As for whether he’s getting more money or not, who cares. Whether he counts for less against the cap, who cares. The bottom line is that the Patriots will never get nailed for going over the cap, even IF they should do so. The Great Roger Goodell needs Bob Kraft’s support, and Kraft is savvy enough to make sure Goodell sees things his way every time.

But by all means, keep trying.

“Oh, he’s not actually being generous by signing on for less. There is hidden $$ somewhere!”

Can’t you just accept that someone in the NFL isn’t trying to get every penny possible? It’s refreshing.

You guys just want to hate Brady way too much

Do you actually watch the football games? they got beat in the AFCCG by a better team this year, and are in contention EVERY year, and will be next year.

Get over you biased hate. You look like an idiot.

The amount this has been dissected without even seeing the numbers, just shows how stupid people are.

It’s not cheating, its restructuring. It has nothing to do with what the Skins and Cowboys did(which was an absolute sham that they were punished, ie league wide collusion.) It also has nothing to do with how the Broncos skirted the cap issues by paying via side deals, which is against the rules.

Is he playing for the league minimum as most of the media want to make it seem in this alleged home town discount? No, nowhere near it.

For the #’s Peter King has suggested to work there is a 16.2 million dollar bonus to be paid and accounted for over the final 3 years of the deal.

He was due to have cap hits over ’13&’14 of 21.8 million each.

His deal is now set to average 14.2 million. It’s cheaper than what he deserves to be paid, but it’s not the charity donation that King and others attempt to make it seem.

At the end of the day Brady did what others have done in the past and shifted money around in the current year but didn’t give any money away. With that said he didn’t demand nickel & dime the Patriots like Drew Brees did the Saints and should be commended for that, but this has been done before.

The fact that it is being reported as fully guaranteed for a 35 year old QB shouldn’t be lost on anyone either. Once even more details trickle out about the deal more can be discussed, but with the #’s Peter King listed, there are only a few ways that can be accomplished.

Some people will take anything at face value. Talking about everyone who actually thinks Brady is getting “less” with this contract and is “doing it for his team”. Laughing at that one.

You don’t build a 20 million dollar house with a moat around it when you are a humble guy. You build it to say “I am the big cheese, and I have more wealth and power than you”. So be careful before you decide Brady is selfless.

The Patriots will use you then discard you when you are no longer useful.

“Cleaver girl,” he said…just before a velociraptor ate him.

Again I will say this is likely a smart deal for both sides because he probably isn’t signing anything with phony backloading to make the money look better, and he also will have dollars that will make it more likely he can play out the whole deal instead of being asked to take a cut or get cut due to money. And the team gets cap relief.

If you’re truly about taking less money to help your team win, why put off the reduced contract until 3 years from now? If he truly wants to take a paycut to help his team win, then he needs to take a paycut NOW… Not 3 years from now. Otherwise he’s just restructuring his contract to create space which has been done hundreds of times before. This is all smoke and mirrors and most people fell for it.

I guarantee he’s not getting less money in 2013 or 2014. We’ll see what the deal says.

Except for the fact that you DON’T know, that is.