Colin Cowherd: "I was told 35 minutes ago that Tom Brady signs tomorrow with Tampa Bay. He had made a decision and talked to Tampa Bay yesterday. He was willing to re-sign with New England but he watched Stefon Diggs and DeAndre Hopkins go to other franchises and then called Robert Kraft an hour and a half later and said ‘I’M OUT’… I am told Tampa is the choice and he will sign tomorrow... This is not a 'football source', it is a ‘Icon source', and somebody in Tom’s stratosphere that knows Tom, and who is a famous person. He says Tampa."
Colin Cowherd could be at the forefront of perhaps the biggest breaking news story in league history, as Colin says he has a source close with Tom Brady that says the six-time Super Bowl champion will be signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tomorrow (March 18th) when NFL free agency officially begins on Wednesday at 4pm ET.
The attention around Brady’s future was building as one of the most fascinating stories in sports history, but with the sports world essentially shutting down because of the unprecedented coronavirus cataclysm, it seemed literally every sports fan in America had shifted their focus on Brady the last week.
The Bucs and Chargers have reportedly made offers of $30 million per year for the 42-year-old’s services, who has long said that he wants to play until he’s 45.
The immediate future of Jameis Winston appears bleak, but the former number one overall pick is still just 26-years-old, and has been one of the most productive young quarterbacks in NFL history.
Winston was a Pro Bowler as a rookie, was the youngest player in league history to throw for 4,000 yards in a season, the second youngest to eclipse 10,000 yards for his career, was the first player to ever begin a career with consecutive 4,000+ passing yard seasons, and became just the eighth player to ever reach the 5,000-passing yards plateau when he led the NFL in passing last season.
Winston led the league in interceptions in 2019 as well, but also led the league in Air Yards per catch in head coach Bruce Arians' high risk/high reward vertical passing attack that wasn’t designed to result in low interception totals.