Tom Brady will get plenty of chances to relive one of his greatest victories with the new coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.

The Raiders, with Brady as one of the team’s co-owners, reportedly decided on longtime NFL coach Pete Carroll to be their new head coach. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, it’s a three-year deal for Carroll with an option for a fourth.

When he’s officially hired, the 73-year-old Carroll will once again become the NFL’s oldest head coach by a considerable margin.

Caroll obviously has an impressive resume. Carroll’s 170 career wins puts him in a four-way tie for 17th-most in NFL history, alongside the likes of Tom Coughlin, Mike Shanahan and Sean Payton, the latter becoming a divisional rival of Carroll now in Denver.

Vegas marks his fourth coaching stint (New York Jets, New England and Seattle), and it marks a return to the sidelines after just one season. The Seahawks and Carroll parted ways following the 2023 campaign, ending a 14-year run during which Carroll was one of the most successful coaches in the league. Seattle went to the playoffs nine times, winning the Super Bowl at the end of the 2013 season. The Seahawks returned a year later but came up just short, thanks to Brady and the New England Patriots in maybe the greatest professional football game ever played.

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As for what Carroll brings to the Raiders, that’s an interesting discussion. Vegas had been connected to younger, offensive-minded coaches like Ben Johnson, and Carroll represents the direct opposite of that. However, despite his age, Carroll is far more energetic than your average 73-year-old, and more importantly, he should be able to raise the floor for a Raiders team that has made the playoffs just twice in the last 23 years with their last postseason win coming on Jan. 19, 2003.

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