Darren Waller of the Raiders convinced Tom Brady to sign with Las Vegas in 2020.
Prior to leaving New England to join the Buccaneers, the Las Vegas Raiders were one of the teams reportedly interested in signing a quarterback. Tom Brady.
Tight End Raiders Darren Waller decided to consider the former possible connection between Brady and Las Vegas.
“I heard about it from several sources that I respect and that I was close to,” Waller told Forbes last week. “They’re like, ‘Yeah, Brady to the Raiders was a castle.'”
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Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers warms up in front of the New England Patriots tunnel ahead of a game between the Buccaneers and the Patriots at Gillette Stadium in October. February 3, 2021 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Maddy Meyer/Getty Images)
Instead, Brady won the seventh Super Bowl of his career in his first season at Tampa Bay in 2020. future hall of fame The quarterback announced he was “retiring for good” earlier this month.
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before the start of the 2022 season. UFC President Dana White claimed he was personally involved in the Raiders’ plans to acquire Brady and tight end Rob Gronkowski.
“I’ve been working on getting a deal to get Brady and Gronk to the Raiders,” White said in August during an appearance at UFC 278 with the Gronks.
White added that it was John Gruden who canceled the plan: “The deal was almost done. At the last minute, Gruden broke the deal and said he didn’t need them.”
Tom Brady was unhappy with his first half against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. (Chris Greyten)
In an interview with the Las Vegas Review Journal in August 2022, Raiders owner Mark Davis said he did not remember the deal involving Brady and Gronkowski.
“I heard about [White’s comments]. Was that two or three years ago? I don’t know dude. Talk to Dana. I remember that Tom Brady went to Tampa Bay. This is basically what I remember. I have no idea. Dana has stories.”
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Gruden was named head coach of the Raiders for his time as a quarterback on the team in 2018. Derek Carr under the center. Carr became a free agent after the Raiders released him last week.
But Gruden resigned last year amid a scandal in which leaked emails showed he used misogynistic and homophobic language in messages over a seven-year period.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, 12, participates in a mandatory mini-camp at the AdventHealth training center. (Nathan Ray Seebeck, USA TODAY Sports)
Waller was named to the 2020 Pro Bowl and signed a three-year, $51 million extension last year.
When it comes to who the Raiders’ next quarterback is, he said he has no say in the decision.
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“I have no information. So I’m waiting to see what happens, like everyone else,” he said.
But Waller would be all for getting four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers this offseason.
“Anyone who has ever played football would agree with Aaron Rodgers joining the team,” he said. “If he comes to the team, I won’t be disappointed.”