Raiders OC addresses Tom Brady report amid conflict-of-interest takes

On the same night that Las Vegas Raiders minority owner and Fox lead in-game analyst Tom Brady was spotted wearing a headset in Las Vegas' coaching booth during the club's 20-9 Week 2 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, ESPN’s Peter Schrager reported that Raiders offensive coordinator Chip Kelly "consults with Brady two to three times weekly, reviewing game film and discussing strategic plans."

While speaking with reporters on Thursday, Kelly suggested that Schrager's story wasn't entirely accurate. 

Do Chip Kelly and Tom Brady talk about the Las Vegas Raiders' game plans?

"I don’t know what was said on the broadcast because we don’t watch the games," Kelly said, per Myles Simmons of Pro Football Talk. "But Tom’s involvement with me is — I spend a lot of time just talking football with him. But it’s not on a — we don’t talk about game plans."

Going back to late last season, numerous reports detailed how Brady was heavily involved in certain personnel decisions made by the Raiders after he was approved as a minority owner of the franchise. However, his wearing a headset in the coaching booth during a game sparked a rebirth of conversations regarding whether or not his taking part in production meetings with players and coaches and speaking with players and coaches on the field ahead of a Fox contest gives the Raiders unfair advantages. 

Tom Brady is quite the busy guy

Brady is set to be on the call for this Sunday's matchup between the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys. On that same day, the 1-1 Raiders will play at the 1-1 Washington Commanders. Thus, one would think Brady would only be able to spend so much time this week focusing on ways that the Las Vegas offense could score points against Washington's defense. 

"In terms of weekly game plans, that’s not a collaboration that we do," Kelly added during his comments about Brady. "He’s also a busy guy, so I haven’t even thought of using him to do that, and I don’t think you can. So, our staff does all that. But he’s been a guy that I can talk football with, just shooting it about, hey, have you ever faced a two-trap defense or the inverted Tampa 2 that everybody’s running now. If you’ve ever [seen it], what are your thoughts about that? Things like that. But we don’t talk game plan at all or any of that stuff, in terms of on a weekly basis."

Brady may eventually have to "pick a lane" and choose to be either a broadcaster or a minority owner of a single franchise. Until he does, conflict-of-interest takes regarding his two roles will continue to hover over the all-time great and the Raiders.