Rumors are circulating that Brian Flores is joining the Raiders, with Brian Daboll as OC

Last January, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the Raiders are “Tom’s Show Now“.

A year later, if The Tom Brady Show were playing somewhere on the strip, the curtain would fall for good.

But owners cannot be fired. And Brady owns the Raiders. Primary owner Mark Davis specifically sold part of the team to Brady at a below-market price. stabilize the team. After Brady’s first full season on the job, the Raiders are less stable than dry dynamite in the trunk of a three-wheeled Toyota.

Brady has somehow managed to avoid scrutiny of the team’s current state. This won’t last. Now is the time for him to take action.

And with an infusion of Patriot DNA drastically changing the picture in New England, where two years of 4-13 became 13-3 and the first division title since Brady’s final year in the building, Brady may be considering bringing a bit of Beantown to Sin City.

The obvious choice would be offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. But this act has performed and failed in Vegas before. There is a rumor currently circulating that once Brady rolls up his sleeves (while also wearing a glove and an expensive watch), he will make the case for the hiring of Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores.

As discussions went, Flores would be the head coach and former Giants coach Brian Daboll would be the offensive coordinator. Like Flores, Daboll has extensive experience with the Patriot Way. Daboll was there for the first three Super Bowl victories of the Brady/Belichick era and two of the second trio of championships.

Brady and Flores are believed to have a good relationship. Flores was among those in Miami who wanted to bring Brady to town after his time in Tampa.

That said, Brian Flores’ lawsuit blew up the revised plan to pair Brady with Sean Payton, an effort that resulted in massive punishment for tampering, including the loss of a first-round pick, a $1.5 million fine and a six-week suspension from owner Stephen Ross.

The Flores trial is still ongoing. For some teams (including those named as defendants in the case – Giants, Broncos, Texans and Dolphins), this would pose a problem. For a team like the Raiders, which has a history of litigation against the league, that may not matter. Especially after how someone saw fit to fire coach Jon Gruden in 2021.

From a coach’s perspective, Flores fits into the widespread trend of finding a coach who is the exact opposite of the last one. Carroll is a rah-rah, player-friendly coach. Flores is pragmatic and Belichickian.

Truly, Flores may be the closest thing to Belichick (besides McDaniels) currently in the league. If that’s really the case The Tom Brady Show in Las Vegas, Flores & Daboll could be the next Siegfried & Roy.

Of course, before things go wrong.