Greg Olsen nominated for 3rd Emmy, over Fox’s No. 1 broadcaster Tom Brady

The nomination reflects what was already the consensus among NFL fans. Brady might be the bigger name and might have commanded a 10-year, $375 million contract to take Olsen’s place as Fox’s top color commentator alongside Kevin Burkhardt, but Olsen proved to still be the better listen.

The situation remains as awkward as you usually see from enormous media companies. Fox never planned for Olsen to be its No. 1 analyst so soon, but he was thrust into the role after Aikman and Joe Buck jumped to ESPN in 2022. In response, they hit Brady with a firehose of cash and used Olsen, their No. 2 color commentator, as a temporary fix. Then Olsen turned out to be great at the job while Brady waited two years to make his debut.

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It’s not too far from being the sports world equivalent of the Conan O’Brien-Jay Leno “Tonight Show” fiasco at NBC a decade and a half back.

Olsen has been diplomatic about the demotion, but is also clearly looking to call big games, like the Super Bowl that Brady got last season.

Adding another Emmy would certainly help the résumé, should he look elsewhere for that opportunity.