In recent insights shared by Tom Brady, he reflects on the 'creeping decision' to leave the New England Patriots for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, revealing that this choice was influenced by a long-standing tension with coach Bill Belichick. Over the final years of their partnership, Brady felt that both their career directions and the franchise's path diverged. He emphasizes the need for reassessment of personal priorities leading up to his free agency, ultimately citing the importance of a competent roster to maximize his remaining career potential.
The reality was, after twenty years together, a natural tension had developed between where Coach Belichick and I were headed in our careers, and where the Patriots were moving as a franchise.
I asked myself, as someone headed into their forties with school-age kids and twenty years worth of battle scars, what truly mattered to me now?
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