Fox Sports hires Drew Brees, confirms Mark Sanchez is 'no longer with the network'

Drew Brees is successful astatine Fox Sports.

Mark Sanchez is out.

The web announced Friday that Brees, the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV, has been hired arsenic an NFL crippled analyst. He volition articulation play-by-play announcer Adam Amin successful the booth starting Nov. 16.

Amin had antecedently been paired with Sanchez, who is facing a felony artillery complaint aft a carnal altercation with a 69-year-old motortruck operator successful Indianapolis past month. Sanchez, who was stabbed successful the abdomen during the incident, has not been connected the aerial since then, and a Fox Sports spokesperson told The Times connected Friday that helium “is nary longer with the network.”

“There volition beryllium nary further remark astatine this time,” the spokesperson added.

Sanchez has been charged with a level 5 felony of artillery involving superior bodily wounded arsenic good arsenic 2 misdemeanors — unauthorized introduction of a centrifugal conveyance and nationalist intoxication — aft an Oct. 4 scuffle with Indiana nonmigratory Perry Tole.

Sanchez was successful Indianapolis that play to screen the Colts’ crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders. According to a probable origin affidavit filed by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Sanchez threw Tole toward a partition and besides onto the crushed during the altercation, portion Tole sprayed Sanchez with capsicum spray and yet stabbed him.

Tole spent 2 days successful the infirmary aft suffering a heavy laceration connected his near feature that his lawyer said affected his quality to speak. On Oct. 6, Tole filed a civilian suit against Sanchez, alleging helium had suffered “severe imperishable disfigurement, nonaccomplishment of function, different carnal injuries, affectional distress, and different damages” arsenic a effect of the 38-year-old erstwhile NFL player’s actions.

Fox Corp. was named arsenic a co-defendant successful the case.

Sanchez remained successful the infirmary for a week aft the incident. He was excused from attending an Oct. 22 pre-trial league for his transgression case, arsenic his lawyer said helium was inactive recovering from his injuries. The proceedings is acceptable to statesman Dec. 11.

With Brees, Fox has replaced Sanchez with 1 of the NFL’s all-time greats astatine quarterback. Brees played for the San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints during his 20 years successful the NFL and is 2nd down Tom Brady successful galore of the league’s passing records, including touchdowns and yards. In his archetypal twelvemonth of eligibility, helium is among the 52 modern-era players nether information for the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.

“Drew is 1 of the champion to ever play the game, and we couldn’t beryllium much excited to person his prolific credentials and unsocial insights arsenic portion of our sum connected Sundays,” Brad Zager, president of Production and Operations astatine Fox Sports, said successful a statement. “We’re thrilled to invited him to the Fox Sports family.”

Upon retiring successful 2020, Brees called games connected NBC for 1 season. More recently, helium has appeared connected in-studio shows connected assorted networks and is slated to beryllium portion of Netflix’s sum of Christmas Day games for the 2nd year.

“I admit the accidental Fox has fixed maine successful the booth and with their team,” Brees said successful a statement. “I anticipation my passionateness for this crippled is reflected successful the cognition and insights I supply to the fans each Sunday.”