The dominos are about to continue their Foxboro free fall.
Tom Brady wants to get paid.
According to sources close to the league’s Most Valuable Player, Brady is ready to sit out all of this year’s offseason organized team activities unless he receives a contract extension that carries with it up-front money similar to what his former protege, Jimmy Garoppolo, will receive from the San Francisco 49ers. Garoppolo yesterday signed a five-year, $137.4 million deal with $74 million guaranteed.
As audibles go, it may be the best one Tom Brady ever called.
As the trade deadline approached, the decision was made by the Patriots to cut their potential losses at Garoppolo’s looming trek into free agency in March.