The Las Vegas Raiders surprisingly fired general manager Tom Telesco and Tom Brady had a large role in the move.

Tom Telesco and Antonio Pierce may still be in place with the Raiders if not for Tom Brady The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Sunday that owner Mark Davis had “reservations” about firing his GM and coach until Brady “nudged” him to do so.

Brady is supposedly only in an advisory role for the Raiders, though several league sources are convinced his influence is much greater.

It took less than three months from Tom Brady being approved as part-owner of the Las Vegas Raiders before a potential conflict of interest came up in his dual role as the top game analyst at Fox. While sports media analysts,

Tom Brady may have taken his talents from the booth to the field, but he still has influence in what goes on across the NFL landscape. And one team he specifically has some hold on is the Las Vegas Raiders. Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated recently highlighted the influence that the former New England Patriots signal-caller wields.

After another disappointing season for the Las Vegas Raiders, which saw the team go 4-13 and winless in the AFC West division, owner Mark Davis fired Antonio Pi

The Raiders’ house is officially clean. Las Vegas fired GM Tom Telesco on Thursday, two days after the team moved on from coach Antonio Pierce. “We appreciate his efforts in helping build a foundation for the future. We wish Tom and his family all the best,” the team said in a statement.

“Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis has whiffed a handful of times on head coaches and general managers the past 14 years,” Manzano wrote in a Jan. 14 column. “But he didn’t even give coach Antonio Pierce and Tom Telesco a fair shake in firing both after one year.

Those “associated with the job” believe that he “is the leading candidate and there’s a lot of people who think, frankly, he’s getting it.”

The Raiders opened up their general manager position Thursday. What led to Tom Telesco getting dismissed after one year?

Bears GM Ryan Poles is wooing Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. So is Tom Brady, who owns 5% of the Raiders. Only one of them, though, will have an open microphone and a captive audience Saturday night.