Brady has been helping the Raiders make some key decisions early in the offseason, including influence in hiring GM John Spytek and coach Pete Carroll. Spytek has a close connection to Brady, as they played together for one season at Michigan and overlapped again with the Buccaneers when Spytek was in Tampa Bay's front office.

Brady will finish his first season serving as Fox's lead in-game NFL analyst without having called a single Las Vegas contest. Media insider Jimmy Traina of Sports Illustrated believes that run could end next fall with the Raiders reportedly set to hire one-time Super Bowl champion Pete Carroll as their next head coach.

Pete Carroll's appointment as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders has generated significant excitement in the NFL. Dan Quinn, head coach of the Washin