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Patriots staffer and Bill Belichick confidant Michael Lombardi is leaving New England and that’s okay

When the Cleveland Browns detonated their team for the upteenth time in February of 2014, a key figure in the New England Patriots Super Bowl XLIX championship team became a free agent.

I’m not talking about any player. I’m talking about Michael Lombardi.

Lombardi is “moving on” from his position as assistant to the Patriots staff after two seasons, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss, but that doesn’t mean that the fruitful relationship will be over. It just means it will be different. Reiss hypothesizes that the former Browns general manager could be interested in joining Bill Simmons’ newest venture The Ringer.