Tom Brady defends dual NFL roles; Bears coach Ben Johnson not worried

It seems Tom Brady has had enough of critics who say his part ownership in the Las Vegas Raiders

shouldn't mix with his role as a broadcaster. Brady called out the paranoid and distrustful for believing the two roles present a conflict of interest

The seven-time Super Bowl winning quarterback and future Hall of Famer writes a weekly newsletter called The 199

This week's topic is do your job, and Brady talks about both his role as a broadcaster and his role as a minority owner of the Raiders

He broke down the controversy in his own words. I love football. At its core, it's a game of principles

And with all the success it has given me, I feel I have a moral and ethical duty to the sport

Which is why the point where my roles in it intersect is not actually a point of conflict

despite what the paranoid and distrustful might believe. Brady is in his second year as the lead yst for the NFL on Fox

His appearance in the Raiders' coaches booth on September 15th, complete with headset

reignited the conflict of interest debate. The NFL weighed in with a statement the next day, saying there are no policies that prohibit an owner

from sitting in the coaches booth or wearing a headset during a game

When told that Brady was seen in the coaches booth Monday night, Raiders head coach Pete Carroll

admitted that he and offensive coordinator Chip Kelly seek Brady advice We have conversations I talk to Tom Chip talks to Tom regularly I mean we have a tremendous asset And so you know and we all get along well and

we respect each other. And so we just talk, you know, about life and football and whatever it

comes. And he has great insight. So we're lucky to have him as an owner. The Raiders host the

Chicago Bears on Sunday. Brady was on the call when the Bears beat the Dallas Cowboys three

days ago. But Chicago coach Ben Johnson shot down any concern about Brady taking part in broadcast

production meetings last week. I mean, we change week to week in terms of what we do. Schematically

he's going to be able to turn on the tape and see what everyone else in the world's seeing right now

Personnel-wise, really the same thing. It's not like I'm going to sit down with him and tell him

hey, don't do this to Caleb Williams or you might get it. There's not going to be any trade secrets

that are going to be exchanged, but I just, I really don't think it's that big of a deal

to be honest with you. If the Raiders somehow blow out the Bears on Sunday, the internet and

social media conspiracy theorists will be back at work. Brady blames our current social and

political climate to a degree. When you live through uncertain and untrusting times like we

are today, it's very easy to watch a person's passions and profession intersect and to believe

you're looking at some sort of dilemma," he wrote. For Straight Arrow News, I'm Chris Francis