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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 490653"> Here's a report on the terms of Brady's deal: <a href="http://bostonherald.com/sports/patriots_nfl/the_blitz/2013/02/breaking_down_tom_bradys_contract" target="_blank">http://bostonherald.com/sports/patriots_nfl/the_blitz/2013/02/breaking_down_tom_bradys_contract</a> sportrac has the same $ figures, but with an additional $7.2 mil in undefined bonuses in the first 2 years. He's getting a fresh new signing bonus of $30 mil, of particular value for any player, particularly a guy his age. If sportrac's bonus values are correct, Brady will take down $40 mil in cash money in the first 2 years of the deal. It's a discount only in the sense that Brees' cash take home in the first 2 years of his deal is $50 mil, but NO was looking at a 3rd. time franchise tag (tag amount + 40%) with a bump to about $22 mil cash and cap hit in 2012. Brees had them over a barrel. It is a misconception that players are necessarily giving discounts if the renegotiation is "cap friendly" as in the Favre or Brees or Brady cases; to be cap friendly there must be a big signing bonus, as in these cases, which allows the team to defer the cap hit. Getting a big fat *** of cash up front, guaranteed, has great value to individuals in a high risk occupation; it's a trade not a discount. </blockquote>

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