It can be tricky any time your employer gets purchased by another company. But if his wardrobe selection is any indication, Kyle Brandt is nothing but excited about ESPN\u2019s impending acquisition of multiple NFL Media assets, including the NFL Network and RedZone<\/p>\n
Monday\u2019s episode of Good Morning Football marked the first since The Athletic\u2019s Andrew Marchand reported last Friday<\/a> that the long-awaited deal has been agreed to<\/a>. And the former Real World star dressed for the occasion, donning a SportsCenter t-shirt, which he also promoted on social media.<\/p>\n GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL, Live! right now on @nflnetwork<\/a> baby \ud83c\udfc8 pic.twitter.com\/45PhDsNRb4<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Kyle Brandt (@KyleBrandt) August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n While Brandt unsurprisingly didn\u2019t address the agreement \u2014 which is expected to be announced later this week \u2014 directly, he did manage to make at least one thinly veiled reference to the news. As host Jamie Erdahl kicked off Monday\u2019s episode of Good Morning Football by calling attention to Micah Parsons\u2019 trade request, Brandt joked that he thought she was talking about something else.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you said \u2018Friday news dump,\u2019 I thought you were talking about in the media world,\u201d he replied to Erdahl. \u201cBut OK, you\u2019re talking about the Cowboys. I got it.\u201d<\/p>\n Jamie Erdahl: \u201cThe Friday news dump, it hits a little different when it involves the Cowboys and Micah Parsons.\u201d<\/p>\n Kyle Brandt: \u201cWhen you said \u2018Friday news dump,\u2019 I thought you were talking about in the media world. But OK, you\u2019re talking about the Cowboys. I got it.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/KaAE8LzDIB<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5BPlzH7yyg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s far too early to know what it will\u00a0 actually look like when ESPN does take over operations of the NFL Network and it\u2019s worth noting that the entire acquisition will need to receive regulatory approval, which is expected to take between nine and 12 months to obtain. But it\u2019s certainly not crazy to think that a Kyle Brandt and Peter Schrager reunion could be in order, especially with the ex-GMFB host-turned-ESPN personality reportedly expected to land his own football-focused show at the Worldwide Leader<\/a>\u00a0in the months ahead.<\/p>\n With an official announcement of the agreement expected later this week, there will surely be no shortage of fallout in the days to come. Until then, we\u2019ll just have to read between the lines of both Brandt\u2019s words and his t-shirt selection.<\/p>\n \t