Kraft expects Brady at QB ‘for quite a while’

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has said he wants to play until age 45, and team owner Robert Kraft said Wednesday he wouldn’t be opposed to that.

Brady will be 42 as he enters the 2019 season, which is the final year of his contract.

“Think about it: The last three years, we’ve been privileged to go to the Super Bowl with a quarterback in place. I would be quite surprised if he didn’t continue for quite a while as our quarterback,” Kraft said following commissioner Roger Goodell’s news conference.

Brady and head coach Bill Belichick will be in their ninth Super Bowl together Sunday in Atlanta. This will be their third in a row, defeating the Atlanta Falcons in 2017 and losing to the Philadelphia Eagles last year.

A contract extension also would give the Patriots a chance to restructure Brady’s deal. Under the current pact, his contract will count as $27 million against the salary cap in 2019.

It was clear Wednesday that Kraft isn’t ready to break up the magic of the team.

“Having the head coach Bill Belichick we have and having Tom, there is a unique symmetry there, and chemistry,” he said. “It carries over to the whole organization. I think we’re very lucky.”

–Field Level Media