Report: Tom Brady Told People He Was Done After SBLII Loss

Quarterback Tom Brady decided to leave the New England Patriots and sign with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady spent two decades in New England, and helped the team win six Super Bowls. Although there were some reports about the tension between him and coach Bill Belichick, everything looked fine between these two. Well, now we know that the whole thing broke after Brady and his team played the SBLII.

It all started around 2017. The Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LII. They had the best comeback of all-time against the Falcons. Players were able to erase a 28-3 third-quarter deficit.

Tom Brady was angry right before the SBLII loss

However, things weren’t that good. Brady wanted an extension at the time, and coach Belichick had a blowup over his contract in late 2017. This happened right before the team appeared in Super Bowl LII.

The Patriots fell 41-33 to the Eagles, and Brady was unhappy with the result. He was unhappy with the situation. ESPN’s Seth Wickersham described the situation perfectly.

“After the Patriots lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII, Brady was deeply dissatisfied. The offense had put up 613 yards with no punts. When Belichick addressed the team upon its return to Foxborough, Brady mostly stared straight down, barely glancing up at his coach. Brady told people in the building that he wasn’t coming back. Needing distance, he detached from the team that spring. He left passive-aggressive comments on social media. Brady pleaded the fifth.

“He looked lost at the end of his Facebook docuseries, ‘Tom vs. Time,’ saying of his passion, ‘What are we doing this for? … You gotta have answers to those questions.’ ESPN’s Ian O’Connor, in his book ‘Belichick,’ reported that Brady wanted a ‘divorce’ from his coach. And Brady made it clear to author Mark Leibovich in the book ‘Big Game’ that he was fed up with Belichick’s culture, which is to say that he was fed up with Belichick. When asked in Leibovich’s book how he would feel if the Patriots released him, Brady was blunt. ‘They can do whatever they want.’”