“I worked to put this deal together for Brady and Gronk to come to Raiders,” said White, who is not an NFL player agent. “It was almost a final deal. And at the last minute, Gruden blew up the deal and said he didn’t want it, and it all exploded, man. It was crazy.
“And Brady was already looking into the houses. It wasn’t said yet that Gronk was coming. So Brady and Gronk could have been in Las Vegas the year the Boss won the Super Bowl except that Groden blew the deal.”
It’s a delicacy, but there was no comment from Gruden, who quit invaders Last fall amid controversy over the racist, homophobic and misogynistic language he used in emails over the course of nearly seven years before agreeing to his second assignment as the team’s head coach. Brady did not comment either. After you’ve missed a good portion of the bootcamp, is expected To return “early” this week, according to Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bulls.
There were reports that raiders were interested in Brady before he reached free agency, and White has previously spoken of his desire to see the Quarterback land with Raiders. naturally, Stephen Ross, recently owner of Miami Dolphins He was suspended and fined, along with stripping the team of two recruiting choices, for tampering with Brady and former New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton.
With Brady’s time in New England winding down, it was clear that he was interested in a number of teams, and his hometown of San Francisco 49 was often mentioned as well. An NFL investigation found that the Dolphins had unauthorized contacts with Brady in 2019 and 2020 while he was under contract with the Patriots. The Dolphins also had unauthorized contacts with Brady and his agent, whom the league did not identify by name, during and after the 2021 season, while he was under contract with the Buccaneers.
Brady himself discussed his free agency and lack of interest from an unnamed team at Appearing in June 2021 On LeBron James’ YouTube show, “The Shop,” which was aired by HBO at the time.
“One of the teams, they weren’t interested in the end,” Brady said. “I was thinking, ‘You’re holding on to that mommy——? “”
For this latest plot, it was Grokowski who brought up the story on Saturday night and White said he did not plan to discuss it until Gronkowski asked. Unlike Brady, Gronkowski wasn’t even close to free agency at the time. He was under contract with the Patriots despite retiring after the 2018 season and a Super Bowl VI tag team title. New England later traded him for Tampa Bay, where he and Brady teamed up for another tournament.
Gronkowski, the center of speculation about whether he will retire at some point this season, added that he was “happy” that the Raiders deal “did not go through”.
“It all worked out for the best, man. I’m so glad we went to Tampa, man. It just worked out. I love that place.”
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