Is Tom Brady leaving the New England Patriots after 20 years? Or will he sign a new contract? A club insider sees a very good chance for a continuation of the sporting marriage.

What does Tom Brady really want? That’s the question that’s driving the NFL. And especially the New England Patriots and all the people who are keeping up with the Foxborough club. Recently, there seemed to be growing signs that the “GOAT” was looking for a new challenge after 20 years.

At least that is what various experts or observers interpreted into the latest developments around the Combine. But now Patriots insider Tom E. Curran makes it clear: “Everything is still fine between Brady and the franchise. According to the “NBC” reporter there can be no talk of a “cold war”.

Brady and Patriots are in contact, according to an insider.
Although there has not yet been a meeting between the two parties to sound out their positions, contact has been maintained. What is clear is that the Patriots want to keep Brady. But at what cost?

According to Spotrac, the team’s cap space currently stands at 44 million US dollars. “TB12 received 21.5 million US dollars last season, and his salary should remain at this level in the future.

Receiver corps should be strengthened
Accordingly, the patriots would have to – as Curran puts it – overcome financial hurdles. After all, several personnel issues had to be clarified. Brady already made it clear last season that he hoped to strengthen the receiver corps.

Accordingly, it is to be expected that the franchise will become active in the run-up to the Free Agency starting on 18 March. In order to demonstrate that they understood what it takes to ensure that a season like the one that expired with the play-off out in the Wild Card Round will not be repeated.

Patriots have been a football oasis for Brady
But the Patriots could also grow with the pound, having been an oasis for the 14-time Pro Bowler for two decades. In which Brady could develop accordingly and become the greatest footballer the NFL has ever seen. Which undoubtedly benefited both sides.

Because of this sportive marriage a bond between Brady and the Patriots was created, which can’t be cut off just like that. Curran had it explained to him by an unspecified source. It is always plausible.

Warning of the imponderability of a change?
Consequently, Brady will listen very carefully to what the Patriots could offer him. And also what the Team Page will warn him about. According to the journalist, Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick should not miss the chance to point out the imponderables of a change of club and location.

“Wherever he would go: Wherever he went, there would be no one there who knew what he needed and how he wanted it done,” Curran quotes an NFL source: “Will he teach the receiver coach how to coach the receivers? Or coach the Offensive Coordinator? There are millions of aspects.”

Relief about farewell of only short duration
In addition, the relief of having left what is arguably the NFL’s most rigorous and demanding franchise behind would be fleeting. The excitement of this bold move would quickly evaporate. In the end, Brady would have to live alone with his decision and its consequences.

As a free agent, he hopes to make various contacts with interested parties in order to assess his market value. The “Pats”, on the other hand, would not necessarily be interested in money. And so it could ultimately play into their hands if Brady understood the market for himself and then went to the negotiating table, said Curran.

Brady is said to have made a request to Brown
The only thing that was certain was that both sides would sit down together. Only with what outcome? An ESPN report in and around Foxborough could cause some excitement. According to the report, Brady had asked Antonio Brown to get in shape physically and mentally so that he could play together again in the future.

However, this seems to be impossible with the Patriots. However, the source of this information is an attorney for “AB” – which puts the alleged Brady statements in a slightly different light. Especially since Brown is not even allowed to coach at an NFL club at the moment.

No, speculation is certainly not lacking in the most exciting personnel of the off-season.