{"id":205420,"date":"2025-10-06T18:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/205420\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T18:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:14:07","slug":"brady-quinn-had-mixed-emotions-replacing-mark-sanchez-in-fox-booth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/205420\/","title":{"rendered":"Brady Quinn had ‘mixed emotions’ replacing Mark Sanchez in Fox booth"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the wake of former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez getting stabbed, hospitalized and arrested<\/a> after an alleged bloody fight with a 69-year-old grease truck driver<\/a> in Indianapolis, Brady Quinn was hit with a \u201cwhirlwind.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ex-Browns QB who starred at Notre Dame is one of the stars of Fox\u2019s \u201cBig Noon Kickoff\u201d college football pregame show, and five minutes before the show went on the air in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday at 10 a.m., he found out he would need to replace Sanchez on the call for Sunday\u2019s Colts-Raiders game.<\/p>\n

But rather than go straight to Indianapolis, Quinn first went home to Columbus, Ohio, to prep for the NFL broadcast before hopping in his van Sunday morning at 6 a.m. for the 1 p.m. game.<\/p>\n

\"BradyBrady Quinn on the sideline before calling the Colts-Raiders game in Indianapolis on Oct. 5, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a whirlwind to say the least \u2014 not much sleep and mixed emotions,\u201d Quinn told Sports Illustrated<\/a>. \u201cObviously concerned for Mark\u2019s health and the well-being of all those involved, but at the same time excited for the opportunity to call a game. However, it\u2019s not ideal. <\/p>\n

\u201cI pride myself on preparation, and there\u2019s not enough time to prepare in the manner I am accustomed to. I\u2019m very appreciative of all the folks behind the scenes at Fox and coaches on both teams who went out of their way to help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quinn, 40, uses the Jeevz service to have someone drive him in his van so he can work, and he participated in Zoom calls on his way back to Columbus before doing film work at night, per SI. He also spoke with Colts head coach Shane Steichen and assistant coaches from both teams.<\/p>\n

\"MarkMark Sanchez on the field before the 49ers-Cardinals game in Santa Clara, Calif. on Sept. 21, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Quinn was briefly a Jet during 2013, when Sanchez missed the season after injuring his shoulder during a preseason game. He was teammates with then-rookie Geno Smith, who quarterbacked the Raiders Sunday in a 40-6 loss.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Chris Myers called Sunday\u2019s game with Quinn, and the pair did not have a sideline reporter.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it was just Chris and me talking ball for three hours, which I love,\u201d Quinn told SI. \u201cHopefully, the fan bases enjoyed the call. You can never make everyone happy, especially in lopsided outcomes, but given the circumstances, I thought everyone did very well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanchez was initially charged with several misdemeanors, but on Monday, Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears said Sanchez is now facing an upgraded charge<\/a> of Level 5 felony battery of causing serious injury.<\/p>\n

It is unclear who will replace Sanchez in the Fox booth in the likely event he misses more time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the wake of former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez getting stabbed, hospitalized and arrested after an alleged bloody…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[116563,8467,116324,349,99,1625,3015],"class_list":["post-205420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-brady-quinn","tag-fox-sports","tag-mark-sanchez","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment","tag-sports-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}