FOXBOROUGH, MA - JANUARY 03: Head coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
Watching Tom Brady win a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a year after he looked like a shell of himself with the New England Patriots crystallized the fact that Bill Belichick needs to hit free agency hard this offseason.
The Patriots slumped to 7-9 this season, as Cam Newton failed to adequately replace Brady. Given the imperfect storm of COVID-19 optm outs, injuries on both sides of the ball, and an improved division, New England had to watch the postseason at home for the first time in over a decade.