Update:
The Patroits have released the following statement regarding the ESPN article.
Joint statement from Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft, Head Coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady: pic.twitter.com/i555gWZIi6
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) January 5, 2018
According to Seth Wickersham of ESPN, there’s a “palpable sense” within the Patriots that this could be the last year that Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft will be together in New England.
Wickersham writes that the Patriots and Brady negotiated his most recent two-year contract so that 2018 was going to be a key year for the team, as it would allow them to transition to Jimmy Garoppolo if they felt that was the best move at the time.