The story of the week had nothing to do with anything that happened on the field. The video of an Incredible Shrinking Tom Brady in the Raiders’ coaching box caused many to finally realize the clear conflict of interest between his Fox broadcasting gig and his partial ownership of a team.

Previously, some tried to downplay or justify Brady’s dual roles as not creating a conflict — or by engaging in clunky “ whataboutism .” In the aftermath of Monday night, the question became whether Brady’s involvement in production meeting and his on-field presence during pregame warmups give him insights that can be funneled back to the Raiders.

Former Raiders coach Antonio Pierce seemingly put that debate to rest on Thursday when saying that, last year, Brady did that .

Brady’s actions,

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