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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

Fred Gaudelli weighs in on Tom Brady's booth potential, plus reacting to the Patriots 2022 schedule

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

Patriots Nation, News, Ja'lynn Polk, Football, Jerod Mayo, New England Patriots, Afc East, Afc, Mike Vrabel, Sports, Tom E. Curran, Sports News, Phil Perry, Nfl

4.5803 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran is joined by Thursday Night Football executive producer Fred Gaudelli to discuss the recent announcement that Tom Brady will join FOX Sports after he retires, the impact of the ongoing announcer frenzy on viewership and what new innovations Fred thinks are on the horizon to enhance the fan viewing experience. Then, Tom and Phil Perry break down the just released Patriots 2022 schedule.   1:00- Fred shares his reaction to the Tom Brady-FOX Sports news and explains why he’d be “very surprised” if Brady isn’t good as a commentator eventually 6:35- Will these huge announcer/ commentator deals move the needle on viewership at all? 8:25- What new innovations are on the horizon to make the viewing experience better? 11:40- Is the 2022 season, in terms of storylines, the best the league has had in decades? 13:50- Tom and Phil break down the Patriots 2022 schedule and make their ‘way-too-early’ predictions for the team’s final record Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zMuXCmHHv0I

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up in a bit of telling

0:06.0

Tom's a 40

0:08.0

World Champion

0:10.0

and there ain't nothing you can do about it What's up, everybody?

0:23.1

Tom Carrens Patriots Talk Podcasts.

0:25.8

Today it's schedule release Thursday, but before we get to the schedule, Fred Goodellie,

0:31.4

sports broadcasting, Hall of Fame member, is going to join us.

0:34.9

Now, Fred, he has been on before.

0:39.1

You remember, he is the guy who implemented so many of the most creative aspects of broadcasting sports television in America,

0:45.6

both in baseball and football while at ESPN. And then he's been the executive producer at NBC

0:51.9

for Sunday night football since the inception since NBC got Sunday night

0:56.1

football back in 2006. He is going to remain with NBC as a senior advisor, but he's also moving on to

1:02.5

Amazon where he is going to be the executive producer of their Thursday night football package.

1:08.1

There is nobody more well qualified to talk about the product that you ingest

1:16.1

through your device,

1:18.9

your television,

1:19.6

your laptop,

1:20.3

whatever than Fred Godelli.

1:22.5

As the executive producer,

1:24.3

he's the one who puts the stories together.

1:26.1

He's the one,

1:26.9

the story of the game together. He's the one who asks the stories together. He's the one, the story of the game

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