Tom Brady and Bill Belichick Don’t Need to Be Close for the Patriots to Win

The first sign there was trouble in the Super Bowl factory came in January. That’s when a bombshell report by ESPN’s Seth Wickersham hit.

It was an explosive story. It stated there were rifts between Patriots owner Robert Kraft, coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady. It suggested that last season, which ended in a Super Bowl loss to Philadelphia, might be the last one together for the group.women’s authentic nfl jerseys

The Patriots forcefully pushed back against the story. The team released a statement denying any tensions between the group, which read in part: “For the past 18 years, the three of us have enjoyed a very good and productive working relationship. In recent days, there have been multiple media reports that have speculated theories that are unsubstantiated, highly exaggerated or flat out inaccurate.”

What we have come to understand since is that the story was accurate, or at least mostly so. Wickersham got it right.where can i buy authentic nfl jerseys

When sportscaster Jim Gray this week asked Brady if he felt appreciated by his bosses, Brady gave, for one of the first times ever, a completely transparent response. That wasn’t by accident.

“I plead the Fifth,” Brady said at the Milken Institute Global Conference. “Man, that is a tough question. Yeah, I mean, they appreciate…I think everybody in general wants to be appreciated more at work.”

Tom Brady and Bill Belichick Don’t Need to Be Close for the Patriots to Win
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FOXBOROUGH, MA – JANUARY 21: Head Coach Bill Belichick looks on as Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots walks by during the AFC Championship Game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Gillette Stadium on January 21, 2018 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
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The first sign there was trouble in the Super Bowl factory came in January. That’s when a bombshell report by Wickersham hit.real nike nfl jerseys

It was an explosive story. It stated there were rifts between Patriots owner Robert Kraft, coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady. It suggested that last season, which ended in a Super Bowl loss to Philadelphia, might be the last one together for the group.

The Patriots forcefully pushed back against the story. The team released a statement denying any tensions between the group, which read in part: “For the past 18 years, the three of us have enjoyed a very good and productive working relationship. In recent days, there have been multiple media reports that have speculated theories that are unsubstantiated, highly exaggerated or flat out inaccurate.”

What we have come to understand since is that the story was accurate, or at least mostly so. Wickersham got it right.

When sportscaster Jim Gray this week asked Brady if he felt appreciated by his bosses, Brady gave, for one of the first times ever, a completely transparent response. That wasn’t by accident.

“I plead the Fifth,” Brady said at the Milken Institute Global Conference. “Man, that is a tough question. Yeah, I mean, they appreciate…cheap nfl jersey store I think everybody in general wants to be appreciated more at work.”

Tom Brady was asked today at the Milken Institute Global Conference if he feels appreciated by the Patriots. His response:

Brady added that Belichick is not only the “best coach in the history of the NFL” but also “the best for me” because Belichick maximizes talent.

“There’s no people I’d rather play for or be committed to than the team that I’ve been with for a long time,” Brady said.

Few players have mastered the art of saying nothing like Brady. The “plead the Fifth” part was purposeful.

So, what does this all mean?

Absolutely nothing.

Not a damn thing.

Whatever the current dispute or division, it means nothing.

The truth is, as one Patriots player told me this week and another former player confirmed, there have been issues—both players called them minor—between Brady and Belichick for at least five years. They just haven’t entered the public sphere. Or kept the Patriots from winning their division every year or going to the Super Bowl three of the past four.