Arm chair quarterbacks

QB greats get digital Fox Super Bowl show

MIAMI — Fox Sports has signed three of the biggest-name quarterbacks in NFL history for its Super Bowl LIV digital coverage on Sunday.

Drew Brees, Brett Favre and Joe Montana will be hanging out together in a suite at Hard Rock Stadium with host Joel Klatt to talk about the game in a broadcast that will appear on Fox Sports’ social and mobile platforms.

The network is dubbing it, “Fox Sports Super Bowl LIV Watch Party.”

It is a true secondscreen experience: The game will not be shown simultaneously, as ESPN does with its MegaCast alternative broadcasts on college football.

Instead, viewers will need to have the game on their TV and then view the Brees, Montana and

Favre stream on another device.

“Our goal is to elevate the medium of live digital production,” said David Katz, Fox Sports’ executive vice president of digital programming. “To show we can work with the biggest talent in the industry in a real-time format that is fan-friendly and interactive and complements the broadcast in every matter.”

Katz said because the NFL 100 team will be on hand, he would not be surprised if other former players stop by for a series or two.

The audience will be able to ask the quarterbacks questions using the hashtag #AskTheLegends.

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Caffeine and the Fox Sports app and website are the platforms that will be utilized.

“For the first time ever, fans will be able to sit inside the ‘living room’ with Brett Favre, Joe Montana and Drew Brees, three legends who have all played in the biggest games under the brightest lights,” Katz said. “Their memories and storytelling will transcend these incredible moments on the field.”

On The Way Up: Brady Quinn wasn’t someone who thought about being a football analyst. At Notre Dame, he was a political science and finance major, so broadcasting wasn’t a goal.

After having back surgery in 2013, Quinn wasn’t the same physically when his coach at the time, the Rams’ Jeff Fisher, suggested he might be good on TV.

“I started to explore those options,” Quinn said.

Quinn did try to play with the Dolphins the next year, but he quickly knew his back wouldn’t allow it.

After a strong college run, he had, in his words, a “disappointing” pro career. It didn’t help, though, that it was f illed with coaching and management instability.

Now, in his second career as a broadcaster, he is doing well. Quinn stood out on Fox’s new college football pregame show, “Big Noon,” and displays a depth of knowledge as a host on SiriusXM’s NFL channel. He’s on the way up.

“You are always gunning to be the No. 1 guy, to get their analysis, to get their opinion or they want to turn on and watch and listen to,” Quinn said on Radio Row.