Tom Brady’s Teams of Interest Revealed, Including Division Rival

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is the greatest football player in the NFL, and he is about to become a free agent. Brady will hit the market for the first time in his long career. Will the New England Patriots let him go? Team owner Robert Kraft will have to make an important decision, too. He will have to give Brady a good deal, otherwise, his star quarterback may end up playing for a division rival.

Dale Arnold from WEEI reported that 11 teams are interested in offering Tom Brady a deal. The Washington Redskins, New York Giants and New York Jets are in the mix.

“I have been told as many as 11 teams may have already indicated to the Brady camp that there is some interest,” he said Wednesday on Dale & Keefe. “I have been told that the Redskins are interested. The next two probably would shock you — Manish Mehta will take hostages — because I was told the Jets may be interested, and Joe Judge may be interested for the New York Giants.”

Will Brady play for the division rival?

Seeing the Los Angeles Chargers on this list doesn’t come as a surprise for us, but we never thought that New York teams would try to get the star player. The Redskins were interested in building their roster around Dwyane Haskins. The top draft pick finished his rookie season, and he even started the Redskins’ last seven games.

Washington owes the injured Alex Smith a $16 million base salary for the upcoming season. His signing bonus is somewhere around $5.4 million, leaving a $21.4 million cap hit. This is the largest cap hit for the Redskins.

The Giants have a new coach. Joe Judge left the New England Patriots to coach the Giants. Eli Manning retired because he didn’t want to stay behind Daniel Jones. But, the team may try to get Brady to contend this season.

Sam Darnold has been a starting quarterback for the past two years. The Jets haven’t been consistent since the Rex Ryan era. But, if the Jets get a chance to sign Brady, they will do that just to make the big game for the first time in a decade.