New England Patriots Links 2/09/09 - Brady Due $3 Million Bonus In March

by Marima on Feb 9, 2010 10:22 AM EST in New England Patriots News

Brady ready to connect on a new contract soon?

Mike Reiss notes Tom Brady is due $3 million bonus in March.

Brady is due the roster bonus on March 5, which is the first official day of the 2010 league year.

Sometimes those roster bonuses can create an added incentive for a team to strike a deal with a player. Instead of paying the roster bonus and then later striking a lucrative extension, there is sometimes a benefit for the team to get it all done at once from an overall cash standpoint.

Brady's new deal could be anywhere from $15 million-$18 million per season, and possibly higher, so it's difficult to gauge how much a $3 million roster bonus could factor into the pace of negotiations. But it is one factor to keep in mind when considering Brady's contract situation.

Boomer Esiason thinks Peyton Manning's interception will translate into $$$ for Brady.

If you put this in the perspective of a New England Patriot fan or a New England Patriot owner like Bob Kraft, and Peyton Manning is going to get ready to sign a new contract really soon. And that interception cost Peyton Manning, in my eyes. Well actually, cha-ching for Tom Brady because Tom Brady does have three Super Bowl Championships and his contract is up as well. So the guy who is actually the biggest winner, I think in all of this, is Tom Brady. Because Peyton Manning is still not able to eclipse the three Super Bowl championships that Tom Brady under his belt.

Dan Shaughnessy shares some feedback he received from emailers, correcting his misguided and premature crowning of Manning over Brady (on the eve of the Super Bowl? tsk tsk). Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Whoops.

OK, maybe I jumped the gun a little. I got caught up in the moment. On the eve of the Super Bowl, I wrote that Peyton Manning was better than Tom Brady. I was positively Peytonized. And as Rick Pitino once said, “that’s how I felt at the time.’’

Fortunately, this is sports and opinions change every day. Now that Manning lost the Super Bowl with his Favre-like pick six, he’s a mere .500 quarterback (9-9) in postseason play. He’s still two rings shy of Brady, who is 14-4 in NFL tournament play.

Nothing beats being wrong on the sports pages of The Boston Globe. And that is because of you, gentle readers.

LOCAL LINKS

Ron Borges points out that the opportunity window is closing on Peyton Manning.
Mike Reiss notes Benjamin Watson was a guest on WBZ-TV's Sports Final program Sunday night, and he was asked about his football future.
Albert Breer points out something for Patriots fans to be happy about - good guy and ex-Patriot Dave Thomas finally getting his ring.
Adam Kilgore talks about ex-Patriot Randall Gay, a Louisiana native who helped the franchise he grew up cheering for win its first Super Bowl.
Albert Breer reports on the success of Tuna's helpers, including Sean Payton who held up the Lombardi Trophy Sunday night.
Albert Breer thinks the balance of power has shifted and the AFC's decade of dominance is over.
Ian Rapoport says that having a ring to go with the numbers allows the 31-year-old Brees to rub shoulders with Brady, Favre, and Manning. And Brees isn’t done.
Albert Breer points out that whether Manning or Brady is the better quarterback is still very much up for debate, but who's more clutch isn't, for now.
Tony Massarotti says Peyton Manning did not single-handedly lose that game, but he did not win it either, particularly when he had the chance to forge his legacy.
Jeff Howe feels that fourth quarter pick will forever haunt the legacy of Peyton Manning.
The Boston Globe takes a look at some of Peyton's pouting in pictures.
Michael Felger has three final thoughts from the Super Bowl and one of them is, of course, Indianapolis is still better than the Patriots. .
Heath Evans closes out his Super Bowl blog series, with his thoughts on winning the Championship and some kind words for the New England fans.
WEEI provides the transcript of Rosevelt Colvin's guest appearance on the Dennis & Callahan show Monday. I caught him on the radio and he's always good to listen to.
WEEI provides the transcript of Boomer Esiason's Q & A on the Dennis & Callahan show Monday morning.
WEEI provides the transcript of Peter King's appearance on the Dale & Holley show yesterday afternoon.

NATIONAL NEWS

Kevin O'Neal (Indy Star) Sparse crowd greets Colts on return. Eleven fans showed up at the airport to greet the returning team.
Kerry J. Byrne (Cold Hard Football Facts) The CHFF Super Bowl victory tour: Separating the winners from the losers in the bloody aftermath of our wars against the "pundits."
Michael Lombardi (NFL.com) Unconventional thinking has served Payton, Saints in Super fashion.
Clark Judge (CBS Sports) Colts pay price for Indy's conservative approach. Not trusting Peyton Manning might haunt coach Jim Caldwell.
Tom Monkovic (NY Times) What they're saying: The aggressive team won.
Tim Graham (ESPN) '07 Patriots a reminder of no guarantees.
Bill Simmons (ESPN) A retro Super Bowl diary featuring the return of the Peyton Manning Face and the three best words in sports, 'You never know.'
Joe Posnanski (SI) Another disappointment for Peyton.
Shutdown Corner (Yahoo! Sports) A renewed plea for Super Bowl Monday as a national holiday.
Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) What we learned: Super Bowl 44 edition.
George Bretherton (NY Times) Does the NFL's 'Going to the ground' rule need to be changed?
Don Banks (SI) What's next for Saints and Colts in a year with no salary cap?
NFL.com Super Bowl XLVI commercials.
Wes Bunting (Nat'l Football Post) 2010 draft: wide receiver grading scale. A first look at WR draft prospects.
Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) Lockout would be calamitous.
ClevelandBrowns.com The Browns officially terminated the contract of WR Donte Stallworth.
Andy Barall (NY Times) Reviewing the 2010 Hall of Fame selections.
Curtis Pashelka (San Jose Mercury News) The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am lives on without Tiger. Tom Brady and Tony Romo are among the actors and celebrities scheduled to play this week.
Evan Silva (ProFootballTalk) Reports: NFL Network, DirecTV pursuing Berman.

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Well we can kick the tires on Stallworth.

At least we know he could go deep and was taken seriously as a threat. Worth bringing him into camp for that.

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Feb 9, 2010 11:00 AM EST reply actions

Wow. That one hurt, apparently.

Everyone here knows what a gut-punch a loss like that can be. (One word: helmetcatch.) Perhaps it was the decades of the Red Sox choking in the final weeks of the season, combined with the previously let-downs courtesy of the Bears and the Packers that prepared Patriot fans for the shock of losing while at the apparent height of the team’s powers. Colts fans are not taking this with a notable amount of dignity. To wit:

The Fix Was In for the Saint to Win. As far as I can tell, the logic is this: Peyton was angry + no holding calls + no PI calls = Fixed!

Then he wants us to “be blessed” (see the comments). Sadly, he has company, this time in an article cast as an objective take (but using largely the same “evidence”). Did Peyton Manning Help the NFL Fix Super Bowl XLIV for the Saints? Again, Manning Mad + No Flags + Manning Mistake + Wayne Drop = Fixed! This guy should go to work for Wolf Blitzer. He’s got the logical rigor to pull it off, I think.

Then, from old friend (say it ain’t so) Big Blue Shoe, Yes, the two-point conversion was indeed a blown call. BBS, you’re high. Everyone in the free world watched that play several times. Here’s how it went:

Control. Butt down. (Ball across plane.) Loss of control. Regain control. (Ball still across plane.) Ball kicked out of hands. Score! (“It’s just another example of how all the breaks went the Saints way.”)

People are really shaken. Sad.

As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about. --Shaun of the Dead

by JohnHannahRules on Feb 9, 2010 5:11 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

The first stage is denial.

They’ll move on.

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Feb 9, 2010 5:19 PM EST up reply actions

What amazes me most is how much they ignore a possible failing by their

golden ~~calf~~ boy. They have him on some deific pedestal where it has to be everyone else’s fault but his. It is eerily close to worship. Hope the guy doesn’t trip. Oooops he did.

Peyton is a fine QB. Brady’s OK too. Who’s better? Don’t care. Brady’s on my team so I want him (and therefore the team) to do well. Peyton is on an opposing team, so I wish him well unless it’s against us and then I hope he chokes.

I wonder how many fans they’d have if it wasn’t the Indianapolis Peytons. If Sorgi had to take the helm for 15 1/2 games, would there be any fans left? It’s creepy.

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Feb 9, 2010 5:30 PM EST up reply actions

LOL - most folks I know were happy the refs didn't get in the way.

Only Colts fans normally WANT lots of PI calls because that is part of the regular Manning arsenal.

I remember after the Saints pounded the Patriots that many of us were lauding the Saints for playing so physical (and getting away with it) and criticizing our OWN team for not doing the same!

by mmmmm on Feb 9, 2010 6:11 PM EST up reply actions

More like old time football.

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Feb 9, 2010 6:18 PM EST up reply actions

till polian changed it.

Non Sibi Sed Patriae.
i love my ZX-6r Kawasaki.....159mph is my top speed on the interstate
I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life
Peyton Manning ran off with seconds to go @ Super Bowl 44...that is priceless
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Marvez-Manning-has-unhappy-ending-020710

by NinjaZX6R on Feb 9, 2010 9:06 PM EST up reply actions

Going back to February 2008

Take a guess how many articles the Pulpit had blaming the refs – or the league or anything else – for the loss…

Yep. Zero.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Feb 9, 2010 6:40 PM EST up reply actions

some of the colties are a piece of work

i think u might have seen the online trash talk @ their thread.
18-1 insults dont work jackass…since ur 16-3 (since we assume the colts would have gone 18-0 if they didn’t “rest” their starters)

by NinjaZX6R on Feb 9, 2010 9:09 PM EST up reply actions

I was laughing because you were poking a hornets nest over there

and it didn’t seem worth the trouble. But I get a bit ticked too when they start making nasty jokes about Pats players to supposedly make themselves feel better. Whatever helps them sleep I guess, but that stuff doesn’t work for me. The last thing on my mind after losing to the Giants, was to bash Colts players. Stupid.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Feb 9, 2010 11:33 PM EST up reply actions

hey

i didn’t start w.
that ranger tool was calling the saints lucky. and i said something but it was a neutral comment. then he brought up 18-1…and i said 16-3.

that idiot and i dont get along.
i was @ one of their college bowl thread and was taking to angles and this genius replies to me “18-1” and talking smack to me while i was having a conversation w. angles.

and i also posted what you posted, about bbs and how he claimed BB was classless after sb 42 loss.
BB did shake couglin’s hands contrary to what most fans believe.

some of the colts fans should get their anti- patriot stick removed from their rear ends. And if God forbid if we criticize manning for leaving the field w. seconds left in the sb and but they can do that for BB.
self righteous hypocrites
I’m SUPER glad they lost….schadenfreude goes both ways!!!

by NinjaZX6R on Feb 10, 2010 2:00 AM EST up reply actions

As my friend put it afterwards...

“This was the 4th best Super Bowl I’ve ever watched.” Absolutely!

I wasn’t saying you started it, but man, it wasn’t going to penetrate whatever delusional walls they were building up to protect the perfect image of their supposedly infallible Manning. What other player out there on any team gets his fan base into apoplectic fits if it’s even suggested that he made a mistake??? It’s ridiculous.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Feb 10, 2010 8:01 AM EST up reply actions

It's like picking on someone's religion to them. They worship him. It's scary.

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Feb 10, 2010 11:17 AM EST up reply actions

hey...you can't talk like that about God

he will smitten you from heavens and turn you into a pillar of salt.

Non Sibi Sed Patriae.
i love my ZX-6r Kawasaki.....159mph is my top speed on the interstate
I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life

by NinjaZX6R on Feb 10, 2010 1:39 PM EST up reply actions

like this poor slob

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Feb 10, 2010 1:47 PM EST up reply actions

The thing about BBS's post about the 2 point conversion...

…is that everyone is calling him dumb for whining about a good overturn.

by Richard Hill on Feb 9, 2010 11:20 PM EST up reply actions

In a game where they lost because of a 73 yard pick-6

It seems pretty stupid to whinge about a 2 point conversion. Even if he’s absolutely right, and it wasn’t actually a conversion, they lost by more than two. And unlike a blown TD call, the Colts would have still had to march down the field and Manning would still have been in a position where the Saints DBs could jump his routes. Why bother whinging about that call?

Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.

by Comedic.Sans on Feb 10, 2010 1:10 AM EST up reply actions