FOX Sports’ Week 2 Sunday slate turned into a broadcast mess before many viewers even had time to settle in.
The network had already set its top-tier NFL lineup for the 2026 season, with Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady on the lead games and Joe Davis and Greg Olsen working the next level down. That hierarchy was confirmed in August. But the early games on Sunday quickly exposed a problem no one wanted to hear - literally.
Fans watching Packers-Jets got the Bears-Vikings audio instead of Kenny Albert’s actual call. The wrong feed then carried over into Falcons-Panthers as well, turning two separate broadcasts into one confusing jumble. Packers reporter Jason Wilde even asked publicly whether he was the only one hearing Vikings-Bears audio during the Jets game.
The reaction online came fast and ugly. Viewers flooded social media with complaints as the issue dragged on.
“Oh good I’m not having a stroke!” one fan wrote, relieved to see others were hearing the same thing.
“Yeah. It’s really irritating,” another fan said.
“And the amazing thing is… its not even being fixed,” a third fan pointed out.
“Somebody’s getting fired,” a fourth fan declared.
The audio problems weren’t the only hiccup. FOX’s scorebug also vanished briefly during overtime of Packers-Jets, adding another layer to a rough afternoon for the production crew.
Meanwhile, the action on the field in Minnesota kept moving, including a Caleb Williams third-down escape that left a Vikings defender reaching at nothing. But plenty of viewers were too busy dealing with the wrong audio feed to enjoy it the way they should have.
FOX got the audio sorted out in time for the primetime window, where Burkhardt and Brady were on Cowboys-Commanders as planned. That game brought its own moment of attention when Brady let an unfiltered comment slip on air during a major sequence.
FOX has not said what caused the earlier mix-up.
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