Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce at his postgame presser following Raiders' win over Cleveland at Allegiant Stadium, Photo credits for this story: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Raiders Head Coach Antonio Pierce Welcomes Team’s New Part-Owner, Tom Brady; No, Brady Will Not Be Playing QB For Raiders


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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer

Raiders coach Antonio Pierce strolled into his Wednesday presser, took a question about Davante Adams moving on to the New York Jets and welcomed seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady as a new official part-owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.

LVSportsBiz.com asked Pierce about what impact Brady will have on the team.

Raiders HC Antonio Pierce

 

Brady

Pierce said both he and Brady are California guys and he appreciated Brady’s “grinder” approach. Pierce said he will be talking with Brady.

Here’s a video of Pierce’s complete answer via X post by Las Vegas sports journalist Willie Ramirez Wednesday.

Here’s Brady’s arrival at the Raiders headquarters in Las Vegas.

Raiders owner Mark Davis said Brady can help “us select a quarterback in the future and eventually train him as well,” according to this X post.

As for receiver Davante Adams being shipped to the New York Jets, Pierce said it’s next man up and time to move on.

It was time for practice for this squad which plays the Rams at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood in metro LA Sunday.

Here’s the Raiders’ quarterback, Aidan O’Connell, who mentioned he plans to pick Brady’s brain.

Aidan O’Connell

Here’s what O’Connell had to say:


 

Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.