Tom Brady loves winning and apparently loves saying one particular word when it comes to calling football games.
For the most part, Brady has been solid during his broadcasting debut season in 2024, but he was never going to live up to the high expectations that were placed upon him.
He has grown into the role, but his performance on the call of the Steelers-Ravens Week 16 game appeared to be a major step backward.
Saturday’s Ravens-Steelers game on Fox featured Tom Brady constantly using the same word over and over again during the broadcast: “Chunk or chunks.”
He said it so much that it became a running joke on social media.
Here is just one instant:
“Those chunk plays are really going to be helpful here in the second half.”@TomBrady discusses how the Steelers can turn the game around today. pic.twitter.com/LMgVGBy09Z
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) December 21, 2024
Here is how social media reacted to him saying the word over and over again:
“If you drink every time Brady says “chunk” you won’t last long,” one fan said.
If you drink every time Brady says “chunk” you won’t last long
— Joe Starkey (@JoeStarkey1) December 21, 2024
“What Brady’s dreaming about rn. Bro saying the word chunk every five seconds 🤣,” another fan added while putting up a picture of a cookie.
Another fan asked: “Anybody got a “chunk” count on Tom Brady?”
Anybody got a “chunk” count on Tom Brady?
— Crys (@EveOrCrys) December 21, 2024
One fan demanded, “Brady needs to stop saying chunks.”
One fan decided to make a game of it: New Drinking Game Whenever Tom Brady on @NFLonFOX uses the word “chunk(s)” — you will be drunk in about 5 minutes.”
*New Drinking Game*
Whenever Tom Brady on @NFLonFOX uses the word “chunk(s)” — you will be drunk in about 5 minutes.— 🏈 🦬 GiGi 🎅🏼🎄 (@Gigibillsgirl) December 21, 2024
Another X user added: “Brady must have gotten a word of the day calendar, and chunks must have been today’s word.”
One final added, “genuinely wish tom brady would quit talking about chunks. Find another word, that one is terrible.”
Tom Brady Also Screwed Up Breakdown During Ravens-Steelers Game
Tom Brady was on call for the mega matchup between the Ravens and Steelers during Week 16.
He had a rough day that saw him using “chunks” way too much, but that was just the start of his day.
When breaking down a touchdown pass to Rashod Bateman in the second quarter, Brady made the mistake of saying that Lamar Jackson had caught a touchdown pass that he had thrown.
He would correct himself.