We’ve reached the point in the New England Patriots’ descent where fan and media fiction have intertwined, with fever dreams emerging about whether (and how) Bill Belichick’s ultimate demise might play out this weekend.
Some would have you believe that the Vince Lombardi of the salary cap era might find himself munching on a currywurst Sunday afternoon following yet another troubling defeat, still adorned in a tattered hoodie while contemplating how Gardner Minshew and the Colts got the best of him in Frankfurt, as owner Robert Kraft saunters into the locker room to inform him he’ll need to arrange his own transportation back to Massachusetts.