JSn

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Best line: "To bring some reporting to this..." lol

Anyway, good stuff here. Mike is still the man.

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jmt57

Tom Curran echos Reiss' opinion.

Brady expected in town this weekend

Last week, ESPN insider John Clayton threw a pile up against the wall wondering if Tom Brady would hold out from the start of training camp. We scratched our heads and explained that wouldn't be happening. Slow day in Seattle, apparently.

Today, Clayton continued to milk his own speculation saying on ESPN's Mike & Mike radio show that it remains a "possibility" that Brady could skip the start of camp. My goombah Tim Graham parroted Clayton's words.

A "possibility" gives one a pretty good amount of leeway. For instance, there's a possibility the Patriots will invite me to camp to replace Brady if he opted to not show. But it's a very, very slim one.

JSn

Haha, you just never know with those crazy Patriots.

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Rob0729

Why bring reporting when you can bring wild speculation and juicy gossip? If actual reporting had a role in sports, John Clayton wouldn't have a job.

Deus Irae

From the interview (summaries/paraphrases, not quotes):


So, other than the holdout "possibility", Reiss is lined up with pretty much everyone else.

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Rob0729

"Wouldn't say they have a great relationship"?!? When did Reiss say that? He said that they have a good professional relationship, but it isn't like they all meet for dinner and drinks.

Also you wrote in what you learned from the interview that Reiss said:

Which clearly contradicts Silver's piece that says that brady is upset with the situation or Graham's or Clayton's report that Brady is so upset with the situation that he might hold out.

I will give you that maybe Reiss doesn't know anymore than anyone else, but his interview does contradict a lot of what has been reported. Reiss could be wrong, but he clearly makes it sound that there is far less conflict between sides than reported.

MoLewisrocks

That was a lot better than his average peer. He even corrected them on Tom's 2010 earnings... That said, he still is a little behind on his fastball. The CBA is the heart of the matter, because the only way around it in a long term deal is a mega signing bonus this team can't afford let alone wouldn't be willing to proffer in the midst of a contentious CBA negotiation where the league claims player costs are outstripping revenue.

In his mailbag today Mike suggested an interim deal ala Chris Chambers. Trouble is Brady doesn't have any remaining guaranteed old money to push forward, and if they sign a short term extension it's just a bandaid that could potentially hurt Brady leverage wise when it's time to yank it and do a long term deal. For that reason I'm pretty sure that option has been discussed and dismissed.

I also wish someone would debunk the whole rookie QB guaranteed money angle. When you read the find print only a fraction of it is ever truly guaranteed to the extent the money in the level of contract Manning and Brady have already signed and will evenrually sign again is.

And analogies to what happened to Milloy, Bledsoe, even Samuel or Seymour (let alone Vrabel or Bruschi and Harrison who retired of their own volition) are nonsensical in the context of where Brady's performance on the field and in the locker room is concerned comparatively speaking.

That said, glad the relative voice of reason is back on the job.

MoLewisrocks

Only in your alternate universe, Deus. FWIW Mike made it clear it was just his opinion that the CBA might be a convenient excuse. I don't think he fully grasps the difficulty in constructing a deal, the media has been painfully slow on the uptake in that regard as a whole, which has been probed here at length while he was on vacation.

And I have it on good authority that at least Kraft and Brady did dine out together while he was attending OTA's... Not to mention I can't remember the last time I saw BB biking around Hyannis in June...

Deus Irae

Question starts around 4:25. Answer (minus the "Ya know" stuff)

The word "great" comes at 4:40

Also:

runs through 4:46.

You need to read Silver's piece again, because there's no contradiction there. Silver talks about "disconnect" and "cool distance", not "upset". That's certainly not contradicted by anything Reiss said. Now, what people read into the article might well be a different story....

Silver's column about the growing disconnect

Yes, Reiss takes the not coming into camp angry approach, while others seem to feel there's more discontent than does Reiss. However, listen to Reiss again, and read Silver's piece again, and I think you'll find that a lot of posters owe Mr. Silver an apology.

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Thats all Internet news is anymore.

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