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The signs were there, but nobody on the New England Patriots wanted to say it aloud.
Tension between legendary Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick led to the former's exit from the team back in 2020.
This week, in his newsletter, Brady confirmed what Patriots fans were thinking five years ago: tension have developed within the once dynamic duo.
Here's what else Brady said.
In his newsletter on Monday, he stated, "For me, it was a creeping decision that lived passively in the back of mind for 2-3 years until March of 2020 when a whirlwind of a few days made me realize that a decision was coming sooner rather than later.
"The reality was, after twenty years together, a natural tension had developed between where Coach Belichick and I were headed in our careers, and where the Patriots were moving as a franchise. It was the kind of tension that could only be resolved by some kind of split or one of us reassessing our priorities."
He continued to say that when he had the opportunity to go to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at that time, he jumped on it, and left the Patriots.
"In the end, I chose Tampa, almost exactly five years ago now, because, in the aggregate, it graded out higher than New England along those twenty or so dimensions," Brady stated in the newsletter. "It’s not much more complicated than that."
Brady is now with Fox Sports as its lead football analyst, and Belichick is the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels football program.
Brady has confirmed in reports that he plans on returning to the broadcasting booth in 2025.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Brady said 'tension' with Belichick contributed to leaving Patriots
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Tension between legendary Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick led to the former's exit from the team back in 2020.
This week, in his newsletter, Brady confirmed what Patriots fans were thinking five years ago: tension have developed within the once dynamic duo.
Here's what else Brady said.
What did Brady say about leaving the Patriots?
In his newsletter on Monday, he stated, "For me, it was a creeping decision that lived passively in the back of mind for 2-3 years until March of 2020 when a whirlwind of a few days made me realize that a decision was coming sooner rather than later.
"The reality was, after twenty years together, a natural tension had developed between where Coach Belichick and I were headed in our careers, and where the Patriots were moving as a franchise. It was the kind of tension that could only be resolved by some kind of split or one of us reassessing our priorities."
He continued to say that when he had the opportunity to go to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at that time, he jumped on it, and left the Patriots.
"In the end, I chose Tampa, almost exactly five years ago now, because, in the aggregate, it graded out higher than New England along those twenty or so dimensions," Brady stated in the newsletter. "It’s not much more complicated than that."
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What are Brady and Belichick doing now?
Brady is now with Fox Sports as its lead football analyst, and Belichick is the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels football program.
Brady has confirmed in reports that he plans on returning to the broadcasting booth in 2025.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Brady said 'tension' with Belichick contributed to leaving Patriots
Continue reading...
