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Well, the news of the day is Thomas Edward Patrick Brady is currently operating under the belief that he will enter free agency

to play somewhere other than New England next season. The sentiment the quarterback has shared

with others, that sentiment quarterback has shared with others per ESPN's Jeff Darlington.

And while Brady, again, this is from an ESPN report, has eyes very clearly on free agency.

There is still belief in the circles that the Patriots will have their opportunity to convince Brady to stay.

But at this point, Brady is evaluating the NFL landscape with the intention of departing sources said.

So the question becomes, do you believe it?

Will Tom Brady walk out that door?

Will he walk out that door? Will he walk out that door?

And the answer is, I don't believe he wants to. And when you don't want to, you usually don't.

There's a litany of reasons why I don't think he's leaving. The first is that Tom Brady doesn't have to make a decision based upon money. Do I think he wants to be paid more money

for more years? Yes, because money in this instance and in professional sports a lot of times

equates to respect. He wants some respect.

But you're not going to make a decision over money. Smart people don't make decisions

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