Former Patriot Reveals Power Struggle Between Tom Brady and Bill Belichick

The New England Patriots sat on top of the NFL for two decades. Tom Brady and Bill Belichick led the team to six Super Bowl wins. The Patriots had nine trips to the Super Bowl. Guess what… Brady will make his 10^th appearance on the big scene.

TB12 left the Patriots last March to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was a good decision for the quarterback as he got a chance to win his seventh championship. This triggered an avalanche of reactions, and a former Patriot talked about the relationship between Brady and Belichick during his appearance in an episode of Drink Champs.

Former Jacksonville Jaguars and Patriots running back Fred Taylor joined the IAA cast. He was a Patriot in his 12th season in the league. Let’s just say that Taylor made some hilarious comments.

“I was in New England for 2 years with Brady, towards the end of my career,” he said. “Brady treated everybody the same, practice squad, 10-year vet, you know what I’m saying? That’s why I think Brady the GOAT.”

Here comes the fun part.

“Going to New England, I’m looking around and s—, like damn, I don’t wanna f— up what they got going on. So, I’m up there, but Tom runs every f—— thing. So you get up there, and he’s chill. I get up there, and he’s like ‘Freddy, dem PRP jeans, bruh?’ So, I’m like OK, we cool now. He’s on the s— that I’m on. Practice squad, 10-year vet, everybody on the same playing field, but if you f— up on the field he treating it the same. He knows everybody’s name, like everybody, it ain’t about dollars, it ain’t about position, it’s about respect and what you can bring to the team and how urgent you can get it done. So, that’s what Tom was about. He didn’t minimize who you were if you were making $100,000.”

Tom Brady and Bill Belichick had different approach

The next question was related to players’ attitude towards Brady and the head coach. “Who does the team listen to more?”

“They’re going to listen to who they’re in the trenches with,” Taylor responded. “Alright then, when Brady on that field, he’s the CEO. You feel me? He don’t give a f### what Belichick says. Cause at the end of the day, who got to make these plays and get paid? That was my mindset, the same with Tom. So we go on the field and Tom like ‘a yo Freddy, do the s### this way’ we did it this way in practice 20 times, but on the field, ‘I just saw something’ do it this way. Guess what, that s— gone work. The coaches ain’t gone say a m———— thing.”

The best part?

“I’m a do what Tom said.”

Taylor was one of the best running backs in the 2000s. His stats are impressive. He rushed for 11,695 yards and 66 touchdowns. He had 2,384 receiving yards and 8 touchdown receptions. Taylor announced his retirement in 2010. He spent the last two seasons of his career in New England. He played only 13 games in this period and struggled with too many injuries.