The Miami Dolphins exposed Belichick after Brady left

The Tom Brady effect: (Part 1)

What do you think Tom Brady and Bill Belichick said to each other after that fateful game against the Dolphins in 2019? I’m no one to make assumptions but I’m guessing not very many nice things were said after losing a crucial bye week to the Miami Dolphins of all teams.

The Dolphins were coming into that game with a 4-11 record and walked out with 5 wins, and the entire city of New England was on fire, they just didn’t know it yet.

A crucial bye week was lost and after running head first into the buzzsaw that was Derrick Henry in January 2020, Tom Brady would end his New England Patriots career poetically. With a pick-6 thrown from his end zone.

After Brady’s departure, the argument for who was the most influential for the Patriots’ success was very split between Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, as 50/50 as it gets.

First-year post-breakup both Brady and Belichick struggled, but during that same season, Tom Brady and the Bucs started to catch fire. While the Patriots just kept on getting more inconsistent.

The Bucs had a rocky start but clutched up and locked in a wildcard spot, the Patriots missed the playoffs entirely.

Tom Brady then makes a deep run in the playoffs, taking out his most comparable contemporaries in masterclass fashion. Sending Drew Brees into retirement in his own home, and making Aaron Rodgers freeze to death in his tundra.

Questions started to float around. After all, Brady is gladiating his way to another Superbowl appearance at 43 years old, and Bill Belichick is watching him play from the nursing home.