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Originally Posted by valo403

Not really, this moves the salary cap hit but Brady actually will make more money over the next two years then he would have under his existing deal. This is a lot like the cap circumvention deals in the NHL, it spreads out the cap hit.

Also,

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl.../?sct=uk_wr_a1

3. Future money. Brady has signed two long-term deals since he won his three Super Bowls -- in 2005 and 2010. The first was for six years and $60 million, about 30 percent below market for franchise quarterbacks at the time. The Patriots handed him a $5.3 million bonus in the middle of the contract, in 2007. In the sixth year of that first contract, New England added a four-year, $72-million extension, market value for a premier player, that would run through 2014. That's the contract that was extended Monday. Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio speculated Monday that there's no way Brady will ever play the last three years of the deal without a bump in salary. Florio could be right -- in fact, it's likely that he is, if he plays like Tom Brady -- but I don't believe it's certain. History with Brady shows they might adjust his deal. However, they're not likely to revolutionize it.