Tom Brady Said His Raiders Stunk So Bad They Earned The Number One Pick, And What He Expects Next Season Will Shock You

Holy smokes, NFL fans, did you catch what Tom Brady just dropped? You know Brady, the guy who's now a minority owner of the Raiders? Yeah, well, he just straight-up torched his own team's performance from last year, and honestly, we love to see a little honesty in this league. He's talking about the 2025 season, which was apparently such a dumpster fire for the Raiders they ended up with the first overall pick in the draft. Oof.

Brady Pulled No Punches On Last Year's Disaster

Brady was on the "Stick to Football podcast" and he did not hold back about that brutal 2025 campaign. He basically said the Raiders were a total mess, from top to bottom. His exact words? "Last year, we just underperformed in every area. And it’s everybody’s fault. That’s the reality. There’s nobody who did a good job. There’s not one player in the organization, there’s not anybody involved that did the job to the level that it needs to be done at." Wow. Talk about a public dressing down! He wasn't done either, adding, "And everybody needs to improve. And it starts with me, and it filters down to the rest of the players on the field, and they’ve got to go out there, and ultimately they’ve got to perform at a high level." You gotta respect the guy for taking accountability himself, but man, that's a tough pill for the entire

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organization to swallow. It sounds like he thinks no one, absolutely no one, played up to standard.

He's Demanding "Massive Improvement" For 2026

So, what's Mr. Seven Rings expecting for the 2026 season after that kind of reality check? He kept it pretty general when pressed for specific win numbers, but his demands were crystal clear: "A massive improvement." And he wasn't just talking about season-long goals, either. Brady laid out some seriously intense expectations for how the team needs to approach every single day. "I would expect daily improvement, and I’d expect hourly improvement. I really would. Every day that goes by, when you’re on a good team, every day and every week goes by, you should be better. Like, a good team should be better at the end of the season." That's the mindset of a champion, right there, demanding relentless progress. It’s going to be wild to see if the Raiders can live up to that kind of pressure. Brady isn't just a figurehead, he's a minority owner who demands excellence. Can they flip the script from earning the first overall pick to making "hourly improvement"? The NFL season is already shaping up to be a fascinating one, and you can bet everyone around the league, including us 12s here in the Emerald City, will be watching closely to see if Brady’s harsh truth can actually spark that "massive improvement" he's so clearly gunning for. Get ready, folks, because the stakes are high in Vegas.

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