Almost all of New England stood still on St. Patrick's Day 2020 when Tom Brady took to social media to announce that he was leaving the Patriots to become a free agent. The next chapter of the best quarterback of all time's career took him to Tampa Bay, where he led the Buccaneers to a Super Bowl championship in his first year with the team.
Ominous signs were pointing towards Brady leaving New England as the 2019 season wore on, and the Patriots' Wild Card playoff loss to Mike Vrabel and the Tennessee Titans gave fans a sense that a breakup was coming.