“We Didn’t Have This Play”: Chris Simms Details Tom Brady’s ‘Partnership’ With Klint Kubiak at the Raiders

Well before he was crowned as a Super Bowl champion, the now-former offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks, Klint Kubiak, had been rumored to be the next head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. The official announcement was made on Wednesday, following Kubiak’s appearance at the championship parade.

Of course, the city of Seattle will certainly miss the 38-year-old play-caller. But then, Kubiak is likely excited and looking forward to working with Tom Brady once again.

That was one of the things that Kubiak mentioned during his first appearance as the new head coach of the Raiders. “I’m really excited to be working with Tom, and he made the mistake of giving me his cellphone number,” joked Kubiak.

“I’m going to be calling him a lot, so he may regret that. But what I’m excited about is that we really have different offensive backgrounds, and how we’re going to pull ideas from each other. Obviously, he’s the best that’s ever done it, and in the interview process, just the passion that he spoke with on all things football got me excited about the opportunity to work with him,” he added.

In terms of sheer footballing potential, the Kubiak-Brady partnership is exciting. Chris Simms and ProFootballTalk‘s founder, Mike Florio, seemed to agree that those “different offensive backgrounds” Kubiak mentioned could help revolutionize the Raiders’ offense.

“I do think Klint Kubiak could steal some drop-back pass thoughts from the New England offense,” Simms suggested. “He’s gonna go ‘Damn. Working with [Kyle] Shanahan, we didn’t have this play. We didn’t coach it this way.’ There is some nuance there to be learned.”

Of course, as Simms also pointed out, that’s all good and well as long as their conversations eventually shift from general football ideas to the specifics of the Raiders. In hoping that Kubiak’s arrival will prompt Brady to become a bit more interested in the “daily” aspects of the team, Simms stated that the only way the former quarterback could help out truly is by becoming a bit more involved “than he already is.”

As far as Florio is concerned, however, the real question stems from the fact that “Tom has that Fox gig” and “how involved will he be?” During the 2025 season, it was noted that other teams may have concerns about discussing their strategies with Brady on behalf of Fox Sports, only to then face his team later in the season.

That conflict of interest faced even further scrutiny after Brady was spotted wearing a headset inside the Raiders’ coaches’ box during a Monday night game vs the Los Angeles Chargers.