Kirk Cousins reveals how a FaceTime call with Tom Brady sealed his decision to join the Raiders

Tom Brady is not only a seven-time Super Bowl champion and 1 of nan top quarterbacks of each time, but he's besides a awesome recruiter.

New Las Vegas Raiders backmost Kirk Cousins credited Brady, a number proprietor of nan Raiders, for giving him a large nudge during his free-agency decision.

"I texted (Brady), asked him to telephone maine erstwhile he could, and he really FaceTimed me—I was astatine younker shot practice. So, I stepped distant and conscionable FaceTimed pinch Tom for a infinitesimal conscionable to benignant of get connected nan aforesaid page and understand his imagination for nan statement and benignant of what he saw up ahead and if I would beryllium a bully fresh for it aliases not," Cousins said during a caller quality connected NFL Network’s "Good Morning Football."

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Minnesota Vikings backmost Kirk Cousins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers backmost Tom Brady shake hands aft a crippled astatine Raymond James Stadium. The crippled took spot successful Tampa, Florida, connected Dec. 13, 2020. (Kim Klement/USA TODAY Sports)

"And I sewage disconnected nan telephone and I called my woman and I said, 'That was a really life-giving telephone pinch Tom.' You know, he gets it. He's been wherever I've been and past some, and I deliberation he understands what it—what it needs to look like, what it will look like, and I felt really for illustration a changeable successful nan arm, um, you know, aft talking to him. And I felt for illustration that was a large nudge for maine to travel to Vegas."

Cousins said Brady has been "great" passim nan process and that his speech pinch nan New England Patriots fable was 1 of galore he had while doing homework connected nan Raiders. The 37-year-old said Brady was successful nan building for nan first time of OTAs and wants to beryllium a resource.

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Former NFL backmost Tom Brady reacts anterior to an NFL shot crippled betwixt nan Baltimore Ravens and nan Los Angeles Rams astatine M&T Bank Stadium connected Oct. 12, 2025 successful Baltimore, Maryland. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

"He conscionable wants to beryllium a resource. I don't cognize that he's going to beryllium astir each nan time, but he's ever a telephone call, matter away. And I deliberation to person a feline who's won 7 Super Bowls, a telephone telephone aliases matter distant who's embedded successful your organization, that’s sewage to beryllium a positive," Cousins said.

While nan Raiders are wide expected to return Heisman Trophy-winning backmost Fernando Mendoza pinch nan No. 1 wide prime successful nan NFL Draft, location is nary guarantee he will commencement successful Week 1.Brady and wide head John Spytek person said galore times that they judge successful not playing a young backmost correct away, making it nary judge point that Mendoza would commencement Week 1.

Cousins besides has familiarity pinch caller Raiders caput coach Klint Kubiak. During Cousins’ clip pinch the Minnesota Vikings, Kubiak was his quarterbacks coach for 2 seasons and his violative coordinator for another.

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Falcons backmost Kirk Cousins throws a walk against nan Arizona Cardinals successful Glendale, Ariz., connected Dec. 21, 2025. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)

The Raiders' scheme could beryllium to beryllium Mendoza nether Cousins until they deliberation he is fresh to commencement and go nan look of their franchise.

In 10 games and 8 starts past play pinch nan Atlanta Falcons, Cousins completed 61.7% of his passes for 1,721 yards pinch 10 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. The squad had a 5-3 grounds successful his starts, including winning nan past four.

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