Terry Bradshaw admits he and Fox NFL Sunday co-star Howie Long had to 'work out differences' before becoming 'brothers'

SPORTS analyst Terry Bradshaw has admitted there were some growing pains when he and Howie Long started working together at Fox NFL.

On an episode of Julian Edelman's Games with Names podcast, Bradshaw talked about his relationships with his Fox costars.

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Bradshaw revealed that his relationship with costar Jimmy Johnson came very easily.

When Johnson returned to TV after coaching he turned into a great personality that was easy to get along with, according to Bradshaw.

Things weren't as easy though when Howie Long came onto the scene.

"Howie and I built our relationship," Bradshaw said.

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"It was not smooth sailing, it was always a bit of a... I don't want to say egos because we buried those egos.

"But we had differences on how to do things."

Bradshaw said one of the things that made it hard for them to see eye to eye was the difference in how long they had been on TV for.

Long and Bradshaw were both founding members of Fox NFL Sunday, starting the show in 1994, but Long was a fresh face straight out of the NFL and Bradshaw had long been working for CBS.

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Long retired from football in 1993 after a 13-year, Hall of Fame career with the Raiders.

Bradshaw started working in sports TV in 1984 as a game analyst for live games before moving into the studio for The NFL Today.

In 1994 he joined Fox NFL Sunday alongside Long, Johnson, and James Brown.

"I'd been in television for a long time before Howie came on board," Bradshaw said.

"Howie and I literally worked ours [relationship] out and became like brothers, and it happened quickly."

After 30 years of working together, Long and Bradshaw are as close as brothers can be and provide NFL fans with entertainment TV every week.

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