Tom Brady and Bill Belichick won six Super Bowls together during their two-decade partnership with the Patriots.
But it was far from a seamless alliance between quarterback and coach — especially during the final years of New England’s dynasty.
ESPN’s Seth Wickersham and Wright Thompson penned an extended breakdown of the events that set the stage for the Patriots’ eventual collapse as a perennial power in the NFL.
And while most of Wickersham and Thompson’s story revolves around the eroding relationship between Belichick and both Robert and Jonathan Kraft, there were also plenty of revealing nuggets unearthed about the dynamic between Brady and Belichick during their final years together.