New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Gillette Stadium on Oct. 3, 2021. Credit: Getty Images/Adam Glanzman
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — For 20 years, they have been the standard by which the Jets have been measured.
And for nearly all those two decades, the Jets have come up hopelessly short.
Since Bill Belichick and Tom Brady began their historic collaboration in 2001, when they won their first of six Super Bowl titles together, the Jets have stood by with a helpless contempt as their AFC East rivals produced unprecedented success.