it does feel different. because nobody believes in belichick anymore because brady won a superbowl first even if it was with a much, much better team. then lets not forget what the afc east was while brady was there- 6 easy wins. and what the rest of the afc was. Peyton vs. belichic was almost a sure thing every year. kinda like bradys nfc now right? does anyone doubt tampa is playing in the championship game this year?
I don't know if brady replaced belichick because brady is so good or just because of what I said earlier here, the phycological aspect of the game. brady is qb, you believe you will win. same with belichick, but the patriots were lacking talent badly the year brady left and that's why he left. then covid decimated the patriots with guys sitting iut the year while tompabay lost no one
I will always argue, brady without belichick is nobody. belichick without brady still wins some superbowls. I'll just use Stafford as a single arguement here. on Detroit, wins nothing for years. on a good Rams team, in one season, not only wins the superbowl, but beats bradys all star team twice along the way.
what if brady were drafted by detroit 25 years ago? we'll never know what would have happened, but I have a good guess
which one is out in less then 3 years? I bet belichick wants to win one without brady, and that will be much harder now given the talent in the afc. belichick may be around a long time trying. brady will play until someone hits him really, really hard. that hasn't happened since he played the Giants in the superbowl and with the brady rules in place, it may never happen again. I see him playing in a wheel chair and still winning the superbowl