Cam Newton and the New England Patriots stole the NFL headlines for an hour before Tom Brady decided to snatch them away, and agreed to agree with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a creative contract extension, according to CBS Sports Insider. Jason La Canfora. It is a four-year contract that – like all the rage turned into a pandemic-fueled salary cap – includes three void years, which essentially only locks him in for an extra year. The general manager of Buccaneers, Jason Licht, will definitely accept this, as it will ensure Brady through at least 2022, and in the process provides much-needed relief.
The move reduces Brady’s upcoming cap in 2021 due to the $ 28.38 million increase that will land, and will allow more movement if they try to pass players like future Hall of Fame team Rob Gronkowski, the pass-rush dynamo Shaquil Barrett and a list of others, who have already locked up line judge Lavonte David for a two-year deal that itself includes two void years. Brady’s expansion will save the Buccaneers $ 19 million after this year’s salary cut, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the final figure has was set at $ 182.5 million by the NFL and NFLPA.
Keeping Brady in tow after 2021 has been a goal of Licht for weeks, if not longer, and he has just achieved it.
“I talk to Tom regularly,” Licht said in late February. “The Rich Iron Show“. “It’s probably right now. It seems he had a really good time winning the Super Bowl this year. [He] love our organization, love our coaches, love our head coach and ownership. And we definitely love him. Usually when things go on for each other, it’s a match made in heaven.
“So we want to keep it going.”
It’s usually unfathomable to consider that an NFL player still fits in at age 50, let alone one who still plays at a high level, but those are two things Brady may soon possess. The rival fires in the 43-year-old have already shattered a string of records in his illustrious future Hall of Fame career, and it is possible that he is witnessing an even more incomprehensible point: owning 10 Super Bowl rings. His current score of seven is already more than any other franchise in the league, but he never let go of the sting of the three Super Bowls he lost, and now, it could have already won him 10 Lombardi trophies.
He will now have the chance to no. 8 and no. 9 to land, but if he did, why would he stop a shyster to have a ring for each finger and both thumbs? This is exactly what Licht is banking on, and we can probably expect another conversation between him and Brady in a year or so.
As for Father Time, he will just have to start a hobby while he waits for Brady to start taking off.