The Patriots - perhaps more specifically, Bill Belichick - have volleyed back to Tom Brady.
With a week to go before Brady's agent Don Yee can begin legally talking to other teams about employing his client, a four-tweet thread from ESPN's Field Yates on Sunday morning stated the Patriots side of why nothing's happened yet.
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and include a no-tag provision in his deal to ensure him the right to test the market if he desired.