Thanks for choosing Felger and Maz to entertain my nickname is Kloon and inform you in the afternoon. The people who like licorice really like licorice. 985, the Sports Hub. Drama, that's the word to describe the New England Patriots this off season. Adam Schaefter, our insider, joining us now. And Adam, there's been a lot of talk about Brady and his future with the Patriots. What can you tell us?

Well, again, I think the sense is that he'll be back for the coming season stage, but I think there's still a question and he has not committed officially to playing for the 2018 season. He's not at the all-season workout program this week that began on Monday, which is a little bit unusual for him. Very rare that he stays away, but he's staying away right now to work with his trainer, Jeffrey Guerrero.

He was traveling over the weekend. that began on Monday, which is a little bit unusual for him. Very rare that he stays away, but he's staying away right now to work with his trainer, Jeffrey

Guerrero. He was traveling over the weekend, wants to spend more time with his family. And I think we've heard his wife come out in recent years talking about the fact that she'd like to see him retire. Again, if you have a spouse that wants to see your spouse retire, I think that always weighs into the decision.

There are a lot of issues here that I think he's sorting through.

The bottom line is, again, the prevailing sense is that people I think that always weighs into the decision. There are a lot of issues here that I think he's sorting through.

The bottom line is, again, the prevailing sense is that people around him, people inside the Patriots organization, people outside it, they think he's going to be back. But they don't know that he's going to be back. All right, so that's it. That's the Patriots bleep storm we're dealing with today, along with all your other thoughts on everything else, promise. We're going to go, wait. Oh, boy, would you look at that. Batting down the hatches, everyone. Grab your umbrellas. It's a Patriot storm. Run for the hills. It's a Patriot storm. And it keeps getting worse. All right, your thoughts on this or whatever else you want. Javier in Fall River.

Go ahead, Javier. Listen, you guys, I've been hearing about the loyalty and stuff. Bellick's never been a loyal coach. And I think he showed it during the Super Bowl when he benched Malcolm Butler, a guy that helped you win a Super Bowl, and you benched him. So all the players saw that. I want you guys, I want you guys opinion on this because like I said, Belichick never been a loyal coach. Right. He's not loyal. But that's the whole point. There's no loyalty with the Patriots. That's their system. That's their way. But when he did that, the whole team saw that. So now, how can you play? They want you to take less money, but they want to take less money.

And like the other guy said, without Brady, Belichick isn't a Hall of Fame coach. All right, but you're talking about another cliche, which is we will do what's in the best interest of the team at all times. See, that's the one that blows me away, is that Belichick loves to peddle that one. We do what's in the best interest of the team. how is not playing Malcolm Butler

and the best interest in the team when he's a free agent

and he's leaving anyway?

Like if you're... one. We do what's in the best interest of the team. How is not playing Malcolm Butler in the

best interest of the team when he's a free agent and he's leaving anyway? Like if you had an issue with him and you said, well, I got to put him in his place. He's here for three more years or whatever. Fine. Like I might even buy that, which I don't, but I might even buy that. But in this case, you're done with them after the game. Use them, win the game, bye-bye. See you later. The expression, we do what's in the best interest of the team, is Bill's way of saying, I'm doing what I want. That's about Bill's ego. There's no way around that one. And the players have a right to be pissed about that. So he may have lost some guy, although, again, I don't think that's a driving issue here

with Brady at all, but that's where you got him. We do it's in the best interest of the team, and then there's no way to justify that Butler decision. The thing about loyalty, he's never claimed to be loyal. He's claimed to be, you know, just the opposite. if you're too much or your game

has fallen off or you being here

is not in the best interest of the team, you're gone no matter what you've done

for us. No, he's cold. Which is, to his credit, all the best GMs are like that. And he wanted to do that with the quarterback, but the owner wouldn't let him. But the owner wouldn't let him. I mean, at the end of the day, he's colder than Robert Kraft is. we've got Cam and Totten on the Celts. Hi, Cam. It's before this.

It's got a perfect analogy for this page. I mean, at the end of the day, he's colder than Robert Kraft is. We've got Cam and Totten on the Celts.

Hi, Cam.

It's a perfect analogy for this Patriots. Madge, you'll get this as was said to me earlier. The Patriots are becoming the Sherelli Bruins. They had it all, and they've let it leak away with Garoppolo and all that stuff like that. But I just want to get to the Celtics real quick. Mike, I don't know if you noticed this last night,

but do you remember that Larkin,

buzzer beating three at the end of the third quarter?

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