Posted on 02/21/2026 8:17:11 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
Brady was spotted in the coaches booth during the broadcast between the game between the Raiders and Chargers, and upon seeing that shot, ESPN's announcers revealed that Brady stays in regular contact with Raiders offensive coordinator Chip Kelly.
That immediately led to conflict of interest concerns, with many noting that Brady could impart what he learns while preparing for games he's covering as a FOX announcer to his own team.
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Brady is really annoying. Unless it is a big game that he is calling, I will generally avoid his broadcasts. As an admitted football junkie, I have a couple of guys that really get on my nerves. In first place is the Fox college announcer for Big Nude Saturday- Gus Johnson. I get stuck watching this clown all the time because my team is B1G and they get most of the good conference games. Tom Brady is definitely #2 on that list but he is a little easier to avoid. Mike Torico of NBC is #3 although Chris Collinsworth makes him more tolerable. Romo, Aikman and Collinsworth generally improve the game watching experience. The others are detractors for sure.
Still none of them hold a candle to Pat Summerall.
I think Mike makes Chris almost tolerable. Chris really annoys me.
The cheated their way to the #1 draft pick. Lol.
*If Brady was helping the Raiders at all last season he was a miserable failure at it.*
*What possible special advantage would Brady have as an announcer sitting in the booth, that a Raider’s coach scouting an opposing team would not have?**
The issue here is the APPEARANCE of a conflict of interest. There is or there isn’t one. The last thing you want to do is bring up the question. In this case the money sweeps it under the rug.
Brady could have given out the Chargers’ D play calls in advance and Geno would still have thrown 3 INTs and lost.
Next you’re going to claim the WS was rigged so the Dodgers could win, which if you watched the games you’d know is absolutely ridiculous.
The WWE is totally rigged, but of course you can see that from a mile away. They practice their routines and it doesn’t even ever come close to fooling anyone. If you think these fast paced sports games could be rigged without it standing out like it does in the WWE then I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to sell you.
Once again the issue is conflict of interest, not how it turns out. Separate issue.
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