THE TRUE MEANING OF A HERO...

THE TRUE MEANING OF A HERO...

Now, that we are through with all of the cheerleading talk, I want to talk to all my peeps out there who know about real sports. I want to talk football and I want to tell you the story that many of you are not familiar with, because even as much as I follow football, I did not know about this story. This is a story of a REAL LIFE HERO. This is the stony of someone who displays so much work ethic and humility that we would all say I hope my boy grows up to have half as much character as this guy does. This is the story of a little know guy who puts his ego aside for the good of his football team. This is the story of a guy who has overcome all of the odds in his career. This is the story of a guy who IS A HERO!!! This is the story of the selflessness of Tom Brady!

On Sunday, Tom Brady demonstrated AGAIN why he is the BEST QB IN THE NFL TODAY! He did this without throwing a pass. He did this without winning a game. He did this by going to work. In a day where all we here about is how the athletes are egotistical and driven by money, Tom Brady showed that for him, he is driven by winning, the money will take care of itself. TOM BRADY HAD EVERY REASON NOT TO REPORT TO TRAINING CAMP! He is playing on a surgically repair knee. He is going to be playing without his best offensive lineman in Logan Mankins. He is a veteran, how important is training camp really...right Brett? However, Brady displayed the type of character in his profession that made him say I WILL RISK MY CAREER AND ALL OF MY FUTURE EARNINGS b/c that is what will make my team better.

Please go ahead and start telling me know about how much money he makes. FIRST OFF...TOM BRADY IS UNDERPAID!!! I realize nobody is worth the kind of money that athletes get paid, but sports is it's own planet and on that planet there is nobody better than Brady. Go ahead, make your case for Manning, Brees, but there is nobody else who is even in the discussion. You will not find 3 other guys who you can make a case for wanting over Brady---NO FANTASY STATS LOSERS, I AM TALKING REAL FOOTBALL THAT IS PLAYED ON THE FIELD!!! (Sorry, I hate being that mean, but sometimes you force me to do it). When we look at Brady's salary, he is in the last year, which anyone who knows anything about football salaries knows, you are never supposed to see that money, you would either be renegotiated or cut before that happens.

He is only going to make $6.5 million this season. I can't locate a list of current NFL Salaries so I am going to work off last years numbers. Last season, Tom Brady was the 17TH HIGHEST PAID QB IN THE NFL!!! 16 guys made more o\money that Brady last year. He made $8 million, Manning made almost double that ($14 mil), Brees ($12) 1.5 times what Brady made. Some of the qb's who made more than Brady made last year were: McNabb, Cassell, JAMARCUS RUSSELL, Eli Manning, Brett Favre, Phillip Rivers, David Garrad, and Kerry Collins.

If ever a player had a right to demand more money, it is Tom Brady. However, this entire off season, you have not heard Brady mention the contract unless asked about it, you have not heard him threaten to hold out, you have not heard of him being angry with management, he has just done his thing and gotten ready to play football. Thank you Tom Brady for reminding all of us that there are still some truly good guys in sports.

I realize this deal will get done, not because Brady is demanding it, but because Robert Kraft remembers where the Pats were before Tom Brady showed up. Brady is smart, he knows he is going to get payed and he has just kept the same good work ethic that has made him successful. So from me and all of the readers here at just a thought, THANK YOU TOM BRADY FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE!

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