Ian Rapoport is imploring everyone to tap the brakes on the Tom Brady to the Miami Dolphins rumor.
Former WEEI host Dale Arnold reported Thursday that Brady was attempting to force a trade to the Dolphins. Brady has been linked to Miami previously, but seemed committed to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when he ended his comically brief retirement.
That the report from Arnold came down shortly after the Dolphins landed Tyreek Hill was interesting, if nothing else. But according to Rapoport, a league insider for NFL Media, it just doesn’t add up.
“I haven’t heard anything to corroborate any of that, honestly," Rapoport said on the "Pat McAfee Show". "Look, rumors happen and sometimes I am a part of them so I can’t make fun of all rumors, that's what drives all of us. This one doesn’t make any sense. Brady is under contract with the Bucs, they have said definitively he’s not going anywhere. Plus, if I remember correctly, he did recruit a couple guys to sign back with Tampa, including his buddy Leonard Fournette, including Chris Godwin, including several other free agents and is he really going to – Ryan Jensen came back – is he really going to do that and bail?
“Plus, if we remember correctly, there was kind of a tampering thing that was part of the Brian Flores lawsuit involving the Miami Dolphins. So, after all of this, after that allegation – which has not been proven – do the Dolphins then get him? None of this makes sense to me.”
The Flores lawsuit part shouldn’t be ignored. If Brady went to the Dolphins, it would do nothing but further the belief that Miami had attempted to tamper with Brady previously.
Never say never when it comes to Brady, but forcing his way to the Dolphins seems far-fetched.
He will be a free agent next offseason, though.
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