The addition of Tom Brady to the ownership board of the Las Vegas Raiders led to many raised eyebrows across the league. Now, the former champion is clarifying his role.

Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl champion, had a deal finalized last year to join the team’s ownership group under majority owner Mark Davis.

However, it came after Brady agreed to being a color commentator for Fox Sports – which would typically give him access to privileged information from players and coaches to use on broadcasts. This could, in theory, have given Brady an unfair advantage.

But now, in an interview with Paul Gutierrez on the Raiders’ team website, Brady downplayed his role within the organization.

‘Well, I’m just a limited partner, so Mark’s the boss,’ Brady said in an interview with Paul Gutierrez of the team’s website.

‘And then [head coach] Pete [Carroll] does his job and Spy [GM John Spytek] does his job and, I think, we trust them to make the right decisions.

Super Bowl winning QB Tom Brady clarified his position within the Raiders ownership hierarchy

Brady said he serves as a ‘sounding board’ for majority owner Mark Davis (L)

Brady also had praise for new GM John Spytek (L) and incoming coach Pete Carroll (R)

‘I’m there as a great sounding board for anything they want to do.’

What remains to be known is Brady’s day-to-day with the team, with the former Patriots and Buccaneers quarterback not revealing what he does daily.

Brady re-iterated that he is ‘just trying to contribute in the ways that I can to help the team be the best they can be, on and off the field’ while praising the staff in the franchise

‘We’ve got a great group of people. I love Mark. He’s done an incredible job getting the team to Vegas, getting the stadium built.

‘Pete is new this year; he’s got a big role to play,’ Brady added. ‘And so does John Spytek. And we’re trying to do the right things every day. So that’s what we’re trying to do.’

He also gave insight into the working relationship between Carroll, a Super Bowl winning coach with five decades of experience, and Spytek, a longtime scout and executive in his first GM role.

‘They’ve worked together very well, and there’s a lot of decisions that are made,’ Brady said. ‘Winning games in September starts with what happens in February, March, and April, when no one’s really watching. They’ve been hard at work.

‘And our goal is to, you know, win a lot of football games. You’ve got to work hard at it, and it’s all earned, and we’ve got a tough division. There’s a lot of good opponents we face. But it’s going to be up to the guys and their daily commitment to doing the right things.’

Last season, the Raiders went 4-13 in a hyper-compeтιтive AFC West division.