While Tom Brady’s departure allows us a brief moment to imagine an AFC East legitimately in contention for the first time since the George Bush presidency, let’s not forget that the rest of the brain trust behind the greatest dynasty in American sports history is still intact.
Do we really think that Bill Belichick is all of a sudden fragile?
The best part about Brady testing free agency and ultimately playing the 2020 season away from New England is that it can finally help us answer the chicken-or-the-egg question we have had about the coach and quarterback in Foxborough for the better part of 20 years.