Tom Brady is calling for NFL players to band together in the coming years during negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement.

"I actually think it's a great opportunity for the players to come together and the players to recognize all the things we have negotiated, and as we negotiate hopefully a CBA extension, that we as players come together to really stand up for the things we believe in and continue to fight just as the players who fought before us," Brady told Jim Gray in a radio interview on Westwood One.

There are five more seasons under the current CBA and there hasn't any movement toward an extension at this time.

"I have great respect for the guys that fought to stand up for the rights of the players, just as myself and certain players did in 2011," Brady said. "I know there will need to be great leadership from the players moving forward. It definitely is a business. The players need to understand what's collectively bargained and put all the issues on the table to make for a better game. I think that's what all the fans would want."