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breer as usual asked BB about it today

Albert Breer (albertbreer) on Twitter

i get it that you need to ask the question as part of the job. But how many times ?

mcsully

NOT SO FAST??

Aware of Brady-contract talk. But two knowledgeable people say reports of deal being in place are "inaccurate" and "wrong". We'll see...

Adam Schefter (Adam_Schefter) on Twitter

BradyBranch39

hope it's true... I'd love for Brady to once again take less than Manning. And I have little doubt Manning wants more than 19.3 per.

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Uncle Rico

Non-update update from ESPN_Boston.

Sources: Brady's deal not done yet - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston

Pretty funny "nothing new here" paragraph:

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nfl...ike&id=5530092

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SVN

its funny that everyone is jumping for credit on this. reiss says this and then breer says
Report: Brady's deal "almost done" - Extra Points - Boston.com
now everyone is claiming some credit to what is happening..

Uncle Rico

I take that as a good sign.

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bostonia3333

I was expecting Brady to get over 100 million for 5 years. 3 years is pretty short for a healthy qb in his prime. When Brady is 36, he'd still be at the twilight of his prime I think.

Whatever it is, Moss is certainly waiting in line for his next payday...especially now that Revis got a boatload of money.

MoLewisrocks

I don't know, Condon certainly would but he has a different agenda than his client. Manning has been playing for $14-15M without a whimper. He certainly is worth more than his kid brother who is now averaging more than $16M. Manning may top $20M, but the media hysteria about $25M is just that, hysteria. The real issues are guaranteed money and relative standing in light of an unknown future cap. I'm confident Brady will take less than Peyton Manning as long as it's not too much less and he remains abouve the second tier fray (first tier being he, Peyton and maybe Brees, period). The rookies may appear to be overpaid, and they are and that has fueled the QB market value data (which is why Bus got Brett some incentives that could pay him $20 even though it wasn't about the money...), but their deals aren't fully guaranteed to overpay them (although they have the potential to if they suck and can't be dealt or restructured...) and there won't be any more of those after this season. Some of the second tier is overpaid, but they may not ever see the end of their deals. These guys do and their teams get a break in the process because they consistently deliver. Their teams may not always prevail, but it's not really because of them (OK, except for Peyton's little tendancy to oops on the ultimate stage).

goheels22002

NECN posted at 10 AM a recap of the story and the denials by ESPN but stressed that what's happened is that the sides have agreed on the 4-year term of this extension (this year at $6.3m plus three more at $58m = $64m over 4 averaging $16 million and change per.) with most of it guaranteed.

This pushes Brady past Manning's present 7-year $98m deal at $14 million per average so both sides claim victory.

If they are that far along, the money and guarantees are the remaining issue and can be worked out with the current roster set in anticipation of whatever the Krafts think the 2011 and beyond cap numbers might look like. This is a good deal for Brady in these uncertain collective bargaining times and pays him through age 36. Manning would be next at a higher per year number but probably in the same 4-5 year range.

Let's hope they get this done and re-do Moss' contract for another 2 years or so at Revis money ($8m or so most guaranteed.)

MoLewisrocks

I think that a lot of this angst is founded in the media's underlying inability to believe that it's not that big a deal if a deal isn't done now. They have similar angst about the roster and stuff, too, but that doesn't mean Bill is bound to evaluate the situation as they do...