Here’s Full Breakdown Of Tom Brady’s New Patriots Contract

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady signed a new deal with the team, and it isn’t accompanied by long-term security. TB12 gets a big pay bump for the 2019 season, but fans are already asking questions about his retirement.

Nick Underhill from The Athletic has the details of Brady’s contract.

Brady brings much success to the Patriots and his new deal is a bargain. Both sides will come to the negotiating table in near future, but Brady is focused on the game at the moment.

Adam Schefter elaborated on Brady’s deal, and made a few good points.

“They can spread it out from a cap standpoint and they can soften the blow and can do things like that,” he said during an appearance on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show.” “Keep in mind you can’t re-do a contract within a calendar year, so again, they would have to wait until next August 4 or 5, whenever the contract is entered with the NFL to do it. But it’s not a big deal. I don’t believe that you are going to get big savings from Tom Brady during the offseason next year. You have his salary locked in where it’s right now. They could always adjust later on in the summer during camp.

“They have gone through all these scenarios. It wasn’t like they couldn’t get an agreement done and now they are going to be under the gun in the offseason next season — they knew exactly what they were doing with the entire situation. I don’t think Tom Brady is ever leaving. I don’t think he’s walking out the door. I don’t think he’s threatening to hold out. There’s certain things that just transcend sports and it’s so hard to imagine it could go any other way than that.”

Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman gave their opinion on the contract.

“Tom Brady has had New England’s back, let’s be very very clear about that,” Smith said. “Restructuring his deals, taking pay cuts, taking less money, he’s done all of that. And, oh by the way, at 42 years of age this Saturday, he is the starting quarterback for the reigning Super Bowl champions.”

Kellerman added, “I’m pro-Tom Brady in this circumstance. Tom Brady has always worked with the Patriots to renegotiate his deal. … But, at a certain point, he deserves to be rewarded for that. So, it is foul for the Patriots or for anyone to question Tom Brady about his contract or to make him play it out.” 

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