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USA TODAY Sports It had been known that former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will return to New England in 2021. The Patriots won’t be slaying the fatted calf for their prodigal son, however; they’ll be hoping to carve up Brady’s Buccaneers instead. Toward that end, it doesn’t hurt that the...

Getty Images The Buccaneers are robbing Peter to pay Paul, but they’re still paying Tommy. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady‘s contract extension creates $19 million in 2021 cap space. This implies that Brady dropped his $25 million in 2021 compensation to...

Getty Images It’s that time of year again. Agents who hope to pump up the value of the contracts they negotiate will give embellished numbers to reporters who, as one reporter recently admitted, have accepted such fabrications as an occupational hazard. Those numbers then get passed along to a...

Getty Images When free agency opens next week, expect several of the Patriots’ free agents to hear from the Dolphins. Brian Flores had spent his entire coaching career in New England before becoming head coach of the Dolphins, and the Dolphins have prioritized bringing in players Flores knew...

Getty Images Cam Newton and the Patriots are running it back. The quarterback is re-signing with New England on a one-year deal, according to a report from Jim McBride of the Boston Globe. Newton signed with the Patriots in July of last year to a one-year, $1.75 million contract. He started...

Getty Images The Patriots are bringing back quarterback Cam Newton. It’s still not entirely clear what they’re paying him. Last year, he ultimately earned $3.706 million under a package that had a maximum value of $7.5 million. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media characterizes the new contract as...

Getty Images Cam Newton isn’t ready to retire yet, but he hits free agency again this offseason with an uncertain future. Greg Olsen and Thomas Davis retired as Panthers on Thursday, and owner David Tepper said the team will bring home Newton “eventually.” No matter the awkwardness of...

Getty Images The best justification for selfishness is selflessness. From time to time, a quarterback who maxes out his leverage and in turn his contract attributes the hard bargain he drove to the fact that other quarterbacks will eventually be trying to get paid, too. On Wednesday, Cowboys...

Getty Images A California gambler that had sent threatening messages to athletes of many sports pleaded guilty to charges of transmitting threats against members of the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday. According to the Associated Press, Benjamin Tucker Patz, known as “Parlay Patz,” also sent...

Getty Images The NFL announced its 2021 compensatory draft picks, which now include special compensatory picks rewarding teams for developing minority coaches and executives. The selections this year are from the third to sixth rounds. With the CBA limiting the number of compensatory...

Getty Images If you haven’t heard (and there’s no way you haven’t), Oprah Winfrey recently conducted a fairly significant interview. That gave us an idea. Which NFL duo would you like to see interviewed by Oprah? We had a PFT Live draft on the subject, but we’ll gladly consider your...

Getty Images The NFL has set the salary cap at $182.5 million for the 2021 season on Wednesday and they’ve also set the amount that teams will have to pay if they exercise their fifth-year option on 2018 first-round picks. The Collective Bargaining Agreement that the NFL and NFLPA agreed to...

Getty Images Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman has opened a dialogue with Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard after Leonard used an anti-Semitic slur during a video game stream. Edelman, one of a handful of Jewish players in the NFL, said he’d like to meet with Leonard and talk to him about...

Getty Images Patriots wide receiver N'Keal Harry has been a disappointment since arriving in New England as a first-round draft pick in 2019. So a change of scenery may be warranted. Teams have been reaching out to the Patriots to inquire about trading for Harry, according to Mike Garafolo of...

Getty Images It was obvious that the Raiders were done with tackle Trent Brown. So why did he agree to re-do his contract when he simply could have dug in and waited to be cut? He wanted to return to the Patriots, and the Patriots wanted him back. Given that the Raiders could have squatted on...

Getty Images Trent Brown is on the move, from Las Vegas to New England. Brown, the Pro Bowl offensive tackle, is being traded from the Raiders to the Patriots, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The deal includes Brown agreeing to rework his contract, which previously had two years and...

Getty Images The Patriots didn’t have to give up much to get offensive tackle Trent Brown from the Raiders. The trade is Brown and a 2022 seventh-round pick for a 2022 fifth-round pick. Patriots coach Bill Belichick loves these late-round pick swaps and has used them several times. Belichick...

Getty Images We’ve seen a few players get a franchise tag for the second year in a row, but it does not look like Patriots left guard Joe Thuney will be joining Washington guard Brandon Scherff, Broncos safety Justin Simmons, and Giants defensive lineman Leonard Williams in that group. Adam...

Getty Images Much of Rob Gronkowski is NSFW. He’s now pivoting toward NFT. According to TMZ.com, Gronk will be selling five digital cards, four of which reflect his Super Bowl wins. The items feature original, hand-drawn artwork. Only 87 editions of the Super Bowl cards will be available. The...

Getty Images For the third straight year, football season ended and an alternate football league appeared. For the first time since this new trend of non-football-season football, the alternate football league has employed a bona fide football star. Former NFL receiver Josh Gordon, who in 2013...