Tom Brady opens up about balancing Fox, Raiders duties amid coaching search

The Las Vegas Raiders are in the early days of what could go down as a pivotal offseason for the organization, as the club is searching for a new head coach and almost certainly will land a new starting quarterback long before summer training camp practices get underway. 

Raiders minority owner Tom Brady and general manager John Spytek are actively running football operations for the organization while Brady wraps up his 2025 season duties of serving as Fox's lead in-game analyst. During a recent chat with Andrew Marchand of The Athletic, Brady discussed how he has balanced his Raiders role and his Fox job leading up to this coming Sunday's NFC Championship Game. 

Being a minority owner for the Raiders is "a dream come true" for Tom Brady

"My preparation is very much centered around what I have to do in broadcasting," Brady explained. "I love, obviously, having a chance to be involved with the Raiders. To be a former player and have a minority ownership is like a dream come true. I couldn’t afford to pay to be a general partner. I did very well in my career. It’s awesome to kind of help shape and strategize and be a visionary for a team. I love being involved in football."

Brady's working relationship with the Raiders could soon involve him having a major say regarding whether or not the club makes Indiana's Fernando Mendoza the first overall pick of the 2026 NFL Draft. Rumors have suggested that Brady could ultimately push Spytek to trade for Baltimore Ravens star quarterback and two-time regular-season Most Valuable Player Lamar Jackson. 

Earlier in the week, lead Fox NFL producer Richie Zyontz said the network believes Brady is committed to calling games for "as long as he can." Brady and Fox agreed to a 10-year deal reportedly worth $375M in 2022. Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio mentioned that Brady is "chasing the kind of cash that would allow him to eventually become the majority owner of the Raiders or another team." 

How Tom Brady has grown as a broadcaster

While Brady previously admitted that some thought he "sounded nervous or timid" when he began his broadcasting career in 2024, Zyontz noted that the seven-time Super Bowl champion was simply "overprepared last year because he had so much to say." Fox Sports network president Brad Zager also touched upon Brady's improvement across his second season of calling games. 

"This is Tom Brady, the broadcaster," Zager told Marchand. "I think in Year 1, you were seeing Tom Brady, the Hall of Famer, the greatest quarterback of all time, getting comfortable broadcasting. Now, you are seeing Tom Brady, with all the accolades still, but as a broadcaster."