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That's not exactly oozing with "Get the hell out of here, Tom!"...
Sadly, there are SOME FANS who have started to say that after the recent playoff loss.
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????????????Personally I think Belichick has started floating the idea that he wants to move on from Brady at the end of this deal.
You just made that upKraft changing his tune a couple months after Bedard reporting Belichick wants to win a super bowl without Tom? Hmmm...
I think its a bad idea, he looks bad in playoff losses because he doesn't have his only true play maker on offense (Gronk) and has no real outside receiver.
Robert Kraft: Agents could bungle Wes Welker deal - NFL.com
Kraft maybe indicating they are offering Welker a low deal (5-6 mil a year), take it or buzz off?
He didn't. And after listening to that segment link from January where he is being badgered by Felger to predict what HC might replace Belichick (his answer of Saban is nonsensical) what he was saying was that Belichick might want to move on from NE and not Brady when his contract runs out. Which Felger believed was after 2013. Although Bedard then says he has heard that another deal may have been signed already and he is here for a while longer. To which Felger says OK, then he wants to move on AFTER Brady leaves which may be in 6 years?
Usually when Kraft stops simply mailing love notes Brady's way and starts talking about dual decisions they are usually in negotiation. After the Superbowl in 2005 Kraft's first comments about Brady were that they would love to extend him PROVIDED he didn't demand Manning money. If he did it would be a tough deal to get done. The parameters of that deal were done about 8 weeks later. And even though he didn't demand Manning money it did get a little testy when the team tried to take advantage of his good nature by nickle and diming the structure of his bonus money.
I would imagine they are in negotiation now. Otherwise what they did last spring in restructuring his existing deal would have been foolish. Painting themselves into a corner cap wise with back to back $21.8M cap hits under a flat cap and making him virtually untagable. Although some of the costly decisions they made on the way to a $20M dead cap last season which necessitated that restructure aren't exactly characteristic of this teams smarter than everyone else mindset, either.
It could also be they are finally getting a little push back from Brady who has been the good soldier at contract time for 12 years only to see them reward that mindset by screwing with his weaponry more than once. This isn't their first contract rodeo, but it will indeed be their last. Brady may be waiting to see what shape this team is leaning towards taking over the next 3-4 seasons before he settles on what he is willing to commit to QBing it for.
Sadly, there are SOME FANS who have started to say that after the recent playoff loss.
Robert Kraft: Agents could bungle Wes Welker deal - NFL.com
Kraft maybe indicating they are offering Welker a low deal (5-6 mil a year), take it or buzz off?
The title of that article is misleading. Kraft never blames Welker's agents for potentially bungling the deal. He said that the Patriots lawyers and/or Welker's agent could bungle the deal if both sides do not manage the process properly.
Every family has a crazy uncle, if you know what I mean.