Solving the Tom Brady contract puzzle. Is it even possible?

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

Tom E. Curran, Mike Vrabel, Afc, 2024 Nfl Draft, Football, Afc East, New England Patriots, Nfl, News, Sports News, Jerod Mayo, Phil Perry, Sports, Drake Maye, Patriots Nation, Ja'lynn Polk

4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

1:48 - Tom Curran and Phil Perry discuss what seems like an impossible problem for the Patriots: How to retain Tom Brady, make sure he's happy with his contract and still put the team in a position to win. 11:29 - Over the past few seasons it appears that Tom Brady has been less and less involved in the Patriots plans. Tom explains how the team does this with players as they approach the end of their time in New England. How does that affect what the Patriots decide to pay him? 20:41 - Since Tom Brady's Instagram post essentially confirmed he won't be retiring, so what teams are likely to reach out to TB12 and make him their quarterback? 24:57 - Phil ranks his top-five Patriot free agents and discusses with Tom how important (or not) it is for the Pats to keep them in New England. 36:35 - Josh McDaniels has his interview with the Browns Friday and while he has an opportunity to be in charge of his own squad, is Cleveland really the right spot for him?

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up, everybody.
0:15.1	Welcome into Tom Curran's Patriots Talk podcast.
0:17.6	I am Tom Curran.
0:18.5	And, of course, as always, riding sidecar.
0:20.3	Today is Phil,
0:21.6	hey, Perry, the senator. Yeah. What are we going to talk about today? Tom Brady in the unsolvable
0:27.6	riddle of getting him under contract for an easy to manage price while also guaranteeing Brady
0:34.4	it will look like it did last year. Additionally, Josh McDaniels, as he is on the cusp of the threshold of interviewing
0:41.4	with the Cleveland Browns and Phil's list of the Patriots most important free agents,
0:46.0	we've got so much to get to and just a few minutes to get to it.
0:48.8	So let's get it.
0:50.3	Hello!
0:51.3	Had a bit of Terry,
0:53.3	Mr. Forty! Phil, how you doing?
0:55.0	Doing great, doing great, doing great, doing great.
1:11.7	Phil spilled a little bit of coffee on his laptop.
1:14.9	Phil spilled a little bit of coffee on his laptop.
1:17.5	She'll be fine.
1:18.8	She's a thing.
1:19.1	Phil says it's going to be fine.
1:21.3	Yeah.
1:21.7	Because I'm an optimist.
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