NFL World Reacts To The Tom Brady and Jon Gruden Rumor

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UFC president Dana White, a big Brady fan and Las Vegas resident, disclosed on Saturday night that he felt the quarterback was coming to the Raiders in 2020.

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Rob Gronkowski seemed to confirm the story, saying on the UFC simulcast that it was accurate.

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But did that really happen?

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As per the report of one Raiders, it's been exaggerated a bit.

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"There is some truth to this amid the exaggeration. I wrote then about the Raiders’ interest, and Gruden ultimately did decide he didn’t want to pay an aging Brady all that money," Vic Tafur tweeted.

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Brady is on leave from the Patriots for the Buccaneers.

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He also signed a two-year contract with Tampa Bay in 2020.

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Brady went on to win a Super Bowl in his first season with the Bucs.

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