Also, good news for us Brady fans seeing thus. Lol
Speak for yourself, man. I'm ready to see him boogie.
If the plan is Stidhum then that is a hell no. I get the cap implications but they have no backup plan unlike others who site SF & GB. So for me, unless it's a Bridgewater type, then you need to bring Brady back, even with the cap hit.
Bringing Brady back won't help if you hobble the O-line and D front seven to do it. It's actually an interesting puzzle. A Stidham Patriots team with nearly all of the pieces from last year still in place, plus the draft and free agency, or a Brady Patriots team missing numerous key pieces. Since the Pats will be a team long after Brady is gone, I'm looking for the former. And in part because it'll be fascinating to watch, as opposed to a depressing slide into irrelevancy.
Apparently Brady has two demands for any team that signs him, which actually shows a good deal of his insight from playing for Bill. He wants real input into personnel decisions. Sort of a co-GM. He also wants more freedom to call his own plays. Sort of a co-OC. The latter is a given. You'd be a fool not to give him more freedom to call plays. I can't see other teams buying into the co-GM part of it, though. In any case, I think it shows how frustrated he was this last year with the team not addressing personnel matters that directly affected him.
Apparently Bill is offering him a contract worth less than the one he played under last year. I can't help but think that's a big part of the reason why the phone call "didn't go well," as the reports have said. Sounds like Bill.