The Raiders are looking to add a franchise quarterback in the offseason and it’s no secret that new minority owner Tom Brady is going to be a big part of the process that identifies that quarterback.
Brady has the finest quarterback resume in NFL history, so it makes sense to bring him in on the process, but Yahoo Sports insider Charles Robinson said on Tuesday that he has heard one concern around Brady’s involvement in finding the Raiders’ quarterback of the future.
“Okay, so I’ll give you one thing, and you process it through this microscope. One of Tom’s guys said to me, it was interesting because it was kind of, it wasn’t negative, but I think it was a fair criticism,” Robinson said on the Inside Coverage podcast.
“He said, ‘I don’t know that we know yet how Tom will evaluate quarterbacks or if he can evaluate quarterbacks.’ And I was like, ‘Really? why?’ And he said ‘Think of it this way. The way that Tom, everything Tom’s ever said publicly about quarterbacks, he gives you clues to how he evaluates them, and he evaluates them very closely to his own experience,” Robinson continued.
“[Brady wants] guys who fought their way up to their position, who have fire, who want to study hard, who stayed for four years in a program, who learned and blah, blah, blah, and stacked all this stuff up. And this guy said to me… ‘Look, when you’re a GM, one of the things that you learn or you get high up in the executive ranks or the scouting ranks, you come to think, this is how I evaluate this one player, but you learn over time it works different ways for different guys.’”
Robison then mentioned the path Jayden Daniels took to the NFL and suggested his journey might not have been one that impressed Brady.
“Tom’s not a portal guy, right? He’s not a big, he doesn’t like to see that with players. He’s on the record of saying, I want to see a guy who stays in place and commit and works his way up,” Robinson said.
“So I thought that was pretty interesting. Then now when we’re here, sitting here trying to figure out who’s Tom’s quarterback, like how does he evaluate that? Is he just evaluating it from like, I want the guy who’s gone through the struggle… That’s why very, very few guys who are great players, were great coaches or general managers. Because they’re like, why can’t you do this? I did this.”
There’s no way to know how Brady is actually going to evaluate quarterbacks, but the Raiders desperately need him to get it right.
Whether the Raiders find their quarterback in the draft of free agency, there’s no clear option that looks to be a ‘can’t miss’ prospect or veteran player.
As of now, this year’s crop of available quarterbacks looks like one of the weakest groups in years and, hopefully for the Raiders’ sake, the most accomplished quarterback in NFL history is also the GOAT at finding the next great QB.
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Interesting. Even though he’s the greatest QB ever, he’s not a talent evaluator.
From the sounds of it, what he’s looking for, studies hard, works his way up, stays in one place, shows commitment, O’Connell is his man.
Ironic.
And it’s stupid to go that route cuz Aiden has shown zero that he’s an impact player in the league.
Dodgers owners handed the keys to an experienced/successful GM in Andrew Friedman. Marky Mark hands the keys to a guy who’s never done a player evaluation in his life & is here part time. We are so lucky
If you like a quarterback take him at six don’t worry about what everybody says about oh he should be the second round or a third rounder because you’ll only end up losing them!