Tom Brady Shares Details About Relationship With Bill Belichick

Tom Brady and Bill Belichick parted ways a few years ago. The quarterback left the New England Patriots after two decades. He signed a deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and even won a title in his first season with the team. What did Belichick do? He’s been trying to find someone who will replace the GOAT and lead the team in the post-Brady era.

NFL fans and players picked their side. Some believe that Brady took the Patriots to the top. Others bet on Brady. The former Patriots quarterback is not a fan of this debate.

“For me, there’s nobody I’d rather be associated with,” Brady said. “From my standpoint, I think it’s always such a stupid conversation to say, ‘Brady vs. Belichick’ because, in my mind, that’s not what a partnership is about. Coach couldn’t play quarterback, and I couldn’t coach.

“In my view, people were always trying to pull us apart. I don’t think we ever felt like that with each other. We never were trying to pull each other apart. We actually were always trying to go in the same direction. I think when we were in New England for 20 years together, you know, they get tired of writing the same story. So once they write all the nice things and championships and this and then they just start going, ‘Well, this works, let’s start trying to divide them.’ I never really appreciated those ways that people would try to do that.”

Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are winners

Belichick and Brady won a lot of games together. They learned a lot during their time together. The Patriots head coach has nothing but words of praise for the quarterback.

“I learned so much from Tom because, as you know, I never played quarterback and I never saw the game through the quarterback’s eyes,” Belichick said. “I saw it through a coach’s eyes. And what Tom would tell me that he saw and how he saw it, it was incredible how during the game, he’d come off and I’d say, ‘What happened on that play?’ And he’d go through eight things that happened: tackle flash in front of me; this guy slipped; I saw the linebacker drop wide; safety was a little deeper than I thought he would be; and then this guy stepped in front and I kind of put it a little bit behind him because I saw this other guy closing. And then you’d go back and look at the film, and every one of those things happened in the exact sequence that he explained it to you on the field. I’m like, ‘This guy sees everything.’”

Brady and Belichick went through a lot together. Their thoughts didn’t always match, but hey, they had a lot of fun winning games and titles. During their time together, the Patriots won six titles and made nine Super Bowls.

“He and I always had a great relationship, and we met all the time,” Brady said. “Did we always see everything exactly the same way? Who does in life? What close relationship can you have where everything goes like a bright sunny day? No, there are moments that, you know, it was never intolerable, but it was always just, I would say healthy debates about certain things, and we always talked about it face to face.

“I think that’s one thing I appreciate about Coach Belichick in life: He’s not afraid to have a hard conversation. We didn’t always agree, but we always respected each other. I know he respected me for the job that I did, and I certainly did the same. I think even when you go away from each other, you respect each other probably that much more. Yes, I certainly did because I realized the commitment he was trying to make to get our team to win.”