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Welcome back to the booth, Drew Brees.
The former NFL quarterback is joining Fox as a game analyst after a one-season stint at NBC, The Athletic reported Wednesday, a move possibly signaling that the embattled Mark Sanchez’s time at the network is up following his shocking arrest.
The former Jets quarterback-turned-Fox Sports analyst has not appeared on the air since his Oct. 4 arrest in Indianapolis, where he was involved in a violent incident with an older grease truck driver.
Sanchez, in town to call the Colts-Raiders clash, was stabbed in the fracas — with the driver claiming the broadcaster was the aggressor — and was subsequently hospitalized.
He was later charged with a felony count of battery involving serious bodily injury and three misdemeanors, one of which being public intoxication.
A trial date is set for Dec. 11.
Brees, who spent 20 seasons in the league and won a Super Bowl with the Saints at the end of the 2009 season, is anticipated to work alongside Fox play-by-play Adam Amin, according to The Athletic.
He will start his next chapter at Fox a week from Sunday, per the report, which noted, “His exact game assignment is not known yet,” and “is signed up to call games through at least next season.”
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