A month ago, Tom Brady came out on his shoulders after conquering the seventh Super Bowl of his account and the first with the Buccaneers, for whom he had signed in March 2020. They had defeated the Kansas City Chiefs (31-9) of

Patrick Mahomes

in the final of the championship and the sky was his again, after having caressed him six times with the Patriots.

This time, Brady, who will turn 44 in August, drew the pen and stamped his signature to extend his contract with the NFL franchise for four more years.

The last three cancellable.

An operation with which to retain important players, since the objective is to distribute the salary in those four years and reduce the team's payroll to be able to retain other important players, according to several American media.

So the normal thing is that he plays until 2022, when he will turn 45, the age at which he had planned to retire.

The new deal allows the Buccaneers to save $ 19 million on this year's salary cap.

While the rest of the years of the contract will serve to amortize the salary of more than 25 million dollars that Brady will receive, who accepted this type of agreement to facilitate that the nucleus of the current Super Bowl champions stay together.

That is, spending more to retain defenders

Shaquil Barrett

and

Ndamukong Suh

or receiver

Rob Gronkowski

.

"When we acquired Tom a year ago, we were extremely excited about the leadership, balance and winning trajectory he would bring to our dressing room. Since then, he has proven to be the best competitor and has delivered in every way," said

Jason Licht

, the general manager of the Buccaneers.

"Year after year, Tom shows that he is still one of the best quarterbacks and we couldn't be happier to keep him in Tampa Bay," he added.

Brady threw for 4,633 yards and posted a Buccaneers-record 40 touchdown passes, his second-highest in a single season of his career.

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