Tom Brady will enter his broadcasting role in the NFL this year, and he’s sharing his thoughts on how the game has negatively evolved before the regular season kicks off. 

During an appearance with Stephen A. Smith at Fanatics Fest over the weekend, Brady was candid about the state of football at both the college and NFL levels, saying the game has been "dumbed down" and no real development happens anymore with rookies thrown into the fire from the beginning of their careers. 

Brady began by talking about how college programs have changed since his days at Michigan. 

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"There used to be college programs," Brady said. "Now, there are college teams. You’re no longer learning a program; you’re learning a playbook. And the program is, ultimately, like at Michigan for me, that was a pro-style program. Five years I got to learn how to drop-back pass, to read defenses, to read coverages, to be coached. I had to learn from being seventh quarterback on the depth chart to moving up to third to ultimately being a starter. 

"I had to learn all those things in college. That was development. Then, I went to New England, and I was developed by Coach Belichick and the offensive staff there. I didn’t start my first year there. I think it’s just a tragedy that we’re forcing these [NFL] rookies to play early."

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College football has been a controversial topic of late, as NIL deals and the transfer portal have allowed student-athletes to bounce from school to school without truly getting settled in and developing. 

Brady was blunt about how the game has evolved. 

"The reality is the only reason why [rookies] are [playing right away] is because we dumbed the game down, which has allowed them to play," he explained. "It used to be thought of at a higher level. We used to spend hours and hours in the offseason, in training camp trying to be a little bit better the next year. But I think what happens is it discourages the coaches from going to deep levels because they realize the players don’t have the opportunity to go to a deep level. So, they’re going to teach them where they’re at."

Football has changed since Brady came into the league as a sixth-round pick by the Patriots in 2000, especially when it comes to quarterback prospects like Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and perhaps Patriots No. 3 overall selection Drake Maye, who could be starting Week 1 for Brady’s ex-teammate Jerod Mayo in Foxborough. 

These rookies are tagged as immediate starters in the league, and their development is baptism by fire, playing against NFL defenses and seeing how they can perform. 

For some, it’s the right move because some college programs are designed to give their players an easier transition to the NFL. Others need more time before they break out. 

Brady’s commentary offers a glimpse into how real he can be on Fox alongside Kevin Burkhardt in his rookie season with the headset. NFL fans are looking forward to how he can break down offenses and defenses across the league and his thoughts about the game. 

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CHICAGO - Former President Trump has repeatedly argued that Kamala Harris is an ultra-liberal and has insulted the vice president as "comrade Kamala" in the month since she replaced President Biden atop the Democrats' 2024 ticket.

But top Harris surrogates argue that the attacks from the former president won't fly with American voters.

"That boat doesn’t float. It just doesn’t float," Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., told Fox News Digital on Thursday, hours ahead of the vice president's nomination acceptance speech on the final evening of the Democratic National Convention, which is being held in Chicago.

Booker, a leading ally of Harris in the Senate, pointed to legislation he has co-authored with the vice president that they have successfully ushered through Congress and into law.

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"I know the things we’ve worked on together. And it’s not sexy stuff. It’s how you clean up the environment, so less people are dying of cancer. It’s how you help farmers out. . . . There’s so many pragmatic things that she’s worked on, and a lot of it is bipartisan," Booker said.

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Booker also charged that Trump "is the barrier to pragmatic problem-solving. Kamala Harris is the antedote."

First-term Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a rising star in the Democratic Party, was also asked about Trump's efforts to paint Harris as a far-left politician.

"I have learned not to spend much time listening to Donald Trump’s foolishness," Moore said.

Moore predicted that "what we’re going to hear from the vice president tonight, is actually a real vision of how we’re impacting everyday working families."

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And he argued that "what we’re hearing from Donald Trump is insults. So I think people are going to make the decision that that’s not the America they want to live in. That the America we hope for is bigger and better and greater than that. And so that’s why I’m confident that Kamala Harris is going to win in November."

Two-term Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who was considered to be on the longer list of potential Harris running mates, told Fox News that he'll be out on the campaign trail on behalf of Harris during the stretch run to the November election.

"I’m going to be going to some swing states and speaking to Democrats and also to Independents, in Arizona for example. That’s just one of the many places that I’ll be," Pritzker told Fox News Digital on Thursday.

And Pritzker will also be campaigning on behalf of Harris and down-ballot Democrats on Labor Day in swing state New Hampshire, which Fox News was first to report last week.

The governor emphasized that "we’ve got to make sure that people understand that this election is the most important election of our lifetimes. And I mean that literally."

Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.