NFL media reacts to ‘crazy’ Geno Smith trade from Seahawks to Raiders
"Wow. Trading Geno?! Must be a plan that we don’t know about."
"Wow. Trading Geno?! Must be a plan that we don’t know about."
"...all of the evidence with the great players we've had, name the sport, mostly they're not good at this."
A planned meeting and potential tampering -- or a coincidental encounter?
Conflict of interest? Who's to say?
Brady now has an ownership stake with teams in five different pro sports leagues.
"He's communicated all the time, making sure he's all good."
"We happen to have the greatest of all time to help us, and to see clearly, and we're going to lean on Tom as much as we possibly can"
"Alex Guerrero is out there. He's going to be working with some of the players."
"It's just been a great learning experience."
"I remember when he was selected, a lot of people said, Wait, are you sure it's the Alabama one that they're supposed to be taking?"
"I think it's way overblown when they think the advantage that Tom could possibly gain from being in the booth or talking to these guys."
"I think the reality of it is that a lot of the analysts are absolutely not neutral observers."
"He's involved. He's Tom Brady!"
Will Brady be willing to criticize the Lions offense if need be? And what sort of access might this week afford him?
"Mark Davis will fire you as well."
"Yes, Tom Brady is calling people up for advice and counsel because that's why he's so great at what he does ... but don't assume that because he's doing that, he wants Bill Belichick."
"It is an absolute insult to analysts what he is doing."
"Why would anybody else have say over him when it comes to picking personnel or picking who the next head coach should be?"
Even in retirement, Tom Brady was a main character this NFL season. And heading into the playoffs, Brady...
"We're gonna take you to a more competitive matchup..."
Tom Brady’s roles as a broadcaster and minority owner of the Raiders have been a conflict of interest, and so will his being an AP voter.
"We don't do this for anybody's draft projections."
"I am excited and really grateful that he’s part of the Raiders organization."