How will Tom Brady leaving New England impact the future of the franchise?
According to CBS Sports' Phil Simms, perhaps not as much as some think.
“I would say this: If the Patriots have a winning season — and Bill will hate this — but I think that’s a tremendous plus, tremendous, given everything,” Simms said to the Boston Globe's Tara Sullivan. “And if they have a winning season, then look out, they’re coming back and it’s going to turn, go right back into another era of winning. I really believe that.”
With that being said, Simms believes the time away from facilities because of COVID-19 impacts the Patriots maybe more than some other teams.