Patriots To Make Unprecedented Push For Tom Brady… NFL Insider Explains

Keeping Tom Brady on the roster is a priority for the New England Patriots. Team owner Robert Kraft will do whatever it takes to keep his star quarterback. According to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, the Patriots will take the game to a whole different level.

Kraft and head coach Bill Belichick have probably discussed the topic. Rapoport believes that the organization already has a solution to the situation.

“To me, the owner makes decisions like this. From my understanding, the Patriots ownership, who writes the checks, is willing to pay Brady more than $30 million,” Rapoport said Thursday on WEEI’s “Dale & Keefe.” “There’s obviously a lot more to it than that, but my issue, or my sort of report, was basically that the Patriots want Tom Brady. They are willing to go where they have not gone before to keep him. I think Tom Curran had a similar report saying the Patriots would extend themselves, which I believe is true also.

“To me, this is not a situation where they’re gonna go, ‘Alright, the most we’ve paid you is $22.5 million or whatever it is, we’re sticking to that.’ This is something where they want Tom Brady to return, they think they can get him back, and they’re willing to go where they have not gone to do it.”

Will Tom Brady stay with the Patriots?

Kraft has the final word, and he has already said that he really likes Brady. The team owner will be heavily involved in the efforts to keep Brady on the roster. NBC Sports’ Tom E. Curran reported that coach Belichick will have the final word on the team’s final decision.

Everything points to the fact that Belichick and Kraft agree on this topic. It’s Tom Brady. They will do whatever it takes to keep him around.

” … I don’t believe that Belichick and Kraft are on different pages as far as what they’d be willing to pay Tom Brady. I have not heard that. It would be a surprise to me if that was true,” Rapoport said Thursday. “I also know that — look, we’ve seen Brady deal with his contract situation in the past. He has never demanded top dollar. He’s always wanted to make whatever money he makes, but to make sure they have weapons. It seems to me like making sure the team is better is as important, if not more important, to Brady than maximizing every dollar.”

What about Brady? What does he want for his future? This is his career after all. Brady said he likes the team. He spent his entire career in New England, and even Joe Montana encouraged him to stay with the Pats. Brady is 42, and it may be hard for him to adjust to a different system at this point. Kraft won’t let him go.