Tom Brady accused of 'bullying' the NFL by former Fox Sports star after he sparked controversy in Raiders' coaching booth

One of Tom Brady's biggest detractors, Skip Bayless, has unleashed a new round of attacks on the NFL legend, this time, saying the Fox Sports commentator is 'bullying' the league. 

The 73-year-old former Fox Sports host took issue with Brady sitting the Las Vegas Raiders coaching booth on Monday night, the day after he was on the call for coverage of Chiefs-Eagles. 

Brady, who is a minority owner of the Raiders, is not breaking NFL rules by his actions, nor is it a conflict of interest with his duties as a color commentator. 

Yet, Bayless is one of the loudest to bash Brady for staying engaged with the NFL in a way that has rarely been seen.  

'This is such a bad look for everyone involved, including Tom Brady,' Bayless said on The Arena. 'I defended him for years… and now, in retirement, the runaway GOAT is trying to flex and flaunt like he’s the GOAT. He’s bullying the league. He’s big footing this league.'

'If he just remained in the shadows with the Raiders and made it clear, "This was just an investment. I’m going to be an absentee owner, silent owner, silent partner to Mark Davis. I’m going to stay completely away." Maybe you could make it fly.' 

Brady's professional and personal lives will intersect over the next two weeks, as he in on the call for Bears-Cowboys on Sunday. 

In Week 4, Chicago plays Brady's Raiders. The possible information from the Bears roster to the seven-time Super Bowl winner, which may be funneled to Las Vegas, was another step too far for Bayless.  

'Now, if I’m the Bears, I am shutting up, man,' Bayless added. 'I am closing down… because it’s going to handicap Tom doing his job on Fox.'

Former NFL star and broadcaster Aqib Talib pushed back on Bayless' remarks as someone who has been on both sides of those interactions. 

'We as players are so programmed, we don’t give you s***,' Talib said. 'We give you the b******t-ist answers that we can possibly give you, because we don’t even want to be here.'

'They don’t let Tom Brady go to practice. So, that’s the answer right there. You don’t let him go to practice. I guarantee you he don’t get s*** from the production meetings.'

Bayless last trashed Brady last week, calling him 'as bland as an announcer as he was all-time greatest as a quarterback.'