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The Raiders have upped their visibility in the Rams-Matthew Stafford drama via Tom Brady
You can now add Tom Brady to the list of people involved with the rumors and actively seeking a trade for Matthew Stafford. According to The Las Vegas Review-Journal, Raiders minority owner and future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady has been in contact with Stafford’s camp about joining him in Las Vegas via trade and a new contract.
Vincent Bonsignore of the Review-Journal reported on Tuesday that the Raiders not only want to address the quarterback position this offseason, but that Brady has been talking to Stafford — either directly or through his representatives — about the possibility of going to Las Vegas.
The Raiders have emerged as a potential landing spot for veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford, who has been given permission by the Rams to speak with other teams to gauge his market outside of Los Angeles.
Raiders minority owner Tom Brady has been in contact with Stafford’s camp about the possibility of the 37-year-old coming to Las Vegas, according to multiple NFL sources.
The Raiders hold the sixth overall pick in the upcoming draft, which would be a dream for the Rams if they could somehow squeeze it out of Las Vegas general manager John Spytek, but that seems unrealistic.
Especially given the need to pay Stafford a new contract if the Raiders do acquire him via trade. By talking to Brady, the least that Stafford’s agents are doing is driving up his price on a new contract, which could be the motivation behind L.A. giving him permission to talk to other teams, which his camp has been doing since the Super Bowl, according to Albert Breer.
If the Raiders are willing to pay Stafford a contract extension worth at least $50 million per season, that could be too rich for Les Snead and Sean McVay. As it so happens, the Raiders have the second-most cap space in the NFL going into free agency, and the most in the NFL in 2026.
Not only do the Raiders have the means to spend money, they are practically going to be forced by the NFL to start spending some of it and what more logical way to do that when you don’t have a quarterback than by paying a quarterback?
But it’s not just Stafford that the Raiders have to satisfy, but the Rams. Can they make a good enough offer to clear the threshold for Snead? That’s up to Tom Brady, a person who doesn’t seem afraid of using his star power to make bold moves.
