What does Tom Brady's contract adjustment say about his future with the Patriots?

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

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

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🗓️ 15 August 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

2:20 - Tom Brady received a contract adjustment where he can earn up to $5 million in incentives. Are both sides justified in how his contract has been handled? What does the future hold for Brady? 5:45 - It's not just about the amount of money for Brady but the contract can be used as a measurement to other player's deals around the league. 11:55 - Could Tom Brady be franchise tagged after his contract is up? 15:00 - Patriots seemed to have dodged a bullet with the severity of Phillip Dorsett's injury, who had to leave practice on Tuesday. 17:20 - Why haven't the Patriots brought in Dez Bryant for a workout? 22:45 - Thoughts on Eric Decker and how he can fit in the Patriots offense. 24:45 - What are the things to watch for in the 2nd Patriots preseason game on Thursday night against the Eagles.

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0:00.0	Today on QuickSance a podcast, we put our heads down and start shoveling through the information.
0:05.8	Tom Brady's new contract, whether or not Tom Brady likes his new contract, the Patriots preseason opener against the Washington Redskins and their next game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
0:16.6	Wide receiver depth.
0:17.9	Is it deep at all?
0:19.2	Who's on the bubble?
0:20.2	Who's off the bubble? Phil Perry joins me today on QuickScience a depth. Is it deep at all? Who's on the bubble? Who's off the bubble?
0:21.5	Phil Perry joins me today on...
0:24.0	Quick Science and podcast.
0:36.0	Also brought Wade down.
0:37.7	And I'm not going to spend a whole hell of a lot of time on this, but it deserves some
0:41.9	conversation.
0:43.5	Fair enough.
0:44.0	It's your podcast.
0:44.7	Tom Brady's contract was bumped last week, and it was a meager bump, and it's an incentive-laden bump.
0:50.4	And it's not the type of thing that Tom Brady is looking for, nor his agent Don Yee. And
0:55.4	Don Yee went on record. I wrote a story about this today on NBC SportsBoston.com. In April,
1:00.8	Don Yee went on the record to clear the air, basically, and the statement Adam Schaefter said,
1:05.7	look, I understand the concern about Tom, but he hasn't changed. He wants to play until he's 45, and he's
1:14.0	going to be back this year. And as Brady has stated time and time again and stated again on
1:18.6	Tuesday, he wants to play here in New England. The reason he had to step out and make that comment
1:24.1	was because of the kind of the wavering commitment we saw from February
1:27.6	through April. I, however, think that that wavering commitment was probably because of
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