"Raiders will forfeit so many draft picks" - NFL fans react to Ben Johnson's admission about Tom Brady amid Las Vegas rumors

Tom Brady and Ben Johnson's paths have crossed this season as the former quarterback is now an NFL analyst for FOX covering Lions games where the latter is the offensive coordinator. In fact, the Detroit offensive mastermind confessed that he spoke with the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback earlier this season when they faced the Green Bay Packers.

That in itself is nothing unusual. However, Tom Brady is also a minority owner of the Raiders franchise. They fired their head coach and general manager after the conclusion of the regular season and will be speaking to prospective candidates. Ben Johnson is widely expected to be interviewed by all teams that have head coach vacancies.

Therefore, if Tom Brady speaks to Ben Johnson and raises any point regarding the opening in Las Vegas, it could be considered potential tampering. Since the Commanders - Lions Divisional Round game is on FOX, there is no way for them to avoid being at the same place at the same time this weekend.

NFL fans took to X/Twitter to say that if the two meet again, it could end up with the Raiders being slapped with some charges if the league finds that there has been an illegal approach. Here are some comments.

Fans continued to pile on Brady and his probable conflict of interest in this scenario. Here are some more posts from the social media platform.

"I know Ben going to get a job but this whole Tom Brady doing games and also recruiting and being involved behind the scenes as a shadow gm seems wrong" - said one.

"I don't know that him being the booth really has any effect on how things play out in the real world, but it's just feels weird. Like I doubt any GM or HC is going to hear something Brady says on the broadcast and change their mind about BJ, but I still just don't like it." - added another.

"Open and Shut case of Tampering. Come on Rodger [sic], dock the Raiders a 1st rounder, same as Miami" - demanded a third.

Tom Brady's tampering history worries fans other Ben Johnson suitors

As the final reaction mentioned above, Tom Brady has a history with tampering. When he was contractually obligated to the Patriots, the Dolphins tried to convince him to come to Miami. It was deemed tampering and the franchise was docked first-round picks. He eventually ended up going to Tampa Bay and winning a Super Bowl with the Buccaneers but the former quarterback knows the steep price of such illegal activities.