The 2018 NFL season is over, and its final game ended in familiar fashion: with the New England Patriots winning the Super Bowl and hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy. For the sixth time since the turn of the century, the Patriots were able to capture the title proving once again that their dynasty is still going strong. And with both Bill Belichick and Tom Brady returning in 2019, the foundation of the club’s unprecedented run stays intact.
That being said, the team’s longer-term outlook remains unclear to a certain degree. Belichick and Brady will be 67 and 42, respectively, when the next season kicks off and there is no apparent succession plan in place — at least known to the public.