B-Pod Studios B-Pod Studios Straightforward You lose too, big boy No holds barred I'm starting to think This guy's a con man Sports talk I got it, I got it, I got it, I got it I got it, I got it All right, it. Felger and Maz. 985, the Sports Hub.

Huh.

All right.

Maz's theory.

Your theory.

First of all,

Maz was right to question that franchise number.

Which, Noah Padard, did get it wrong.

Huh?

How about that?

It just felt a little low. That's all. I mean, you know, and I'm splitting hairs here. You said the number was 23 and change. And I thought, well, you get guys making $30 million now for crying out loud. It's got to be a little higher than that. And the number's really closer to 25. but either way Greg's argument still holds water.

It's less than the 27.

Correct. It's less than the 27 correct it's less than than the cap hit that the Patriots are incurring this season

yeah I'm just I just that's on the books so you don't have to project that number he just used the

18 number not the 19 yeah he just makes the years up it happens okay so it was 24 said. Correct. Okay. So that's the real franchise number for this year. Still less than the 27. Correct. So his point was, again, the team, sources have told Boston Sports Journal, has not ruled out the possibility Brady could retire after this season, especially if he wins another Super Bowl. and if they worry about that, in which case, the franchise tag does make sense,

because if you sign them to an extension with a big guarantee well beyond that, you're on the hook for that money. Now, I'm not sure if you have to give it back if you retire or not, depending on how it's structured. I, you know, with the Patriots ask for money, but I don't know, it just gets more complicated.

If you give him a contract extension, he retires.

Anyway, they haven't done anything for this year.

You look at the team and go, what the hell are they doing? But you look at next year, the books are clean. 85 million in cap space. They're accumulating draft picks. Their debt chart is wide open in a lot of places. Could they be setting themselves up for a reset after this season?

That's sort of the question.

What's your theory?

My theory is yes.

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