Tom Brady, New England Patriots Agree To New Contract: Reports

FOXBOROUGH, MA — The story of what many consider the greatest quarterback in NFL history moved one giant step toward ensuring it will both start and end in New England Sunday with multiple reports that six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady reached agreement on a two-year contract extension with the Patriots.

Brady, who was slated to earn $15 million in the final year of his contract, will get an $8 million boost for the upcoming season — according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter — in the deal that includes a two-year extension at a pay scale that will be adjusted each year through 2021.

The NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that the two additional years of the deal will total $62 million — $30 million in 2020 and $32 million in 2021 — but could be adjusted "if the situation warrants." That essentially gives Brady a sizable pay bump this year to bring the former MVP more in line with some of the top quarterbacks in the game, while providing a framework for year-to-year extensions if he continues playing at a high level well into his 40s. Brady turned 42 Saturday.

The move alleviates some concern raised this week that Brady may already be eyeing his post-Patriots career when he and his wife, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, were looking at houses in Bergen County, New Jersey. Brady and Bunchen live in Brookline - for now.

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