""He was supposed to be here in 2020," Davis said in a video shared by the Raiders. "That's when our relationship started, was in 2020 when he was a free agent and we talked to him about coming here to play quarterback. Obviously, it was a tough decision, he was close to coming here, but the head coach and general manager decided they wanted to go in a different direction. "So, we didn't sign him, but as I got to know him through that process, I let his agent know that when he was done playing, I would like him to be a part of our organization.""
""One of the teams, and they weren't interested at the very end, I was thinking, 'You're sticking with that mother [expletive]?'" Brady said on an episode of HBO"
Tom Brady left the New England Patriots in March 2020 and ultimately signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Las Vegas Raiders were among the teams that pursued Brady in free agency and came close to signing him. Raiders principal owner Mark Davis said the head coach and general manager chose a different direction, so the team did not sign Brady. Davis later expressed a desire for Brady to be part of the organization after his playing career, and Brady became a Raiders minority owner in May 2023. Reports indicated a Raiders plan to bring Brady and Rob Gronkowski to Las Vegas, but coaching and personnel decisions disrupted those plans, and Brady publicly criticized an unnamed team for sticking with another quarterback during that period.
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