Mark Sanchez’s Fox future in doubt after Drew Brees hire

Welcome back to the booth, Drew Brees.

The former NFL quarterback is joining Fox as a game analyst following his shocking arrest.

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The former Jets quarterback-turned-Fox Sports analyst, 38, has not appeared on the air since his Oct. 4 arrest in Indianapolis, where he was involved in a violent incident with an older grease truck driver.

Sanchez, in town to call the Colts-Raiders clash, was stabbed in the fracas — with the driver claiming the broadcaster was the aggressor — and was subsequently hospitalized.

He was later charged with a felony count of battery involving serious bodily injury and three misdemeanors, one of which being public intoxication.

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A trial date is set for Dec. 11.

Brees, a Super Bowl-winning quarterback with the Saints, will start his next chapter at Fox a week from Sunday, according to The Athletic, which noted, “His exact game assignment is not known yet.”

He is anticipated to work with play-by-play announcer Adam Amin, who had been partnered with Sanchez.

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Brees played 20 NFL seasons, largely with the Saints, before calling it a career in early 2021.

He then joined NBC Sports as a “Football Night in America” analyst, a role he held for one season.

Brees, 46, was widely panned for his broadcast performance in a Bengals-Raiders playoff game and, following reports of his NBC split in May 2022, weighed in on his future.

“Despite speculation from media about my future this fall, I’m currently undecided. I may work for NBC, I may play football again, I may focus on business and philanthropy, I may train for the pickleball tour, senior golf tour, coach my kids or all of the above. I’ll let you know,” he posted on X.

Although details about the pact with Fox are unclear, Brees “will work as an analyst the rest of the year and is signed up to call games through at least next season,” The Athletic reported.