Brady contract situation (Merged - UPDATED:Deal Done)

Brady doesn't need to work.........I believe the amount of $$ in his contracts or how many years he has on them bothers him in the slightest.....most importantly, the pats have no other options where brady actually has 2....play or retire.....if he wants to play, the dollar amount matters somewhat.....if he doesn't want to play, it doesn't matter at all......

he's too busy cliff diving with his daughter.....at this point, he owes nobody and will do what he wants......he is the freest person I know

Biffins said:

Anyone feels this will become a season long distraction if Brady starts the season without a contract? I don't know who Tom Pelissero is but he's saying (presumably from inside sources) that there's no Brady deal on the horizon.

No new deal 'on horizon' for Tom Brady, Patriots

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No. It won't be a distraction unless people make it one. I can guarantee you that it doesn't matter to Brady..

100% certainty Brady never plays for another organization.

99.3% likelihood that Brady and the Pats have contract terms in place already.

78.2% likelihood that the team is fully aware of Brady’s retirement timeline.

Given that both parties are displaying such a lack of concern or urgency, how else can one interpret this.
They are not sweating it so why should we.
Don’t let the Mediots pull you around by the wanker.

borg said:

100% certainty Brady never plays for another organization.

99.3% likelihood that Brady and the Pats have contract terms in place already.

78.2% likelihood that the team is fully aware of Brady’s retirement timeline.

Given that both parties are displaying such a lack of concern or urgency, how else can one interpret this.
They are not sweating it so why should we.
Don’t let the Mediots pull you around by the wanker.

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little facts make big facts.

borg said:

78.2% likelihood that the team is fully aware of Brady’s retirement timeline.

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I am not so sure... Brady himself may not be fully aware of his own retirement timeline. I know he has said “45” but that was also a goal, not a rock solid end date.

Biffins said:

Anyone feels this will become a season long distraction if Brady starts the season without a contract? I don't know who Tom Pelissero is but he's saying (presumably from inside sources) that there's no Brady deal on the horizon.

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Good thing TB has plenty of kids to drag off the cliff to distract us from football before Thursday. What a snafu!

I don’t think the Pats can touch Brady’s contract until August. Contracts can only be reworked once every year. This is click bait.

Why would the Pats do anything, if you look up the definition of FRANCHISE PLAYER, I believe Brady's picture is there. Let it play out, use the Exclusive Franchise Tag and even though it is the average of the Top 5 current salaries at his position, he would still be underpaid. Brady can't negotiate with other teams and he is paid close to the market rate for Top tier QB's. Kind of a win-win for both team and player in this circumstance as it doesn't lock the Pats into multiple years and I believe its guaranteed once Brady signs it.

Taco said:

I don’t think the Pats can touch Brady’s contract until August. Contracts can only be reworked once every year. This is click bait.

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They said on the radio today that’s not true. Since the last rework was a restructure, they can do a whole new deal at any time.

XLIX said:

They said on the radio today that’s not true. Since the last rework was a restructure, they can do a whole new deal at any time.

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Interesting? Thanks for clarifying

ctpatsfan1 said:

Why would the Pats do anything, if you look up the definition of FRANCHISE PLAYER, I believe Brady's picture is there. Let it play out, use the Exclusive Franchise Tag and even though it is the average of the Top 5 current salaries at his position, he would still be underpaid. Brady can't negotiate with other teams and he is paid close to the market rate for Top tier QB's. Kind of a win-win for both team and player in this circumstance as it doesn't lock the Pats into multiple years and I believe its guaranteed once Brady signs it.

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I’m not sure that’s the ideal outcome for the team from a salary cap standpoint. Their hit would be what? $27 million this year and $25 million next? Ouch!

This entire topic is click bait. But it's fun click bait so I'll join in.

If I'm the Pats the ONLY reason I'd do an extension with Brady is to create some much needed cap space.....PERIOD.

The Pats really don't have to do anything. Christ, the guy is 42, and 42 is 42. This end is coming. I would think even Brady would be OK with going year to year for the rest of his career. If creating some cap space isn't a real need, then just let him play out his final year and IF he has another good year, franchise him for 2020 that would pay him well over $30MM for that season.

Besides, in reality, what kind of market would their actually be for a 43 year old QB at the end of this season, even if he IS the GOAT. What team is out there that's only one QB away for a championship drive. Think about it. There has been a run on QB's over the last 5 seasons. Pretty much every team that needed a young QB got one that they are trying to build around. There aren't any Jags-like rosters left who are just a QB away from contending. That opening has been filled.

So in the end, this is much ado about nothing. A simple devise needed to create some drama going into TC. It's hard to create any when the team is likely to be in shorts and t-shirts until the weekend, so this will have to do.

borg said:

Brady will sign 1 year vet minimum contracts going forward just to piss off excuse-maker GMs.
Then.....a few years down the road after retirement, Brady's name shows up as a minority owner of the NEP, along with Bill's.
I'm thinking 2.5% each ($75 million parting gifts for the pair that made BK $3 billion)
Just sayin

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They can call it the Elway clause. But instead of losing a 3rd round pick the Pat's would probably half to forfeit their season and the top half of their roster.

I wouldn't be surprised if they have hand shake deal that moving forward it will be year to year on one year deals, probably most if not all guaranteed. Protects both sides.

robertweathers said:

There are one of three possible scenarios playing out.

1) Kraft and BB are taking the "lets see" approach with their 42 year old QB and letting it play out during the season. The NEP nuclear option is telling Tom to go find his value in FA and then the Pats resign him to a 2 year deal. There may be some element of "lets see how Tom holds up", but not enough to stop a deal. I don't think this is whats happening but I figure i'd throw it out there.

2) Its Tom who is waiting- not NE. Hes waiting to see how his body feels at the end of the year and is placating his wife who only wants him to play if he is healthy and not at risk for permanent cognitive or physical debilitations. For example, if Tom experiences a significant head or back injury, signing the extension now would bad for both parties (Tom gets the $$ but he needs to come back and he wants to play & end his career on his terms and the NEP loose cap space). I think this is legitimate possibility.

3) They have already agreed to the framework of a deal and need to wait until Aug, cut-downs or other deals are done (restructures, trades, etc) until Tom puts pen to paper. I put this as the most likely scenario.

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IllegalContact said:

Mark Sanchez showed today how easy it is to walk away from the game..........so there's that

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It’s easy to walk away from a job no one offers you.

All you guys talking how "Brady doesn't care about money" are completely missing the point and wrong. Yes Brady is not maximizing his contracts the way say Manning was or Russel Wilson is but Brady still cares about getting paid a decent amount.

Last year everyone pooh-poohed the idea that Brady's gripes were about his salary and no way was he demand incentives to be added to his contract and then suddenly, Lo and Behold, out of nowhere and purely out of the goodness of their hearts, BB and Kraft added incentives to Brady's contract.

Report: Tom Brady, Patriots to Add Performance-Based Incentives to Contract

You can't simultaneously say "Brady doesn't care" while seeing Brady re-negotiate contracts for incentives since he feels he is underpaid.

I am 100% sure they will come to an agreement but this won't be a walk in the park and the new top-dollar contracts are approaching $35m. Gone are the days where $20m stayed the cap for a while and close to where Brady last did his deal. Brady will likely come at $25-30m per year for 2 years now which will place him around #5-10 in the league.

• 1. Seahawks QB Russell Wilson: $35 million
• 2. Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger: $34 million
• 3. Packers QB Aaron Rodgers: $33.5 million
• 4. Falcons QB Matt Ryan: $30 million
• 5. Vikings QB Kirk Cousins: $28 million
• 6. 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo: $27.5 million
• 7. Lions QB Matthew Stafford: $27 million
• 8. Raiders QB Derek Carr: $25 million
• 9. Saints QB Drew Brees: $25 million
• 10. Colts QB Andrew Luck: $24.6 million

I mean you can't pay him less than Cousins, Garopollo and Carr! Come on!

BB and Kraft are probably chewing on this.

Word is he is waiting to see how the Tacko Fall situation plays out.

His contract is a huge distraction for the month and a half that we need one...

Seriously. I know he gets paid eventually, I know that, to date, he's viewed one component of success as keeping the variable of environment settled as optimal where he is... and I know that I don't know. This last is perhaps the most persuasive set of facts to me.

I would be very surprised if we see a circus around his contract. I consider it a low probability based on previous experience. However, any such distraction is a future event.

Lucky us, we get to see what every day has in store... that's why we watch anyway, right? lol

ctpatsfan1 said:

Why would the Pats do anything, if you look up the definition of FRANCHISE PLAYER, I believe Brady's picture is there. Let it play out, use the Exclusive Franchise Tag and even though it is the average of the Top 5 current salaries at his position, he would still be underpaid. Brady can't negotiate with other teams and he is paid close to the market rate for Top tier QB's. Kind of a win-win for both team and player in this circumstance as it doesn't lock the Pats into multiple years and I believe its guaranteed once Brady signs it.

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so you believe for the first time in his career he will play the season on a contract that expires after this season?