New Bombshell Report Exposes Tom Brady For Completely Tanking The Las Vegas Raiders’ 2025 Season

This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.

Tom Brady may be the most accomplished NFL player of all time, but he certainly has some work to do when it comes to managing a football team.

Expectations were raised for the Las Vegas Raiders this year after a busy offseason. Tom Brady, now a minority owner of the Raiders, worked closely with Mark Davis to rebuild the team into a winner.

The three big moves were: a) hiring Pete Carroll as head coach, b) trading for Pro Bowl quarterback Geno Smith, and c) drafting Ashton Jeanty with the No. 6 pick. Hindsight is 20/20, but Vegas would have definitely accepted a mulligan on all three moves if given the opportunity.

A new report from Dianna Russini of The Athletic paints a worse picture of Tom Brady as an owner. According to Russini, the Raiders counted on Brady to bring in better coach and quarterback options than Carroll and Smith:

“Inside the building, people believed Brady would lure the hottest coaching candidates on the market, like (Ben) Johnson or (Mike) Vrabel — names every owner coveted last offseason. They landed instead on 74-year-old Pete Carroll, who brought along his sons Nate and Brennan, both offensive assistants.”

Players thought Brady would deliver Matthew Stafford after a long ski-slope conversation last offseason. He missed. Then Brady shot down Sam Darnold as an option. Another miss.

Brady pushed for offensive coordinator Chip Kelly to inject pace and creativity into the team’s play calling. They made him the highest-paid offensive coordinator in football. He’s no longer with the team. The rookie class isn’t carrying its weight. Nothing has landed the way it was sold.”

With a 24-17 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday, the Raiders are now 2-11.

Tom Brady Has A Lot To Earn As An Owner

Chip Kelly was fired two weeks ago after a loss to the Cleveland Browns. Sam Darnold is having a lights-out year with the Seahawks. One of Vrabel or Johnson will likely win Coach of the Year honors.

All Raiders fans can do is hope that Brady can learn from his mistakes and shortcomings. It was only year one for him as a team owner, after all. And most first-year owners/executives don’t experience success in their first year.

Brady’s first big decision will be deciding if Carroll and/or GM John Spytek should return in 2026. With the way the Raiders are playing, the answer feels like an easy no.