Bill Belichick on Monday claimed the New England Patriots were hoping to retain Tom Brady in free agency last year.
So, why then did Brady elect to leave his NFL home of two decades for a new destination?
Football fans and media members alike over the past year-plus have answered that question with far-fetched theories and hot takes. But Charlie Weis, Brady’s offensive coordinator in New England for four seasons, believes the future Hall of Fame quarterback’s line of thinking was pretty straightforward.
“I’m just saying that Tommy looked around and he found himself a place — we can talk about how the different personalities of the head coaches and how they do things all we want — but really at the end of the day is, it’s the guys he’s playing with,” Weis told NBC Sports Boston’s Tom E.