Tom Brady expects a "massive improvement" from the Raiders in 2026
· Yahoo Sports
In Tom Brady's first full season as a minority owner of the Raiders, the Raiders stunk. They were bad enough to earn the first overall pick in the draft.
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What does he expect in 2026?
"I would expect a lot of improvement from where it's been," Brady said on the Stick to Football podcast. "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. 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."
(Maxx Crosby and Brock Bowers possibly would beg to differ with Brady.)
When pressed for a specific number of wins Brady expects, he kept it general.
"A massive improvement," Brady said. "And 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 than the beginning of the season, or you're not a good team. If you have more time together and more practice and you're getting worse, something's wrong.
"If you have more time, more practice, you should be getting better. Now the problem's the offseason, you change players, you change coaches, and now you've got to rebuild to where you were. Like, a lot of the teams I played on, the best game we played all season was the last game of the year. That says to me a lot about what the team's all about."
The problem is that Brady isn't in position to grab an oar and row the boat, because he works for Fox calling games. The best way for him to hold the team truly accountable would be to embrace his role and be there for the daily — and hourly — improvement he expects to see.