Patriots owner Robert Kraft denied that the team’s unprecedented free agent spending this offseason was in response to watching Tom Brady win the Super Bowl with the Bucs.
Speaking with reporters, Kraft also blamed the poor results last season of Brady’s replacement, Cam Newton, on the coronavirus. Newton, the 2015 NFL MVP, threw for only eight touchdowns in his first year with New England, tested positive, missed one game, then presided over three straight losses after he returned.
“I’m not sure (Newton) had the proper weapons around him, then he got (COVID-19, the disease cause by the virus),” Kraft said.