Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis ceded much control of those searches to Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback and current Fox NFL analyst, who was brought into the organization in October as a minority owner.

It's now no secret that Las Vegas Raiders minority owner Tom Brady had at least one conversation with current North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick during a process that ended with the Raiders hiring Pete Carroll to be their next head coach.

The Raiders' new coach — and GM John Spytek — expressed plenty of optimism about their new roles with the team Monday in Las Vegas.