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With Belichick gone, so too goes the Krafts’ last line of defense

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That’s it? Twenty-four years of wondering how it was going to end and we got prepared statements? J.J. Abrams has concocted better conclusions than what we got from the New England Patriots on Thursday.

Head coach Bill Belichick and team owner Robert Kraft have “amicably” decided that the “best thing for everybody” was to “cordially” part ways after a quarter-century that helped deliver six Super Bowl titles to Foxborough. It was a harmonious decision, Robert Kraft said, mentioning once or twice about how “collaborative” Bill was in the decision to fire himself.