{"id":219774,"date":"2025-02-26T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=219774"},"modified":"2025-02-28T18:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T23:32:16","slug":"nfl-announces-matthew-stafford-update-tom-brady-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/02\/26\/nfl-announces-matthew-stafford-update-tom-brady-raiders\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Announces Big Matthew Stafford Update for Tom Brady\u2019s Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Brady swapping his playbook for a pair of skis in Montana? Only in the NFL offseason. Picture this: the GOAT, now a Raiders <\/a>minority owner, carving fresh powder while whispers of a blockbuster QB move swirl like a Rocky Mountain blizzard. Think\u00a0Jerry Maguire<\/em>\u00a0meets\u00a0Any Given Sunday<\/em>, with a dash of Vegas glitz. Brady\u2019s been hustling to revive the Raiders\u2019 fortunes since buying in last year, and his latest alpine adventure just threw gasoline on the NFL rumor mill.<\/p>\n

However, the league cleared Brady and the Raiders of tampering after his meetup with Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford. \u201cThere is no issue here,\u201d<\/em> an NFL spokesman told the Las\u00a0Vegas Review-Journal<\/em> on February 27. Why?<\/p>\n

The Rams greenlit Stafford\u2019s camp to chat with Vegas. \u201cThe Rams gave the player and his agent permission to speak to the Raiders,\u201d<\/em> the spokesman said. But let\u2019s be real\u2014this isn\u2019t just a casual ski trip. Fox Sports<\/em>\u2019 Jordan Schultz reported Brady\u2019s been \u201cactively trying to convince Stafford to join the Raiders.\u201d<\/em> Ian Rapoport countered it was a chance encounter. Sure, and Casablanca<\/em>\u2019s Rick and Ilsa just bumped into each other for coffee. Besides,\u00a0St<\/span>a<\/span>ff<\/span>or<\/span>d<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s <\/span>n<\/span>o c<\/span>ha<\/span>r<\/span>i<\/span>t<\/span>y c<\/span>a<\/span>se<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

NFL Insider Gives Crucial Update on Matthew Stafford, Tom Brady Meeting<\/h2>\n

He <\/span>w<\/span>an<\/span>t<\/span>s $<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>50 million (or close) annually, a figure the Rams balked at, per Rams coach Sean McVay: \u201cThere\u2019s no discrepancy on us wanting him to continue to lead the way and be our quarterback. The interesting and the challenging dilemma and dynamics within this are, \u2018Hey, how do you continuously as a head coach look at the short term and the long term and be able to figure out what does that really look like?\u2019\u201d<\/em> Stafford\u2019s point?<\/p>\n

Show me the money, or I\u2019ll take my arm to Vegas. The Raiders, Giants<\/a>, and Steelers <\/a>are all circling, but Vegas holds a trump card: Brady\u2019s pitch. Imagine Stafford slinging passes to Davante Adams under the neon lights. It\u2019s Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/em>\u00a0meets\u00a0Monday Night Football<\/em>. But if Stafford stays in L.A., the Raiders pivot.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve got the No. 6 pick, with Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward on their radar. Or maybe reunite Pete Carroll with Russell Wilson? \u201cThe urgency is there,\u201d<\/em> Carroll said recently. But Wilson\u2019s Top Gun<\/em>\u00a0swagger isn\u2019t what it once was. Then there\u2019s free agency: Sam Darnold, Justin Fields, or a dark-horse trade. Vegas isn\u2019t betting on mediocrity anymore. Now, cue the\u00a0Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/em>\u00a0theme.<\/p>\n

Gardner Minshew: the Odd Man Out for Brady\u2019s Raiders?<\/h3>\n

ESPN<\/em>\u2019s Ryan McFadden named Minshew the Raider most likely to get cut. His 2024 stats? A shaky 9 touchdowns and 10 interceptions before a collarbone injury. \u201cMinshew is expected to have a cap hit of $14 million in 2025, and Las Vegas could save $9.3 million by making him a post-June 1 cut,\u201d<\/em> McFadden noted. Minshew\u2019s mustache might be iconic, but his QB1 days in Vegas?<\/p>\n

Toast. Besides, dumping Minshew isn\u2019t just about cash. It\u2019s a signal: Las Vegas is hunting big game. Pairing Stafford with Davante Adams would echo the Tom Brady-Randy Moss Patriots <\/a>era. But if Stafford stays put, Plan C options like Shedeur Sanders<\/a>\u2014a draft gamble with Hollywood pedigree\u2014become crucial. Sanders perhaps has \u2018it,\u2019 but is Vegas patient enough to develop him?<\/p>\n

Tom Brady\u2019s playing 4D chess here. Whether it\u2019s Stafford, a rookie, or a wildcard like Wilson, the Raiders are all-in. As The Godfather<\/em>\u2019s Vito Corleone said, \u201cI\u2019m gonna make him an offer he can\u2019t refuse.\u201d<\/em> But in the NFL, even the best-laid plans can fumble. So here\u2019s the question: Can Brady turn the Raiders into contenders, or is this just another Vegas illusion?<\/p>\n

Main Photo: Kirby Lee – Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tom Brady swapping his playbook for a pair of skis in Montana? Only in the NFL offseason. Picture this: the GOAT, now a Raiders minority owner, carving fresh powder while whispers of a blockbuster QB move swirl like a Rocky Mountain blizzard. Think\u00a0Jerry Maguire\u00a0meets\u00a0Any Given Sunday, with a dash of Vegas glitz. Brady\u2019s been hustling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5474,"featured_media":220061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,34],"tags":[1039,4810,6990,404,237,1535,331],"class_list":["post-219774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-raiders","category-rams","tag-davante-adams","tag-gardner-minshew","tag-justin-fields","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-russell-wilson","tag-sam-darnold","tag-tom-brady"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5474"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219774"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220062,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219774\/revisions\/220062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}