As Tom Brady prepares to return to Gillette Stadium for his first-ever game against the New England Patriots on Sunday, the sentiment that head coach Bill Belichick ran Brady out of town has been a prevailing one leading up to the weekend.
Belichick has found himself parrying questions this week from the media about why his desire to keep Brady seemingly waned and why the Patriots didn’t do more to keep the now seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback in Foxborough.
But The Athletic’s Jeff Howe suggests the narrative that Belichick pushed Brady out of town may not be entirely accurate.