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Sideline Chatter: He should go double-or-nothing on the Buccaneers' chances to win the Super Bowl

It doesn't pay to bet against Tom Brady, even if you're Al Michaels.

The NBC broadcaster is out 86 grand _ all because, during a sitdown with Brady last year, Michaels offered up 43,000-to-1 odds the New England QB wouldn't leave the Patriots.

"And one of our great research people, Andy Freeland, then plunked down $2 on the table to take the bet," Michaels told MassLive.com. "So I now owe Andy Freeland $86,000 when we do our first Tampa Bay game this year.

"... It will be installment payments of about $3 a year."

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