Class act TFB, too bad so many hate you for being a winner and a great role model.

Classy guy! I wish other players would follow his lead! I’m a Colts fan and if Peyton had this mentality .. They would have had Luck and Manning. Imagine that combo! It wood have been unbelievable.

jbhiggy..either way the haters would  jump in. With the haters it is always a lose- lose situation.

They are in contention every single season BB and TB are together, I don’t care if they lose the AFC title game, the SB w/e.  I have an actual reason to be a fan and I thank Mr Kraft for being the best owner this game has seen.

not sure you want a 1-2 combo in the QB position in the NFL, can make for a tough locker room

wish he could run for 4 yards!

winner!  Period.  Just a winner.

That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever read. Did the rules of football change and 2 QB’s are now allowed on the field at the same time? A Luck & Manning “combo”? Seriously? Think about that. If Manning hadn’t been cut, there would have been no need to draft Luck. 

Class act that’s why he’s leader go get them rings Tom

Hmmmm……there would be no way Luck and Manning would have been on the same team.

“We all make way more than our fair share.”

I bet D&C loved that socialist rhetoric from Comrade Brady!

(sarcasm)

I think what “Rodzillafan” is suggesting is that the Colts could have drafted Luck and have Manning mentor him for a few years before starting.  What really ended up being the biggest factor in all that was that Manning would not restructure his contract, even after having the neck surgeries and not playing for a year, so they had no choice but to let him go.

…….oh, i’m sorry, i was distracted by the photo….we in New England are so fortunate to have  one of the few good guys representing our team and our region. Thank you Tom Brady.

Amen to that.  

TB continues to show how classy an athlete CAN be-I see a future politician in the making-just wish it would be here instead of Cal.

Tom Brady Immortalized!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

…or 5!!!!

Notice Johnny Spygate has been absent…the biggest hater of them all…..and the biggest axe-grinder…and a fair hypocrite as well…(I’m not a Yankee fan)…..here’s hoping that he “found his way” rather than being in poor health….

He’s pretty efficient when the LoS is at the 1 yard line .

He is classy but I still have problems with his wife. She required to be paid (U.S. work)  in Euros since the dollar was down.

He is a good citizen and and a humble person.  This equates to big money OFF the field.  He doesn’t need the football money as he has earned the right to makes lots of money from endorsements.

who gives a sh*t… that’s looking for a reason to hate

Just goes to show she is a smart business woman.  Though right now the euro is losing to the dollar.

He’s probably on vacation.  Does anyone really care though what he’d have to say on this subject?  Haters will always find a way to come out of their respective holes, even on a topic like this because what TB did makes him look good–it helps the Patriots position themselves to better improve the team, and there’s simply no debating that–and on top of that, it’s rare in sports for star athletes to accept less money in order to help the team improve.  I find it hilarious how people are somehow trying to twist what he did into him just caring about only himself, but the haters always find a way… gotta give them credit for being creative.  Incorrect, but creative nonetheless.

he doubled his guaranteed $$ .  Don’t feel bad for him. If he gets hit first play of preseason and it ends his career, he walks away with 57 million. He is not a stupid man.

Amen to that…

Tom Brady is a true leader, not just saying that; something very special about him.  I remember looking at old clips of him.  After a good play he went to every offense player and either patted them, head butted them, thanked them.  Not just a couple, but he sought each person out.  This is what fuses a team together and he has a knack for doing that with every action he does, like his contract negotions.  He will probably go down as greatest QB ever if he makes it to 40, even if he does not win another SB.  If he wins another SB, then there would just be no question that he is greatest, you could not even have a debate any longer.  If it happens then to win 4 out 6 SB is better that winning 4 out of 4 like JM.  All his other stats are pretty much already better as well.  It is not a baseball batting average to all the idiots.  Making a SB is a feat in itself.  Heck making an AFC championship is a feat.

Johnny Spygate likes to stir the pot plain and simple.. he does make it interesting but anyone who takes his opinions and gets mad about them is just reacting… think about what he’s saying… do your reading and homework. The simple fact that his name is Johnny Spygate shows you he thinks the Pats super bowls are because they cheated which is completely misinformed. Read articles o n the subject and it’s very clear that is not the reason. He’s interesting because he offers an outside opinion but by no means is what he saying close to the truth in most cases. Enjoy Johnny Spygate because he is the guy we love to hate but do not think he has some profound credibility. I’d happily debate him anytime… he just likes to tick off the “yahoo’s” lol.

If you look closely Ty has owned him every time he’s posted something… he just never replies back.

I like Tom, but do you think he would be talking like this, if he didn’t have a new 30 million dollar bonus & $57 million in guaranteed money. If he was treated like others on team, he would be holding out.

 just a note, if they had manning, they wouldn’t have picked up luck. Manning isn’t the sort of guy to share the team leader position with anyone.

Thanks TB.  Lets hope the Pats spend the money wisely! 

CAN THIS GUY BE ANY MORE AWESOME? NFW!!!!!!!!  He knows a shitload a $$ isa shitload a $$ no matter how big it is, and is willing to take the pay of a 1st rnd draft pick outta collage to give us a winning team!!  I’m sure if he set a 18M/yr ask out into the either he would get bowled over with the offers the very next day…  He truly is a guy to respect and a great role model. He realy does all he can to help the team win games and titles on and off the field. Don’t forget his last contract was modest for the best QB in the league as well… In 10yrs when he retires guess who’s getting offerd an OC job with the PATS…. I was almost in tears when Drew broke his finger.. but honestly I’ve never looked back since then, when the concrete was more comfortable than the seats…lol  Tom youre a hell of a QB and a team player, anyone can do what the 49′rs did ONCE and buy an allstar team for 1yr, but you know what it takes to CREATE an allstar team and hold it together to make a Dynasty.. By the time you are done it’ll be easy to see you with rings on BOTH hands.  TY

This is ridiculous.  Gearing up for the political career early, eh Tommy?  So full of s#!+.

If only he could have outplayed Flacco in the AFC Championship

I wonder if your comment will seem as smart after you sober up.

Good day, sir

Love the guy too but Im not sure he’s doing this in order to angle for the OC job in a decade. Don’t really see him retiring only to hang around trying to develop some pimple faced college kid with 1/100th his talent into an NFL QB. I see him being a little more worldly after he retires (despite the new restructuring leaving him and Mrs. Brady in the poor house)

Can’t disagree more.  None of us know TB personally, but what has the guy ever done to make you think he’s being deceitful?  He took a pay cut in 2005 fresh off of 3 Super Bowl victories and his first playoff loss… you think this guy doesn’t really care about winning? Most people would be fine with starting out 10-1 with 3 SB victories and want to get the big pay day, but he wasn’t going to sit back and take the amount of money he was truly worth.  Nope, instead the guy took less money to try to help the front office sign key free agents.

In this instance, he’s declined to talk about the contract or taking less money out of respect for those who are having a hard time getting a paycheck.  Whether you think he’s sincere or not, his actions speak true to his words and have for a very long time.  This is a guy who has had to earn his playing time at QB, so he takes nothing for granted.  Winning has always been his primary goal.  Why did he take a pay cut in 2005 when the Patriots had established themselves as the target everyone was gunning for and he could have easily asked to be the highest paid QB in the league?  I’ll tell you why–because with TB, his favorite championship is always “the next one”.  Those are Brady’s words, not mine.  It’s about winning and working hard to earn what he’s achieved.  The man is never satisfied and wants to be successful as long as he’s playing.  This should be a well-known fact to everyone by now.

I really don’t get some people’s stance on this… if the guy is inflexible and unwilling to restructure his contract, he’d get blasted for being selfish and a money-grubbing [fill in the blank].  Now that he did and is saying the right things, he’s insincere and full of “s#!+”?  Double standard if I ever saw one right there.

Unfortunately, pretty much the entire Patriots team was outplayed that night. Not much went the Patriots’ and Brady’s way after the Ridley fumble.  He was playing right up to Flacco’s level at that point, but after that fumble, the tipped pass that got picked, and the injuries on defense really turned things the Ravens’ way. Gotta give props to that O-line and their receivers too, they outplayed us big time.  Don’t forget that Flacco also had one of the greatest postseason runs a QB might have ever had.  Absolutely outstanding postseason performance by Flacco.

compare and contrast Suggs comments vs Brady !!!! 

n theres no angle for the OC job.. I am sayin no way the org would LET HIM retire away into the wind. Both Kraft and BB are too smart to let such an asset go away.. they will already have him slotted for it.. no way they let his play-sense leave the game when his mental game has always been top notch.. and just because in ~10yrs he may not be able to physicly play any more, do u realy think he could just walk away from football?? Maybe he would take 1yr off, but then he’d get the itch. He loves football and he loves the PATS, he’s a lifer to the game if ever we seen one.. and a Offensive Coordinator position would be a perfect fit for his skillset… Maybe even his own hoodie someday, maybe after BB retires..))

Brady for President some common sense as well as maturity and loyalty. How refreshing

I’d like to say ditto to the quote above X 1000. 

Who is on here feeling bad for him?

The dismal state of the dollar and the way our government runs things aren’t her problem.  She earns what she gets paid and she can collect it any way she wants.  I don’t blame her one bit so suffer in silence there carm

Dennis and Callahan are the next to go out the door (I hope), right after Ordway.  If they talked sports as much as advancing their liberal political agenda they wouldn’t be half bad.  Oh, and I still haven’t seen a “short’ commercial break under 7 minutes on that show.  

I heard that Brady wouldn’t go on D&C because the email was not meant for public consumption and Dennis broadcast it anyway…  way to treat your paid poster boy.  No wonder your ratings are falling thru the floor….

Now that is class personified~ maybe Terrell could model himself on that!!

D&C’s Liberal Agenda???  

May we here in New England are so lucky to have a class act like Tom!!

 liberal??? the guys are racist right wingers.

It doesn’t hurt having a supermodel wife’s income to ease the pain and California will take most of it anyway

Seems to me Brady signed the extension to bring Welker back. Without Brady signing the extension Welker is gone. Brady should be less concerned with making money from football now and more concerned about what he will make from football when he retires. If he wins another Superbowl his marketability as a retired player will go up dramatically, because he will arguably be the best QB of all time with one more SB win. That being said Brady is the ultimate team player, and he has taken the notion of making the players around him better literally by allowing the Pats to spend more on other positions for years. 

Pats Had 15.8 million to spend, Brady extension bumps it up to over 23 million. If Pats sign Welker they have 15 left to spend. Basically Brady is bringing back his friend for free. 

With the 15 million left, I would sign Vollmer first, if he can be had for a 4-5 million dollar cap hit, which should be reasonable considering his production, then the team can bring back Talib. 

After the Vollmer signing you have 10 million left to spend, I would use this to sign Talib to roughly a 3 year deal with 6 million against the cap. 

This gives Pats 4 million left to spend to bring in depth players. Another possibility is to cut Lloyd, save 3 million on the cap, and go after Dwayne Bowe for a few year deal with about 6-7 million against the cap in year one. Or you cut Lloyd, and go after Ed Reed. 

In the draft the Patriots always do best in the early rounds when taking o lineman or front seven defensive players. The Patriots need an interior lineman badly and should make a pick in the first two rounds at O Line. They also need defensive line help, mainly a LE who can play the run or pass similar to Seymour’s role when he was here. I would trade Mallett and trade up in the first round with the extra picks to get one of the solid defensive lineman in this draft. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQL1foGW4zM&feature=player_embedded

So true, already hear even a so called sports writer down TB’s decision saying that his wife makes enough money so he should do it anyway, etc. And of course as you say the haters are going to come up with their stupid stories. You know when you think of pro athletes  movie stars execs, billionaires the way they keep score is how much money they make even if they don’t need it, it’s nice to see a HOF QB swallow his pride or ego and take the hit in order to try to win another SB, look at Brees and PM, now Flacco sort of, they want to cripple the team in order to make their 20 mil.+  cause they need the respect. Play the game shut your mouth the money will follow

So fing what? You call that stupid? That’s where she works.

If all NFL Players had the character and ability of Brady, the NFL would be a much better place. He’s the BEST. Period. A class act. The NFL is lucky to have him.

why was it made public? 
 

First – “well, it only looks like he took less, he made out big time”
then it was- “he royally screwed Wes. Now wes cant ask for 9 mil. He cant make Brady money”
then it was – “The guy screwed every qb in the league. Flacco is going to get less no”

What are things the Dbag Boston media harped on all week because they dont have it in them to just tip their cap and say nice job