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Tom Brady makes cryptic statement about announcement coming during Chargers-Raiders

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Many interesting storylines chase the Los Angeles Chargers into their Week 2, Monday Night Football game against the Las Vegas Raiders. 

Onlookers could chat about Justin Herbert outdueling Patrick Mahomes one week ago. They could debate about whether the Chargers can seize a 3-0 mark against the AFC West over the first three weeks of the season. 

And they could also speculate about Tom Brady. 

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Specifically, Brady has announced a, well, announcement. Appearing on Fox before Sunday’s slate of games, Brady revealed that he’ll be at the Chargers-Raiders game on Monday night and will announce something special he’s been working on “for a very long time.”

Good luck figuring out what this is about, though. Brady isn’t coming out of retirement, nor is he likely to ease off his 10-year, $375 million contract at Fox. 

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Maybe it has to do with the Raiders, where Brady has a 10 percent ownership stake. Mark Davis remains the majority owner of those Raiders, but Brady is very much becoming the de facto, public No. 1 guy. 

No matter what Brady announces, Herbert and the Chargers can make it an afterthought if they can keep the strong showings against the Raiders going. Even during the “rebuild” last year, the Chargers swept the Raiders by a combined total of 54-30.

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Chris Roling
CHRIS ROLING

Chris Roling has covered the NFL since 2010 with stints at Bleacher Report, USA TODAY Sports Media Group and others. Raised a Bengals fan in the '90s, the Andy Dalton era was smooth sailing by comparison. He graduated from the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and remains in Athens.

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