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The Tom Brady Accidental N-Word Drop, also known as the Tom Brady Racial Slur Slip, refers to a November 2025 clip of former NFL quarterback and current FOX Sports analyst Tom Brady saying what many online thought sounded like the n-word during the coverage of a Philadelphia Eagles-Dallas Cowboys game. Brady stumbled over saying the name of Eagles player Landon Dickerson by accidentally saying, "Nickerson," referring to Eagles player Parry Nickerson. Brady says, "Nicker-" in the clip, cutting himself short. He then says, "Excuse me," before correctly saying, "Landon Dickerson."

The clip went viral on Twitter / X and Reddit, among other social media sites, on that day, inspiring memes and viral posts that joked about the blunder. Some memes spread the idea of Brady possibly getting fired from his FOX Sports position over the clip.

Origin

On November 23rd, 2025, the Philadelphia Eagles faced off against the Dallas Cowboys with coverage on FOX Sports, featuring commentators Tom Brady and Kevin Burkhardt.^[1] At one point during the game, Cowboys defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa sacked Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts after he broke a tackle from Eagles guard Landon Dickerson. The clip was posted by X^[2] user @GhettoGronk on that day, gaining over 841,400 views and 7,000 likes in a day.

On the broadcast, Tom Brady is heard saying, "Odighizuwa blasting through Nicker- Excuse me, Landon Dickerson, right there." Brady seemed to briefly misidentify Dickerson as Eagles cornerback Parry Nickerson. X^[2] user @GhettoGronk captioned the clip, "Tom Brady just dropped the N word on live TV 😭."

Tom Brady just dropped the N word on live TV 😭 www.pic.twitter.com/HR8msXa08y

— GhettoGronk (@GhettoGronk) November 24, 2025

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Several X accounts shared the clip on November 23rd, 2025, including X^[3] user @NFL_Memes, whose post received over 2.6 million views and 24,000 likes over the same timeframe.

The clip was also shared by Redditor Volcomcj16 on the /r/nflcirclejerk^[4] subreddit on that day, gaining over 1,500 upvotes in a day. It was also shared by Redditor expellyamos on the /r/nfl^[5] subreddit, gaining over 6,400 upvotes.

Several viral quote-tweets, replies and memes surfaced on both social media sites in the following hours. For instance, on November 23rd, X^[6] user @HardFactorNews quote-tweeted the video, attaching a screencap from the South Park episode "With Apologies to Jesse Jackson,"^[7] gaining over 2,000 likes in a day.

On that same day, X^[8] user @richpizzaroll tweeted a GIF of the JetBlue Racist Burger King video, captioning it, "Tom Brady when Jalen Hurts gets sacked." The post gained over 4,700 likes in a day.

On November 23rd, 2025, Redditor Aragorns_Broken_Toe_ shared a race-swapped Tom Brady image to the /r/nflcirclejerk^[9] subreddit, gaining over 230 upvotes in a day.

On November 23rd, X^[10] user @GhettoGronk tweeted a screenshot of a graph from the prediction market site Kalshi, showing an alleged surge in wagers on "Tom Brady to lose his job at FOX," gaining over 18,000 likes in a day.

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