Russell Wilson made headlines earlier this offseason after signing a monster contract with the Seahawks making him the highest paid quarterback in the NFL. While Wilson is a Super Bowl winning quarterback and considered one of the league's elite signal callers, he along with the rest of the NFL's quarterbacks have not achieved the level of success that Tom Brady has.

Given that, logic would suggest that it should be Brady that's raking in the record-breaking dough, but the Patriots quarterback has routinely taken below market deals throughout his career. That, in part, is to allow New England to more easily put together a competitive roster. While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday night, Brady spoke a little bit more about not being the highest paid QB in the league.

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"That's a good question. That's usually, when I don't want to answer a question, I always say, 'That's a good question,'" Brady told Kimmel. "I think the thing I've always felt for me in my life, winning has always been a priority. And my wife makes a lot of money.”

He added: "I'm a little smarter than you think. Actually, it's a salary cap. You can only spend so much and the more that one guy gets is less for others. I think for a competitive advantage standpoint, I like to get a lot of good players around me."

Brady's joke about Gisele isn't totally off-base. She is technically breadwinner in the relationship as she's routinely one of the highest paid supermodels in the world. According to Forbes, Gisele made $10 million last season just from modeling and not counting her endorsements. Gisele's net worth is projected at $400 million, while Brady's is projected at $180 million.

A long way of saying that the Brady's are not starved for cash by any means.

That said, Brady's contract is something that will need to be looked at this offseason. The quarterback currently is heading into a contract year, something that he's never done throughout the course of his career. While Brady doesn't need to be the highest paid quarterback in the league, the Patriots should bring his number to a more respectable level as there are quarterbacks like Derek Carr, Alex Smith, Matthew Stafford and Jimmy Garoppolo that are making more money than him at the moment.

Back at the Super Bowl the Krafts were asked about Brady's contract situation and were confident at the time that things would get done, so it just seems like a matter of time before New England reworks Brady's deal in some capacity.