Tom Brady finally addressed (sort of) his role with Raiders but never said Ben Johnson’s name [Video]

Tom Brady’s conflict of interest between his job with Fox and his partial ownership of the Raiders took center stage on Saturday night, given his team’s interest in Lions coordinators Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn. Fox had an absolute obligation to disclose the situation to the audience at the outset of the game.

It sort of happened during the game, with a question from Kevin Burkhardt and a talk-but-say-nothing response from Brady.

Via Dan Shanoff of TheAthletic.com, here’s the exchange:

Burkhardt: “You know, Tom, you picked up a little side hustle a couple months ago. You know, buying a minority share of the Raiders. So, you know, just normal type stuff. With that, a cool thing is that you get to be on these interviews and this head-coaching search. And, obviously, we told you Glenn and Ben Johnson have done that. How have you evaluated them?”

(Quick note: Calling a $220 million investment a “side hustle” is a …