The Raiders are facing a lot of questions heading into the offseason without having made the playoffs for the third straight year and the seventh time in eight years. Lots of changes have already been made to the coaching staff midseason, and team owner Mark Davis has some decisions to make concerning the remainder of that staff. According to Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports, Davis plans for minority owner and FOX Sports broadcaster Tom Brady to have a “huge voice” in some of those decisions, but Brady’s current television role may place some constraints on that. 
There have reportedly been conversations concerning whether or not interim coach turned head coach Antonio Pierce will remain the skipper in 2025 after a disappointing 2024 season, but as mentioned above, there are openings on the staff already. Pierce already fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, quarterbacks coach Rich Scangarello, and offensive line coach James Cregg, three coaches he hired to his staff. If Pierce does get to stay, his judgement on hiring replacement coaches may come with a grain of salt. Interim offensive coordinator Scott Turner is a rumored candidate to join Bill Belichick‘s staff in Chapel Hill, as well, which would add another role to replace.
Not to mention that the future of the quarterback position remains in flux, as free agent addition Gardner Minshew and second-year quarterback Aidan O’Connell have each failed to stake their claim on the job this year. Many are looking to the draft as a solution for the open starting spot, and though they hurt their odds at landing a top quarterback in the draft by winning this past weekend, it’s still within the realm of possibility that Las Vegas could secure a top passer.
Davis plans for Brady’s voice to be a stark one in these conversations of choosing the quarterback for the future of the franchise and building a coaching staff around them, but as of right now, he is respecting the former quarterback’s obligations to his current role with FOX Sports. An additional bump in the road comes as a result of FOX’s rights to air the Super Bowl this year. Because of this, Brady’s obligations to the network will extend another two weeks past when any other network would relinquish him.
The team has claimed they will make a decision on Pierce following the season, and seeing as they have been eliminated from the playoffs, that leaves about a month of time between when the search for a new head coach will start and when Brady will become fully available to the team. Davis claims that he talks to Brady “all of the time” and that “his input is greatly valued,” but it’s unclear if or how those conversations impose on Brady’s current broadcasting responsibilities.
If Davis and the Raiders end up parting ways with Pierce on Black Monday or soon thereafter, they will have to fend without Brady’s direct influence for the interim time until he’s made available. It sounds like Brady’s input is still available through his conversations with Davis, but until the postseason has concluded, Brady’s access to the team will continue to be limited.
I’ve said it over and over. Just because you’re a great player doesn’t mean you’ll be great at evaluating coaches and players.
See Jordan and Jeter as owners. Not good.
Plus Brady is a minority owner. He has no say unless he’s asked. I know he’ll be asked but I have a strong feeling he will not be the final say.
The Marlins disaster runs a lot deeper than Jeter.
I get it was deeper but there’s a reason he’s not running it anymore. It’s very similar to Brady. Very small share of ownership but tasked with making decisions (that didn’t work out).
Under Jeter as CEO, the Marlins actually established and decent MLB club but the actual ownership refused to spend anything to capitalize on it. Cant blame Jeter
As a lifelong A’s fan (and raiders fan) I know about that. But Billy Beane consistently put playoff teams out there and for his tenure as GM his teams were top 5 in MLB for wins during regular season. Big difference is Beane is an evaluator of talent. Jeter is not. You can throw $ out there but that guarantees nothing. Jeter never got over 70 wins in a season other than his first year. He was at the helm for 6 years. I’d call that pretty bad.
Whatever the Raiders do, it’ll be wrong.
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Well stated sir
Fox needs to replace Brady with Jameis Winston.
TB should give up the broadcast. He’s not bad at it, but he’s not amazing either. Team Owner, GM, something in the business itself probably suits his competitive drive better.
I believe his broadcasting deal is somewhere around $350m. He’s not giving that up
Probably should also consult Aaron Rodgers since he and Brady both have the level of knowledge on what makes a good coach
Winners know winners. I suspect Tom Brady would be a tremendous resource at identifying those intangible character traits winners have. Some coaches have it, and some don’t. TB knows the difference.
So you’re saying Brady won’t/can’t call Davis and say ‘hire that guy’ until after the Super Bowl?
Brady made me appreciate the “genius” of Tony Romo. Great QB, lousy analyst
Look at that awful bowl cut on billionaire Mark Davis. LOL!
AI can’t even help that.
This post is referenced and based on a Mark Davis interview from an owner’s meeting prior to the vote for Tom Brady’s approval. An almost exact post was written here on PFT last year, based on the same interview, that claimed Bill Belichick was going to be hired as the Raiders head coach due to Tom Brady’s input.
Thus far according to PFT Tom Brady has had major input into the Raiders 2023 player personnel, 2023 coaching decision, 2024 personnel, 2024 coaching decision, primary ownership due to Mark Davis family, and now the “Potential” 2025 coaching search. All predictions and rumors have failed to be even close to accurate and have all been based off the same Mark Davis interview.
Lather, rinse, repeat… The more you know.
The NFL can solve this problem in a simple way. Summon Brady and his lawyer to the league office in New York where the league gives Brady two choices:
(1) Resign from Fox Sports.
(2) Sell his interest in the Raiders.