WHY—AND HOW—DID IT END IN NEW ENGLAND?
The truth is, I don’t know precisely what straw broke the camel's back and ended Tom Brady's two-decade run with the Patriots. But ask me what I think, and I believe it's as simple as this: The greatest to ever play was done playing the Patriots’ games, and that, as I see it, was reflected vividly in his final hours under contract with the team.
As late as Monday morning, there were those in the Patriots building who were still asking why a final meeting between the two of the most important and successful people in league history, Brady and Bill Belichick, couldn’t happen.