Potentially obtaining Matthew Stafford wasn’t in the cards for Pete Carroll upon joining the Las Vegas Raiders. One month later, after news broke of Stafford wanting a new deal, the Los Angeles Rams quarterback suddenly became an option.

For years the Raiders training camp setup was the envy of the league. That will be the case once again according to head coach Pete Carroll.

Forget the quarterback, the roster or the salary. The most compelling part of the Raiders’ job for new coach Pete Carroll came in the form of minority owner Tom Brady. “Tom Brady. It starts there,” Carroll told ESPN at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.