5. Las Vegas Raiders
It’s weird to see that team name, and it might be odd to imagine Brady in a Raiders uniform. But Jon Gruden needs a quarterback he trusts, and there’s no indication that he’s committed to Derek Carr beyond the 2019 season.
“He played good,” Gruden said of Carr during his season-end press conference, via the San Francisco Chronicle. “I’m not going to get into all the next-year scenarios. I’m just going to say that 7-9 is a step forward. We took a step forward. Statistically, I think we took a step forward. We’ve got to get a lot of guys healthy and we’ve got a lot of things to look at and evaluate before we start making any assumptions.”
The Raiders have a relatively unproven but fascinating receiver corps, led by tight end Darren Waller. They have one of the NFL’s best offensive lines, and Brady would have no trouble picking up Gruden’s passing game, however complex and verbose it may be. The Raiders’ average defense may not be the best option for Brady given his relatively short window for another Super Bowl, but he might also be interested in working with an organization that really hit the mark in the 2019 draft, and seems to be on an upswing.
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