It was reported not long after new england patriots owner robert kraft and head coach bill Belichick “mutually” decided to split ways in january that Belichick “never believed brady would leave” the club as a free agent following the 2019 NFL season.
Brady seemed to have a different view of the situation about four years ago. Brady talked about his exit from new england for apple tv’s “the dynasty” documentary, which will have its first two episodes on friday, according to chad graff of the athletic. During a segment, brady said, “me and coach belichick, we did what we loved and competed for 20 years together.” “but even if i wanted to play until (i was) 50,” i wasn’t going to sign another deal (in new england). I wasn’t going to sign up for more of it as a result of how things had gone.
Graff, who was able to film the documentary for an early review, said that the film “feels like a referendum on how bad the brady-belichick relationship got and why it never had a storybook ending with the two riding off together into the sunset.” Former new england wide receiver wes welker “compared brady to an abused dog” who goes back to work for belichick in the film.
Tom brady sr., the seven-time super bowl champion’s uncle, revealed earlier this winter that patriots owner robert kraft admitted to “making a mistake” in failing to give brady the type of deal he wanted after the 2019 season.
After the 2019 season, brady signed with the tampa bay buccaneers in march 2020 and guided them to a super bowl title in his first season with the team. Kraft said in the documentary, “tom and i had a lot of discussions about how bill treated him.” “tommy is a little sensitive.” He was always looking for bill’s approval, almost in a father-son style. And that’s not bill’s style to do so ever.”
Brady and belichick won six super bowl titles together from 2000 to january 2020, before breaking up in what seems to have been a tragic divorce. Ex new england players, as well as kraft, described “a hostile work environment and a bleak atmosphere inside the team’s headquarters” in the final days of the brady-belichick relationship, according to graff.
Although 20 years isn’t exactly a long time for two people to work together, some patriots fans will be curious what might have been happened when the club missed the playoffs three times in four years since brady’s departure and before kraft essentially showed belichick the door.
