Tom Brady has one of the most team-friendly contracts in the NFL due to a restructured contract in 2013 and a subsequent extension.

Before the renegotiation, Brady was scheduled to make $30 million through a couple of high salaries. After the renegotiation, that number became $33 million, consisting of a $30 million signing bonus (the last deferred payment of which was paid in February to the tune of $5 million) and salaries of $1 million for 2013 and $2 million for 2014. Thus, the Patriots got better cap flexibility due to the prorated bonus while Brady received significantly better cash flow and an extra $3 million to boot.

The deal added an extension with "out years" in 2015, 2016 and 2017 at salaries of $7 million, $8 million and $9 million respectively, which are low for a quarterback of Brady's caliber.

At the end of last season, there was a renegotiation to bring the salaries for those years up by $1 million per season.

Brady is earning roughly $10 million per year below his market value.

The NFL and NFL Players Association' request to expedite an appeal hearing on Tom Brady's eliminated suspension has been denied.

The move virtually guarantees Brady will play the entire regular season and postseason without the threat of being suspended for his role in Deflategate.

The appeal then will be heard as early as the week of Feb. 1, 2016.

Brady was initially suspended for the first four games of the season.

On Sept. 3, U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Berman overturned the suspension.

The NFL appealed Berman's decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals.

The New England Patriots have scored 119 points over their first three games, more than they did over the same timeframe in 2007 when they rampaged the NFL on their way to a perfect regular season record.

The Patriots appeared to be on a mission that season following the Spygate controversy.

“No, I can’t understand that one quite yet,” Brady said on the Dennis and Callahan Show on WEEI. “It’s like three games into the year. There’s so much football left. And there’s so many different things that can happen. Not even a quarter of the way through the season. It’s way too early to think about anything.”

On Friday’s “Boomer and Carton” program, WFAN host Craig Carton said a "very influential person in the NFL" told him "there's no doubt in his mind" Tom Brady will serve a four-game suspension this season after the NFL's appeal is heard.

The NFL responded to the report to Pro Football Talk.

"It is highly unlikely that the appeal will be decided before the end of the season."

Randy Moss is remaining retired as he hasn't received any interest from teams in need of a wide receiver and he hasn't solicited interest either.

Moss is believed to only have interest in returning to the NFL to play with Peyton Manning or Tom Brady, but he has no interest in playing just to play. Moss has publicly mused about a possible return.

Moss has an emerging career in broadcasting.

Bill Polian claims he was very high on Tom Brady when the Indianapolis Colts already had Peyton Manning.

Polian was asked which quarterbacks the Colts may have drafted if they didn't already have Manning.

"Well, (Ben) Roethlisberger later on (in 2004) -- we were really high on him. Aaron Rodgers the year after," Polian said. "That's the only name that comes to mind right away. And I don't think there was a guy in between, but Tom Brady would have been a guy, and we were very high on him. Our guys really loved him, but we weren't in the quarterback market, obviously. Those would be the guys I remember us giving solid, first-round, can-lead-you-to-a-championship grades."

Brady was drafted 199th overall in 2000 by the New England Patriots.

ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr. says he's working on a follow-up to his report on the New England Patriots.

The piece investigated Spygate and Deflategate.

Van Natta says some "interesting leads" and "very ripe fruit" came out of their publishing the original story.

“When you do a story like this, you shake the tree and very ripe fruit falls into your lap,” Van Natta said. “There are some interesting leads that Seth (Wickersham) and I are going to address. I don't think we're done with this just yet."

Terrelle Pryor has worked out for the New England Patriots.

Charlie Weis considered Pryor a top wide receiver prospect as a prep.

Pryor was cut by the Cleveland Browns before the start of the season.

Pro Football Focus outgraded Rob Gronkowski over every other player at his position by a considerable margin during the 2014 season.

Gronkowski had a season grade of +22.9 with Jason Witten ranking second at +14.2.

J.J. Watt is the only player who dominates his position group better than Gronkowski.

Gronkowski had three touchdowns in Week 1.

The New England Patriots have been cleared of wrongdoing in regards to the audio interference experienced by the Pittsburgh Steelers in their Week 1 game.

Spokesman Michael Signora said Friday that the league believes the problem "involved no manipulation by any individual and that the Patriots had nothing to do with it."

The statement said the problem was "entirely attributable to an electrical issue made worse by the inclement weather" and that the league "will continue to review the matter to determine if there are technical steps that can be taken to avoid similar problems from occurring in other games."

Mike Tomlin said communication problems are "always the case" when playing at New England. 

But the Steelers decided not to file a formal complaint.