A noted NFL media personality overstepped saying NBC would never have a deal like Fox's with Tom Brady, says The Athletic's Andrew Marchand

Tom Brady opened up about the Raiders' "collaborative" process to find their next head coach on "The Herd," while confirming he will continue his role as the NFL on FOX's top color commentator.

However, with the Raiders hiring Pete Carroll Friday morning, the possibility of Tom Brady calling a Las Vegas game is very real. When Brady became a 5% owner of the Raiders, the league gave the green light for him to call games featuring the team. While he has restrictions on being a broadcaster, calling a Raiders game is not among them.

Tom Brady has firmly rejected rumours of his departure from Fox Sports, despite facing mounting criticism over his dual role as Las Vegas Raiders minority owner and network commentator. The NFL legend has drawn scrutiny in recent weeks for his perceived conflict of interest,

When Tom Brady signed his 10-year, $375 million contract with Fox as the lead NFL broadcaster, the network saw Brady as the perfect person to reshape that booth in the post-Joe Buck/Troy Aikman era. Instead,

Tom Brady said that offensive players "should protect themselves" as he weighed in on the controversial Patrick Mahomes penalty from the Chiefs' win over the Texans.

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.

Tom Brady's LFG Player of the Game for the divisional round is Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels after their upset win of the Lions.

During a recent appearance on Jimmy Traina's "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast," NBC Sports NFL insider Mike Florio boldly claimed that the network would handle the Brady situatio

Even as Tom Brady goes through his first postseason and prepares to call his first Super Bowl in three weeks as a television analyst, rumors about his future continue to be rampant, much to the dismay of Fox Sports.

Tom Brady is part of Fox's broadcasting team for Saturday's Lions-Commanders game. Lions OC Ben Johnson is a Raiders coaching candidate.