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Loved traveling the country. he was that guy sitting with you as you twhached nfl football game he's broadcast in his famous way. lawrence: if you are in your house and you have children and did you go in their room, i guarantee you most definitely if they have a game console, madden is there. and it's because john madden almost became synonymous with football. he was football no one could narrate the game. no one could predict plays. no one could add context to the plays more than john madden. john madden said that football was his life. watch. >> football is my life. get rid. >> i say probab...

You something that jim gray, long time nfl broadcaster had to say. jim gray in a fascinating quote that i thought put this into context said that john madden is the most famous figure connected dot nfl and i thought about that for a moment. and i thought about all the terry brad shaw's and roger staubachs, the tom bradies, i came back around to i think jim gray is right. if there is one name at the top of your mind when it comes to the nfl that name either because of broadcasting or coaching or to your point, lawrence, because of the video game is the nfl. it is the name of the nfl and tom bra...

>> yelling and screaming at guys. >> what the hell are you trying to do? >> is he a coaching genius. lawrence: will, the moment that we got the news, all i could think about was that special on christmas day and, of course, none of us knew that he was on the rocks or anything like that. so to have this tribute to him on christmas day and get news, it was really sad to hear. will: yeah. it was -- i don't know the right word to use. but more than coincidental, perhaps fateful that the nfl had chosen to honor john madden just days, as you point out, days before the nfl lost john madden. commissio...

Through the television the magic of television on new year's eve. we hope you will join us on december 31st, the last day of 2021. as we ring in the new year we welcome you in to 2022 from nashville. it's an all-american new year's special with your "fox & friends weekend" team. so go come join us please on the fox news channel. kayleigh and lawrence though we start this morning with a bit of sad news. news broke last night that nfl legend and quite honestly american icon john madden had died at the age of 85. almost everyone watching, i'm sure, is familiar with john madden, he was an nfl lege...

Talk about in this morning but i think about why this is so important. i think about the cultural place the nfl holds in america today and the place that he then in turn holds within the nfl culture how relatable he was. you know, kayleigh, i think there are some parallels and they probably will make some people upset because whenever you invoke former president donald trump it always does make at least a section of people very upset. but there are some parallel notice relatability. nothing -- president trump's style of speech connected with americans because it didn't have to be perfect. it s...