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W/L records and Lombardi trophies are a team stat, not a QB stat, but let's oversimplify just for fun.
Nobody can deny how dominant the Patriot dynasty was in the TB/BB era. For 20 years we marveled (and anguished) at the obvious wizardry of Tom Brady as well as the apparent wizardry of the Dark Hooded One himself.
But Brady left the Patriots and took a formerly 7-9 Tampa Bay team all the way to a Super Bowl win. It had been 15 years since Tampa Bay got that many wins in a season, and almost 20 years since they'd won a Super Bowl.
Meanwhile, the Patriots went 7-9 their first year w/o Brady, which was their worst W/L record in almost 20 years. And that other 7-9 season (2002) was the year that Tom Brady didn't even play because of injury, and is bookended by an 11-win season before and a 14-win season after.
Of course Mac Jones is no Tom Brady (who is?), but if Belichick is really a GOAT coach who was a critical part of the Pats' success for 20 years, then why have the Pats completely crumbled since Brady left?
I'm a Seahawks fan, so I'm no simp for Tom Brady. But I just can't see any scenario where Brady was not the one carrying the Patriots to glory every year, in spite of, not because of, Belichick's coaching. What do you think?
Nobody can deny how dominant the Patriot dynasty was in the TB/BB era. For 20 years we marveled (and anguished) at the obvious wizardry of Tom Brady as well as the apparent wizardry of the Dark Hooded One himself.
But Brady left the Patriots and took a formerly 7-9 Tampa Bay team all the way to a Super Bowl win. It had been 15 years since Tampa Bay got that many wins in a season, and almost 20 years since they'd won a Super Bowl.
Meanwhile, the Patriots went 7-9 their first year w/o Brady, which was their worst W/L record in almost 20 years. And that other 7-9 season (2002) was the year that Tom Brady didn't even play because of injury, and is bookended by an 11-win season before and a 14-win season after.
Of course Mac Jones is no Tom Brady (who is?), but if Belichick is really a GOAT coach who was a critical part of the Pats' success for 20 years, then why have the Pats completely crumbled since Brady left?
I'm a Seahawks fan, so I'm no simp for Tom Brady. But I just can't see any scenario where Brady was not the one carrying the Patriots to glory every year, in spite of, not because of, Belichick's coaching. What do you think?