The Facts:
Brady signed a new six-year contract, worth nearly $60 million, through the 2010 season, sources say. The contract, which includes a $14.5 million signing bonus and a $12 million option bonus that is due next spring, replaces the two years that Brady had remaining on his previous deal. The new base salaries are $1 million (for 2005), $4 million ('06), $6 million ('07), $5 million ('08), $2.3 million ('09) and $3.5 million ('10). There are roster bonuses of $3 million each in the final three years of the contract.
Reported by ESPN.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
By nearly every method of calculation employed in NFL circles, the deal makes Brady one of the highest paid players in the league -- and as ESPN's Len Pasquarelli suggested, "Given his sterling resume, deservedly so."
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