Eyebrows were raised when NFL Media's Tom Pelissero reported shortly after the Las Vegas Raiders fired head coach Antonio Pierce that Raiders minority owner Tom Brady "spoke recently" with current North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Bill Belichick "about what it would take to make a reunion happen in Las Vegas.

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On Wednesday, one day after the Raiders parted ways with Antonio Pierce following his first full season as the team’s head coach, NFL.com reported Tom Brady — now a minority owner of the Las Vegas franchise — had spoken “recently” with Belichick “about what it would take to make a reunion happen.”