The Las Vegas Raiders have a built-in quarterback consultant on their ownership board. Tom Brady is a five percent minority shareholder of the Raiders, and he will be heavily involved in the Raiders’ selection of their next quarterback through the NFL Draft.
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Tom Brady owns five percent of the Las Vegas Raiders. He was recently approved by the NFL Board of Governors to become a minority owner in the struggling franchise.
The Raiders head into Monday night’s game with the Atlanta Falcons having a 2-11 record. They are already playing for next season and preparing for the 2025 NFL Draft, where they are expected to draft a new starting quarterback.
Brady figures to be prominently involved in the evaluation of the top two quarterbacks in the draft — Shedeur Sanders of Colorado and Cam Ward of Miami.
Prior to the Week 15 MNF outcome, the Raiders are a half game behind the New York Giants for the top pick in the NFL Draft. If they go and select a quarterback, which many draft experts expect them to do, Brady will have his fingerprints all over the pick.
“Brady, who officially joined Las Vegas’ ownership in October as a limited partner, is expected to be heavily involved in choosing the Raiders’ next quarterback,” NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport reported.
Davis told Rapoport that Brady will have a “huge voice” in picking Las Vegas’ franchise signal-caller, adding he has “always been seeking someone to help oversee the football division and that the seven-time Super Bowl champion could play that role.”
The Raiders could also evaluate available free agent quarterbacks and use their top pick elsewhere. For example, the Raiders could make a run at soon-to-be free agent Sam Darnold. That would allow them to either select Travis Hunter with their first pick or take a rookie quarterback and not be pressured to start him right away.
Brady is an equity shareholder in the franchise. He is also a color commentator for Fox Sports. He has a clear line he cannot cross in either of his jobs. Speaking of jobs, equity shareholders in NFL franchises are not supposed to have an official role in the organization.
Brady might be the unofficial quarterback whisperer. He can evaluate the talent, help draft or sign the talent, and then train the talent when they arrive in time for training camp. Brady just cannot have a title or a defined role.
While it appears as though Brady is firmly entrenched with the Raiders, quarterbacks Gardner Minshew II, Desmond Ridder, and Aidan O’Connell do not have their feet so firmly planted in the desert sand.
Minshew, signed to a two-year, $25 million contract in the offseason, is tied to the Raiders for another year, but there is no pressure to name him the starter. He would just become a high-priced backup in Brady’s world.