However, while discussing the Patriots dynasty, the coach and now-retired quarterback’s connection is frequently brought up. Brady spent 20 seasons in New England after being infamously selected in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after the 2019 season, where he won another Super Bowl.
In the year Brady was selected, Belichick returned to New England as the team’s head coach after serving as an assistant coach with the Patriots in 1996.
Even though they were together for a long time and achieved previously unheard-of success.
by all accounts the working relationship between Brady and Belichick was straightforwardly transactional. But longtime team owner Robert Kraft recently gave his account of how the relationship ultimately transpired.
I’ll never forget… I believe it was in the month of March (2020). He lived down the street from me. (Brady) came to my house and I opened the door. He started crying,” Kraft said.
And he hugged me and said, ‘I’ve made a decision. I’m going to leave the Patriots after 20 years.’ We normally would’ve franchised someone like that… but I kept my word to him. And it was one of the worst days—it’s like losing a child.
