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    Raiders Contact Legendary Coach Bill Belichick To See If He’ll Return to NFL, Reunite With Minority Owner Tom Brady

    The Las Vegas Raiders plan to use Tom Brady to persuade his former head coach Bill Belichick into being the head coach of the Raiders.

    The Las Vegas Raiders made headlines Wednesday about their coaching search.

    According to reports, the team plans on contacting new North Carolina head coach and former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick.

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    NFL Insider Tom Pelissero Says Multiple Teams Interested in Belichick, Including Raiders

    “Multiple NFL teams have inquired about whether legendary coach Bill Belichick would reconsider his move to college football — including the Raiders, whose new minority owner Tom Brady spoke recently with his old coach, per league sources,” Tom Pelissero said on X.

    Belichick was named head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels just a little over a month ago. If you are wondering what Belichick’s buyout is if he wanted to return to the NFL, it would be costly to him.

    Belichick’s contract with North Carolina is a five-year deal worth $50 million. His buyout is $10 million if he leaves before June 1, 2025, but that number sinks to $1 million after that date.

    It would cost him eight figures to get back to the NFL for the 2025 season, but Belichick can likely handle that buyout as he has earned over $200 million in career earnings as an NFL coach.

    The question is whether or not Belichick would be interested in listening to the Raiders, it would probably depend on what the team is offering.

    Belichick was out of the league for a year and wanted to come back to coaching but no NFL team wanted him, now it appears that the Raiders will use their connection with Tom Brady, who owns a sliver of the team, to get Belichick to Vegas.

    The Tom Brady/Bill Belichick Relationship Has Been Rocky

    While some may think that this is a slam dunk for the Raiders because of the Brady and Belichick connection, they may have forgotten toward the end of his time in New England, that Brady and Belichick weren’t exactly on the best of terms.

    In a February 2024 interview for the documentary “The Dynasty,” Brady explained one of the reasons he ended up leaving the Patriots was because of his deteriorating relationship with Belichick.

    “Me and coach Belichick, we did what we loved and competed for 20 years together,” Brady said, quoted in a review by Chad Graff of The Athletic. “But I wasn’t going to sign another contract (with the Patriots) even if I wanted to play until (I was) 50. Based on how things had gone, I wasn’t going to sign up for more of it.”

    Belichick’s coaching style was also depicted as “dictatorial,” with longtime Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker comparing Brady to an abused dog for continually going back to work for Belichick.

    The Patriots only made the playoffs once since Brady left. So any thought of this being easy for Brady and the Raiders may be wishful thinking.

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