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There’s dozens of NFL Qbs that had more raw physical gifts than Brady.  But 3 things elevated Brady over all those guys.  

First, he had an incredibly quick mind and great field vision that only a small handful of QBs in NFL history could match.  2nd, he had an incredible ability to focus and play at his highest level when games got tight and he needed to make something happen.

Third, to be honest, he was a little bit lucky.  He got paired with the greatest NFL defensive mind of the modern era and arguably the greatest coach/talent evaluator in the past 50 years.  It was a perfect match that led to 6 of his 7 titles.

I will say this, I listened to Scott Pioli talk about him and tell a story about how incredibly hard Brady worked before he even got his chance to be the starting QB for the Pats.  Said sometimes Brady was the only player working out by himself when the coaches and others were heading home for the night.  Sometimes when you’re damn good and you work incredibly hard, you can sort of create your  own luck.

The report is from Schefter - how accurate can it be?  I would wait for it to come from Brady's mouth.  Then we would have wait to see if he "unretires" - that could be a period of months or years - depending.  If a trade doesn't happen then we are one small step closer to making it a reality.  Finally, signing the retirement documents would have to happen to finalize the "deal".  I am sure that Brady can afford retirement - just guessing ...........

The report is from Schefter - how accurate can it be?  I would wait for it to come from Brady's mouth.  Then we would have wait to see if he "unretires" - that could be a period of months or years - depending.  If a trade doesn't happen then we are one small step closer to making it a reality.  Finally, signing the retirement documents would have to happen to finalize the "deal".  I am sure that Brady can afford retirement - just guessing ...........

I'm waiting for Mark Schlereth to chime in before I recruit TB12 for the shuffleboard team at Sunnyside Estates.

I was alluding to that.  And I was thinking about all the under the table payments that NE could have been paying Brady.  Has the NFL audited the NE finances lately? 

Antonio Brown alluded to the fact that he was paying Brady's fitness company  (TB12) 100K a year.

It certainly seems like Brady had a side hustle to make some extra money with his fitness company. The tax structures were probably such that the company was netting a lot more than if the money had come from a direct contract that would count on the salary cap (I'm sure there are tax experts on here that know a lot more about that than I do). Was the Patriots organization also paying the company for consulting services? Was Bob Kraft putting some money in as a silent investor? How about the last two years with the Bucs and the Glazers? That's the kind of things the league should be looking into. Don't hold your breath on that ever happening. We are about as likely to see any of that type of information as we are to see Bob Kraft's massage tape.

Of course, the NFL did some proactive steps to shield themselves from charges they gave preferential treatment to Bob Kraft with deflategate. The optics of that 4-game suspension of Brady are about the same as Michael Jordan's almost-two-year foray into playing baseball. It probably was exactly what we saw, but there is some room for other interpretations.

https://www.barstoolsports.com...g-about-tb12-fitness

On this morning's Toucher & Rich show, Albert Breer said he was at Tampa's training camp and reported there were no less than 27 Buccaneers players that were signed onto TB12. Twenty seven! Assuming they all paid the same up front fee that Brown did, that's 27 X $100,000 = $2.7 million, just from Brady's teammates alone. (Note: I belong to a national chain that charges me 10 bucks a month with no annual fee and I can cancel at any time. For a hundred grand I'd demand the Captain America Super-Soldier Serum and look like Chris Evans for eternity. Or Tom Brady.) Which begs the question, how sketchy is this arrangement?

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