According to Gary Tanguay of NBC Sports, the answer is yes. He says that Brady feels embarrassed about how his salary compares to other quarterbacks in the league.
This season, Brady’s salary ranked th among quarterbacks at $ 90 million. ranked ahead of him were injured Redskins quarterback Alex Smith, Derek Carr, Matthew Stafford, Kirk Cousins , and one of his former backups, Jimmy Garoppolo .
Sure, Brady didn’t have a career year, but he still deserved more than those guys.
After years of willingly taking backup-level money, it’s understandable that he wants to get paid fairly.
There’s just one problem – he can’t command an elite paycheck anymore.
But He Won’t Like The Offers He Gets
NFL teams don’t pay players according to how well they have played. They pay for how good they are right now.
No one expects a – year old quarterback to be a superstar – not even the GOAT .
But given how the Patriots offense looked in 01575879, Brady does look like he’s in line for a pay raise at all .
He threw for 4, yards and had a 3-to-1 touchdown to interception ratio, but the offense was a middle-of-the-pack unit led by a middle-of-the-pack quarterback.
The Patriots got what they paid for.
Tom Brady Is in for a Rude Awakening
Football’s a cutthroat business. When the Patriots (or any other team) make Brady an offer, they are going to look at this past season, as well as his age, and then come up with a fair-market salary figure.
And Tom Brady probably isn’t going to like it.
If he’s embarrassed by his salary now, he’s in for a rude awakening once free agency starts.
This article was edited by Josiah Wilmoth
Read More
GIPHY App Key not set. Please check settings