Tom Brady put on blast amid reports about Raiders' dysfunction

Las Vegas Raiders general manager John Spytek is now leading all football operations for the club "in close collaboration with" Raiders minority owner Tom Brady after team principal owner Mark Davis confirmed on Monday that he had relieved head coach Pete Carroll of his duties. 

Brady will also spend a portion of the playoffs working as Fox's lead in-game analyst. For a piece produced by ESPN's Kalyn Kahler and Ryan McFadden, multiple in-the-know individuals suggested a Raiders team that is coming off a 3-14 season needs more from Brady moving forward. 

Should Tom Brady made Raiders a 24/7 priority? 

"If he's going to help with the organization, he needs to be there 24/7. That's the way I look at it," former Raiders player and personnel director Ken Herock said about Brady. "I don't want an outside adviser giving me advice on something for an hour, and then that's it."

Conflict-of-interest takes regarding Brady's roles have hovered over the NFL since even before his Raiders deal was approved in 2024. More recently, a report shared that Brady "is being treated by Mark Davis as the de facto boss when it comes to football matters" for the Raiders. On Monday, Spytek said he and Brady "have plenty of discussions and disagreements" about decisions made by the Raiders' front office. 

"Brady has a lot of say in the organization," an agent of a Raiders client told ESPN back in December. One former Raiders personnel executive seems to think that's not necessarily a positive for the franchise as long as Brady keeps working for Fox. 

"Tom has never run a team," that former executive said. "I keep telling people, like Tom has all this influence, but Tom isn't in the building, and he doesn't have any experience with this."

Will Tom Brady ever view his relationship with Raiders as a full-time job?  

Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio is among those who have repeatedly said that Brady should end his broadcasting career and embrace fully "running" the Raiders. There's no indication Brady will make such a decision, as he and Fox agreed to a 10-year deal reportedly worth $375M back in 2022. 

"It's a full-time job running a football team, making decisions in personnel," a former Raiders assistant coach told ESPN. "And they got a guy who calls games on Sunday giving them input on who they should hire and sign as a QB."

Regardless of what critics of the arrangement have said, the NFL and Davis continue to allow Brady to serve as a minority owner of a single franchise and as a broadcaster for games. Brady may not be the reason why the Raiders seem to be a dysfunctional mess this winter, but he also has done little in the past 12 months to show he can help the club turn things around.