Given all that’s transpired with the New England Patriots the last few years, it wouldn’t be surprising if there was some sort of rift between Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft.
The Patriots were awful in their first season after Tom Brady left Foxboro, logging only their second sub-.500 record this century and missing the playoffs. New England returned to the postseason in 2021, but it was pummeled in its lone playoff contest and it doesn’t carry much positive juice heading into the 2022 campaign. Watching the postseason from home feels more likely than not for the Patriots come January.