Overview
- Fox issued a press release announcing its 2026 NFL broadcast roster and confirmed the lead team of Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady will open Week 1 in Philadelphia calling America’s Game of the Week.
- The network published full Week 1 assignments for multiple booths, including Joe Davis/Greg Olsen, Adam Amin/Drew Brees, Kenny Albert/Jonathan Vilma, Kevin Kugler/Daryl Johnston, and Chris Myers/Mark Schlereth.
- Awful Announcing reported that Drew Brees replaces Mark Sanchez on Fox’s game crews, a change linked in that reporting to Sanchez’s alleged assault on a truck driver.
- Fox highlighted its studio and officiating depth by returning FOX NFL SUNDAY hosts and analysts and reinstating former NFL officiating VPs Mike Pereira and Dean Blandino as rules analysts.
- The announcement links to Fox’s recent ratings gains for America’s Game of the Week and contrasts the network’s roster stability with competitor network personnel disruptions this preseason.