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Bucs handed Bill Belichick his first loss as Patriots head coach

Now that Tom Brady is officially a Buccaneer, the debate will rage on about who the true mastermind was behind the New England Patriots’ dynastic run over 20 years that produced nine Super Bowl appearances and six championships. Was it Brady or Patriots head coach Bill Belichick?

Brady and Belichick were joined at the hip for nearly two decades, but Brady wasn’t the original quarterback Belichick worked with in New England when he arrived as head coach in 2000. That would be Drew Bledsoe, the top pick of the 1993 NFL draft who led the Patriots to an appearance in Super Bowl XXXI following the 1996 season, where they lost to Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers.