This is basically the last few months of sports radio. You can make up a narrative to fit whatever you want.One thing that is difficult for me to understand is what the point of all this drama is, exactly. It would seem that TB's team is trying to create a lot of speculation about whether TB is going or staying - and in other situations, you would think that would be to try and maximize the contract he's going to be getting. But, in this particular context, I don't quite get it. This isn't baseball, where the sky is almost the limit with regards to what the Pats could offer him. Also, it's a classic "robbing Peter to pay Paul" type of situation where Brady could get a little bit more money, but that's going to come at the cost of offensive line/weapons/overall success - which I'm sure he understands, and shouldn't be that valuable to him.
What should be, and I imagine is, the most important thing for Brady is to continue to enhance/maintain his brand image. That is far more valuable to him than another $500,000 in salary. So, being on the Patriots (or any other team) and putting up lousy numbers, getting sacked all the time, and missing the playoffs would be complete stupidity for him. The idiots on the radio keep talking about "This is Brady's chance to finally get top dollar". That would be so incredibly stupid of him - and I don't think he's stupid. So, what is this all about, then? What is he trying to achieve with all this stuff?
I personally believe that Brady loves the marketing, his name in the news constantly, it’s good for TB12. If he leaves it’s because the market was huge for a 42 year old QB because TB12 is amazing. If he stays he’s the local hero and still does well by TB12.
There’s 0% chance in my mind that BB pays him $30m if he hits FA with $13.5m in dead money. This has nothing to do with football or the pats on Brady’s side and all about brand reputation.