The Tom Brady-Patriots marriage is one of the most complicated relationships in NFL history.
There's a lot to unpack between the decades-long dynastic duo of Brady and Bill Belichick, their bitter divorce in 2020 and the subsequent championship run of Brady as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer this past season. And now, as Brady returns to Foxborough to face his old team for the first time, a lot of hyperbole has emerged about how Brady and the Patriots built one of, if not the greatest, sports runs ever.
One of the bigger fallacies surrounding the Patriots’ 20-season run with Brady, though, is the notion they needed their quarterback to consistently take pay cuts to be able to construct championship-contending teams.