Since he became head coach of the Patriots in 2000, Bill Belichick has started five quarterbacks. Five.
Drew Bledsoe started 18 games, Matt Cassel 15, Jacoby Brissett two and Jimmy Garoppolo two. They went 18-19 with those four players as their quarterback with Belichick as their head coach. The Patriots were 219-64 with Tom Brady.
In 2020, Belichick will start his sixth quarterback in his Patriots’ tenure, the fifth not named Brady.
“Well, we’ve played at other times without Tom,” Belichick said on NFL Network on Thursday night, via NESN.