.View Tweet: https://twitter.com/hashtag/PHIvsTB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwNot only has the former quarterback stepped into the booth in retirement, but he has also become a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.As a broadcaster, Brady has access to other teams’ players and coaches and caused a stir by sitting in the Raiders’ booth wearing a headset during Week 2.Earlier this month, he hit back at claims there is a conflict of interest between his roles.“I love football, at its core it is a game of principles,” Brady wrote in his weekly newsletter on Wednesday 24 September, in an entry titled ‘Do Your Job’.NFL's Greatest......Ranking the top 10......Quarterbacks of all-time – Can anyone better Tom Brady?Wide receivers of all-time – Does Randy Moss or Jerry Rice come out on top?Running backs of all-time – Stacking Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Emmitt Smith and moreTight ends of all-time – How does Travis Kelce compare?“And with all the success it has given me, I feel I have a moral and ethical duty to the sport; which is why the point where my roles in it intersect is not actually a point of conflict, despite what the paranoid and distrustful might believe.“Rather, it’s the place from which my ethical duty emerges: To grow, evolve, and improve the game that has given me everything.”Given all that has been said about him in the past 12 months, it’s little surprise that Brady came out swinging to defend his roles last week.But like many other broadcasters, he will no doubt continue to take flak from NFL fans who feel their team is getting a rough ride on commentary.Brady has recently denied any conflict of interest in his retirement rolesGettyNext up for Brady is a Week 5 trip to Los Angeles to watch the Chargers host the Washington Commanders.Stay up to date with the latest from the NFL across all platforms – follow our dedicated talkSPORT USA Facebook page and subscribe to our talkSPORT USA YouTube channel for all the news, exclusives, interviews and more.