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One of the fun debates of the offseason, with Tom Brady departing the New England Patriots and signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has been whether the superstar quarterback or head coach Bill Belichick was more responsible for the team's success over the past two decades?
Did Brady need Belichick or vice versa? Former NFL cornerback Asante Samuel—who spent his first five seasons with New England—believes it's the latter:
The truth, of course, probably lies somewhere in the middle. It's hard to imagine that a head coach of Belichick's pedigree couldn't have had similar success with players like Peyton Manning or Aaron Rodgers.