Poor guy only making $27 mil over 3 years. There is no justice in this world. U are so handsome though Tom . Oh yes…….

How can you not love this guy. He’ll sacrifice his true worth to allow the Pats to put some decent talent on the field. Does anyone think this was done with the caveat that Welker get signed?

The wife makes the money in that family

woooooo

As Mrulli states “the wife makes the money in that family, and NO, has nothing to do with Welker nor should it!

Tom Brady is the man!!!

Hell Yes Brady! That’s what I like to see…

Mrs Brady makes $45 million a year,he keeps his as an allowance”pocket money”

Tom took one for the team….and he most definitely took one for his buddy Wes Welker. Since Brady is in the fold for 5 more years, I think a draft day deal involving Ryan Mallett is imminent at this point. Mallett will have some value since he’s at an affordable price with 2 years remaining oh his rookie deal, especially in a weak QB draft class.

agreed on all except for moving Mallett.  They have a decent young QB who cost them nothing- he’s behind Brady (one of the greats) and if they are smart they keep him around al-la how Green Bay did with Aaron Rogers behind Fav-ra.  

Well it actually is “news” if you read beyond the headline.  It is very significant.  Not so much about keeping Brady, it’s freeing up money to improve.  Come on man. 

They probably will, then watch the haters multiply !!!

Gotta love this. Not only has he re structured his contract multiple times. he took a salary half of what he would het on the open market so he can have a better team around him. Anyone who doubts that this guy has still his competitive drive is nuts. He is determined to win another ring or 2

You don’t need money when you marry Victoria model…..

Brady is not greedy as you can see; it is time for Welker to own up.  I really have a lot of respect for TB.  How much was Manning making with IND?  Lets see how much Flacco is going to ask for?  Brady understands that a team that has money available for other players is what makes it great, and this is worth more than money.

Looks like Tom will will retire as a Pat. Thank you, Tom.

Exactly.  

Gotta love when a superstar player like Brady is also unselfish when it comes to the business side, thinking about the bigger picture and what he can do to help the team. Wish there were more like him, it’s refreshing and great to see.  He took significantly less money too on his 6-year extension after winning 3 SB’s than he could have had at that time.

TEAM FIRST

Thany you Tom. Always a consumate professional willing to play as a team. Listen, everyone knows he’s worth more, everyone knows he doesn’t need the money. He’s a competetor, a teammate, and a friend. He wants another ring. He just did his part, now Mr. Kraft, hopefully you’ll do yours

Just selling Brady’s 12 shirt will bring in millions more !
You can’t ask for a better team player, sure he’s made
alot of money, but his stats are the best and will get better…

Wrong. It has everything to do with “team”….go back a few years ago and you will see much written about a couple of his contract negotiations and how he was comfortable with the $$ he was getting in order to maintain cap space for “weapons” to HELP the team win. It is his mantra…he’s one of a few athletes who can survive on salary that’s less than 10 million per year….I’m not suggesting that Gisele and her income is completly void of the decision but even it has some effect on this, he could still dmeand more $$ and get it….If you’re a fan, learn it. If you’re just yet another hater, get over yourself.

Clueless dolt

After reading Albert Breers assessment TB restructuring gives The Patriots an additional 15 mil for each of the first 2 years in cap space! That means that the Patriots now have 32 mil in Cap space for this season,it also means that his binky ain’t going anywheres!! Vollmer and Talib probably won’t be leaving either and you can be sure that BB will be looking for others to join the most successful team in the NFL  since the turn of the Century! Message to ED Reed you checking out what a real team player does when he knows his team needs help! Goldsen you want a job? Nnamdi tell the Eagles you ain’t taking a pay cut,then come sign here and return to your former self for less money.To Ryan Mallett TB just did you a solid!!! Enjoy your new team…..

How can you not call this guy a class act. Can’t wait to see him hoist another Lombardi Trophy and put his critics to shame. Patriot for life! 

yes. this reminds me of ray bourque always taking Waaay below his worth to stay with the Bruins.
I bet you Brady did this with Welker as a factor. Welker is one of his best friends off the field, and it’s obvious how well they work together on the field.

yes. this reminds me of ray bourque always taking Waaay below his worth to stay with the Bruins.
I bet you Brady did this with Welker as a factor. Welker is one of his best friends off the field, and it’s obvious how well they work together on the field.

I’m curious if Molly’s hot?

Love having Welker back,but we still need 2 or three perimeter guys to deflect the attention away from Welker so he’s not smothered…This includes non tendering Lloyd,and replacing him with a downfield threat..

We have Brady under contract for five more years,and mallett’s deal runs out in two before he walks and we get nothing for him..This is the perfect year to deal him…Otherwise,we get nothing for him,and he will never start for us…

Oh oh.   

Perhaps he regrets getting liquored up, taking his shirt off in a bar like a moron & wrestling with his brother. This guy is starting to remind me of Palpelbon.

keep throwing to this guy 20 times a game and he’ll end up on the DL every year…..he’ll never play in another playoff game.

No doubt Moronkowski got the infection rolling around urine soaked floors with his brother.

Stupid is as stupid does.

…but he’d be a Mensa candidate if he was playing in NY…excuse me…I meant NJ….

 You say that as if its a bad thing.

Thanks Tom. Now go sign his partner, Wes. Whatcha say?? 

they offense is like having kate upton in a porn movie, they defense is like having an asian man be the lead actor is said porn movie

I hope other players who are great follow Brady’s lead and play here to win not for money. If you win SB’s endorsements will flow in and you can still make your money. Next thing we need to talk about is this Estonian kid at the combine I really hope Bill gets this guy he will be much needed on defense.

Young player could always be as good or better than talib never know until be is in systems and plays few games. After what Tom did and Wes looks like he is going to do also talib should take pay cut and try free up money get more better players.

Brady hates to lose more than anybody, so this comes as no surprise. Plus he’s already filthy rich for the next three hundred years

“They call me Mr. Glass.”

 And bring in a deep threat!!

I love watching Tom play but you dont seriously think he wont be getting injured more as he matures?   I hope to God they have a plan B because its more likely to happen with each passing season.

Kraft has no excuses now pats can sign Wes and another WR like a Mike Wallace, Talib and a pass rusher(Freene) would be nice. No more saving a couple of $$$$ it cost the Pats a SB. Give TB a WR that can strech the defense and everbody healthy= Super Bowl.

Sacrifice? His wife makes about 40 million a year, please lets not get the idea he is suffering. These guys are so overpaid its become a joke. He had to do something like this or the Pats would lose some very key guys. The super bowl years are over anyway for this team. Does the duck and dink offense bring back the king of the duck and dink Welker? the most overrated receiver in football

I like how people think that Brady is taking this huge pay cut..like he is leaving so much on the table for the good of the team
For those of you who think this deal only consists what you read, I have a bridge to sell you.

and the comment about trading him…yeah trade him for a couple of high picks…that we can use on DB’s that will be out of football in 2-3 years. See what Baltimore did…they had a big receiver going up to get football…that is what Gronk is…and he is one of the best blockers(look at big play  runs, pats average 2.1 when he’s not in line up and 4.1 when he is). If he wasn’t blocking on extra point he would of been in post seaosn.

nobody gives a rats as- about your shoulder ..put your patriot pajamas on and go back to bed

I totally concur! That’s what I said in my earlier post.  He is guaranteed all 60 million in the NFL where injuries can end your career, and everyone thinks he was doing the Pats a favor.  He was looking out for number one – Tom Brady. Nothing more.

I’m sorry, but he restructured his contract to help out the team first.  I don’t know why that rubs haters the wrong way so much, but if I had to guess, it’s probably because they can’t stand to see TB do something that makes him look good.

The fact remains that he restructured his contract when he didn’t have to so that it would put his team in better position to sign free agents and improve the team.  Like he said himself, it’s about winning, and he didn’t even want to talk about the contract because he understands that they’re all overpaid (yet another thing haters will probably ignore because it shows that the man his priorities in the right place).  He gets more guaranteed money–that much is true, and it gives him more security in case a terrible injury happens to him, but he actually averages less guaranteed money now ($15 million before, compared to roughly $11 million now) since it’s spread out over a longer period of time.  Quite simply, he will be making likely less than half his market value–if an older QB in Peyton Manning can still make $20 million off of a lost season and multiple neck surgeries, you can bet Brady is still worth that much.

Like I said–he restructured his contract when he didn’t have to, and it helps the team improve its current position to be better and keep winning.  That’s a rarity in sports, and you have to appreciate a star athlete of TB’s caliber doing something like that… I think if you ask the average fan, they would agree that they’d like to see the best players on their team take less money for the betterment of the team (in fact there is a nation-wide poll on ESPN today that proves that much is true).

Again, like I just explained to Psycho, it is absolutely false to claim that Tom Brady was only looking out for himself when he restructured his contract.  If he truly wanted to look out for himself, much like Drew Brees or Peyton Manning did last year, he would hold out for a better contract until he was paid or simply be completely against restructuring his contract, respectively.

I’ll give you that the guaranteed money gives him some increased security in case of an injury, but quarterbacks are better protected now, and Brady has always done a good job of avoiding a devastating injury, despite the knee injury in ’08.  He knows how to take a sack and avoid pressure and is tough enough to get right back up even after taking a big hit.  It was reasonable to expect that he’d make that money anyways, guaranteed money which actually is less (average of $11.4 million) than what he was originally guaranteed over the next two years (average of $15 million a year) because it’s more spread out.

To say he was only looking out for “number one” and “nothing more” is so far from the truth, it’s absurd.  Did he have to restructure his new contract? No.  Does it help the team that he did? Of course. They have more cap room, they have more wiggle room to sign free agents, and that gives the team better opportunity to be better and continue to win. Those points are not debatable, they are facts set in stone. So no, it isn’t about just Brady.  By restructuring his contract, he has helped put the Pats in better position to be better for as long as he’s here.

It’s ALL guaranteed money, not some! Who else in the NFL has that? NOBODY!  I’m quite sure he wants his team to succeed, but the bottom line is now he doesn’t have to worry about free agency as a 37 year old.  Let’s say he has a career ending injury next year. How will that effect the Pats then.  They would still have to pay him year in and year out for 4 more years, which does count against the cap.  All I’m saying is, he guaranteed his future money as a businessman, which also helped out the Patriots of about 5 million a year. Out of 1600 NFL players, not one of them has that security.   

I agree with you, Brady was smart in helping himself gain security while also helping the team at the same time, but it’s a trade-off the Patriots don’t mind making when he’s the most important player on the team, he hasn’t declined that much in his 30s, and he has never missed a start since 2008. It’s clear to me that his #1 motive to restructure his contract was to help the Patriots improve their ability to sign free agents this offseason and make sure he’s with them for the rest of his career.

First, it’s admirable in this era of sports to see an athlete stay loyal to one team his entire career, and second, how many guys do you see willing to restructure his contract in order to help out the team?  People that are blasting him for the guaranteed money are overplaying that aspect of the new deal way too much.  The fact that he wanted to do this quietly too is a testament to his character.  John Dennis revealed this morning that Brady didn’t even want his e-mail to be known to the public, nevermind having an interview about it on-air.  Out of 1600 NFL players, not one of Brady’s importance in football has helped out his team in the way Brady has, and Brady has done it twice in his career.  He could have broke the bank in 2005 too, and that’s what is really the most admirable and underplayed story here.