Tom Brady just dropped a very long and very emotional goodbye letter to Patriots Nation -- and while he thanked Robert Kraft by name ... Bill Belichick didn't get the same kind of love.
It's all in a Player's Tribune article titled, "The only Way Is Through" -- TB12 reflects on his 20 years in New England and explains why he's so damn "motivated" to succeed in Tampa Bay.
But one part of the story stood out to us ... this line.
"But more than any one physical place, it’s the relationships I made in New England that I’ll miss the most.