Report: Tom Brady ‘Checked Out’ In 2018 After Losing To Steelers

The New England Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII. However, something cracked the month before. Tom Brady was fed up with the 2018 season, and it was more than obvious that he disapproved some things.

Greg Bedard from Boston Sports released a piece on Brady’s decision to leave the New England Patriots. He covered some of the biggest reasons Brady had to leave the Patriots.

TB12 joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in free agency. He signed a two-year deal worth $60 million. This means that the former Patriots quarterback will probably retire as a Buccaneers player.

Bedard blames Belichick, Josh McDanielsand the organization as a whole. He believes that they didn’t try enough to keep Brady in the team. However, he also criticized Brady for his role in the process.

Tom Brady was done in 2018

Bedard also mentioned the Week 15 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. TB12 threw an interception in the fourth quarter.

“This stuff that you’re hearing — he felt he was being phased out, Josh McDaniels was no longer his buffer, Brady lacked the same input — is what you get from an aging athlete, who has always been worried about being replaced, seeing ghosts. Brady was so deadset on being the one to orchestrate the final years of his career, that he was paranoid about Belichick beating him to the punch.

“What you won’t hear from Team Brady is that Brady largely checked out in 2018 after the loss to Pittsburgh and hated how the offense pivoted to a more run-based attack. Brady probably hated the Rams Super Bowl gameplan as well and how it only produced 13 points. Was Brady being phased out in ’18? Was the offense becoming less Tom-centric? Of course not. The Patriots were trying to win football games with what they had on hand. And it worked … so I guess we won’t hear any public complaints about that season.”

Well, this story won’t end in the near future. Brady will stay with the Bucs. There will so many rumors about his divorce with the Patriots. All stories end up the same way.