Tom Brady - that guy who plays quarterback for the Patriots? - he co-hosted a Sirius NFL Radio deal on Sunday in NYC...some of the excerpted highlights dutifully e-mailed to me from the folks at Sirius and now passed on to....you...

On Rodney Harrison:
Tom Brady: “I don’t think there’s any player on our team that works harder than Rodney and Rodney was out there the other day running and cutting. It’s been a tough injury for him but if there’s one guy who can come back from that injury its Rodney Harrison. He’s a great leader, a great captain and he’s a great person. I’m excited about his return and I’m excited about what he can bring back to our team. I know we could use him. We could have used him last year.”

Co-host Steve Cohen: “He’s one of those guys that make 30 other GMs around the league kick themselves and say, ‘Why didn’t we sign him when the Chargers let him go?’”

Brady: “I can’t believe that the Chargers would ever let him go. He’s the best defensive player I’ve ever played with. When we beat the Eagles (Super Bowl XXXIX), Rodney Harrison was the MVP of that team, he was the MVP of that Super Bowl. I know Deion [Branch] won it and believe me there’s nobody who loves Deion more than me but Rodney Harrison, if you were a Patriots fan, you knew who the best player on the team was. It was Rodney Harrison, without a doubt.”

On losing teammates to free agency:
Brady: “[Adam Vinatieri] is a great teammate. The most clutch kicker in NFL history. A future Hall of Famer. He’ll always be a good friend. I hate to see him go to the Colts. I hate to see him go anywhere other than kick for us but that’s part of what this league is built on. We’ve just got to try to regroup, try to fill that void and obviously we wish him the best of luck.
“Everybody wanted David Givens back and everybody wanted Willie McGinest back and Tom Ashworth. But I think those guys had great opportunities in other places and they decided to explore those opportunities. That’s their right and that’s what they’ve earned and it is hard for me, as a player, to say, ‘Guys, you shouldn’t do that. You should have stayed with us.’ Because they wanted to go on. They wanted to test the free agent market and hopefully they are happy with where they’re at.”

On Richard Seymour and his contract extension:
Brady: “There’s nobody like Richard. I think Richard has more respect from everybody than any other player on our team. He’s such a young man in age but he’s so mature and so professional. He’s had a lot of tough things happen in his life. His father passed away a few years ago and he came to training camp and was as determined as ever. He’s had some injury problems but nothing has really de-railed him. He’s a great man. He’s got a great family. There is no better player in the league to represent the New England Patriots than Richard Seymour.
“I know how thrilled I was. He’s one of my closest friends on the team. I know how thrilled our coaches were and our owner. It’s really a great thing for all the Patriots fans, too. He’ll be a great guy to root for.”