FWIW: $15M of Tom Brady’s $20M signing bonus from last March is set to be paid out February 4th, 2022. Seems like something a guy or gal would want to have process before making any life changing career decisions official.
— Spotrac (@spotrac) January 29, 2022
He apparently has a very good reason to delay the announcement.
@michiganjoe posted:Suspect Brady just wanted to announce it on his own terms and is displeased with the leak. Appreciate his ability even more to seize on the opportunities as they occur in critical games after watching how the Packers exited the last two years.
Agreed. The leak likely did exactly what he was trying to avoid, which was draw attention to himself before the season was over.
My guess is he’ll stay quiet about this for two more weeks and then announce his retirement then.
Florio now suggesting the Bucs could turn to AR to solve the problem at QB.
I’ll believe it when Antonio Brown moves into his house
@michiganjoe posted:Florio now suggesting the Bucs could turn to AR to solve the problem at QB.
"If/when Tom Brady retires" - you can stop right there. Nothing matters until it is a fact.
Another rumor is the Bucs will try and lure Andrew Luck out of retirement. Should be fun to see who they end up settling on, and pretty damn sure it won't be Luck
#4 is always ready
So per Brady's Instagram, he officially retires.
Wilson or Garappolo to Bucs.
Jimmy G wouldn't be bad. But the Bucs are also looking to lose a lot of key players. Chris Godwin is a UFA, Gronk is almost certainly done without Brady, Fornette appears to be moving on, and Antonio Brown lost his mind.
And defense is also looking to lose guys like Jason Pierre Paul.
Bucs may not even make the playoffs next year
Cry me a river.
Forget Tampa, we have enough cap problems/tough personnel decisions ourselves to worry about.
Without a SB trophy to gaze at.
@packerboi posted:
I thought he took a pay cut?
Has he told Ariens or the Bucs' FO yet? 
@Henry posted:I thought he took a pay cut?
One way to look at the pay cut he took is the following.
Aaron Rodgers last contract (that took him to 2023 until they reworked it last offseason) was for an average of 33.5 million a year.
Tom Brady's contract paid him 50 million over 2 years, but his signing with Tampa Bay was probably at least partially contingent on trading for Gronk. Gronk's contract was for 8 million a year.
I would bet that if they hadn't signed Gronk, he might have gotten the full 33 million.
Brady also stayed in a meaningless game at the end of this season to make sure Gronk got his million dollar incentive bonuses for catches and yards.
Be interesting to see what Rodgers would do if they asked him to give up a little money to apply to Adams.
So, what happens next December if Mac Jones sustains an injury that puts him out for the year and the Patriots are already playoff bound? If Bob Kraft and Belichick went to Brady and asked him to come back for a few games at the end of the year and then the playoffs, does Brady say no?
Or Josh McDaniels (his OC for many years) in Las Vegas?
I won't think he's really retired until he says no to something like that.
Depends on if he stays in playing shape or decides to relax.
I think when you retire at that age you are DONE.
Never say never but he is never going back to the Pats. In his retirement announcement today he never mentioned Pats, Kraft, Belicheck, and Pats players or Pats fans. And boy are Pats fans pissed.
@packerboi posted:
He gave that sorry franchise only their 2nd Super Bowl win in their team’s history. I think a year of cap hell is worth it in this particular case.
Bucs fans:
^^ Could be Pack fans soon...
@ammo posted:Never say never but he is never going back to the Pats. In his retirement announcement today he never mentioned Pats, Kraft, Belicheck, and Pats players or Pats fans. And boy are Pats fans pissed.
A) he thanked the team and fans 2 years ago when he left.
B) he's heading to Massachusetts tomorrow to sign a 1 day contract and officially retire as a Patriot.
B) It ain't happened yet.
Wasn't looking for clarity since Brady has never taken a pay cut.
@MichiganPacker posted:One way to look at the pay cut he took is the following.
Aaron Rodgers last contract (that took him to 2023 until they reworked it last offseason) was for an average of 33.5 million a year.
Tom Brady's contract paid him 50 million over 2 years, but his signing with Tampa Bay was probably at least partially contingent on trading for Gronk. Gronk's contract was for 8 million a year.
I would bet that if they hadn't signed Gronk, he might have gotten the full 33 million.
Brady also stayed in a meaningless game at the end of this season to make sure Gronk got his million dollar incentive bonuses for catches and yards.
Be interesting to see what Rodgers would do if they asked him to give up a little money to apply to Adams.
Brady has never taken a pay cut.
Huffpost should stick to whatever it is they do.
@fightphoe93 posted:He gave that sorry franchise only their 2nd Super Bowl win in their team’s history. I think a year of cap hell is worth it in this particular case.
So if we'd have signed Rasul Douglas a year earlier and played him in the January 2021 title game in place of Kevin King, the whole Brady to Tampa Bay thing would have been a failure?
Well, there was another half
Here we have it - the Favre side step - Brady style.
He isn't retired until he is.
If a team loses a starting QB to a season ending injury the 1st question asked will be, "Will they call Tom Brady?"
@michiganjoe posted:Florio now suggesting the Bucs could turn to AR to solve the problem at QB.
Funny that Florio, being the Vikings fan that he is, wouldn't offer up Kark to the Bucs.
@ammo posted:If a team loses a starting QB to a season ending injury the 1st question asked will be, "Will they call Tom Brady?"
The Bucs own his rights and Arians is a dick so good luck with that
@YooperPackfan posted:The Bucs own his rights and Arians is a dick so good luck with that
How long does Arians last without Brady?
