Without Tom Brady, Bill Belichick would fail.
After Sunday’s 10-6 loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Frankfurt, Germany, Belichick looked more lost and without answers than ever in the NFL.
From 2001-19, Belichick was widely considered the best coach in NFL history and Brady was hailed as the greatest quarterback of all time.
The subsequent years and actions are well documented.
Belichick thinks Brady’s career is coming to an end.
The best of all quarterbacks took his talents to Tampa Bay, winning a Super Bowl with the Buccaneers and adding another world championship to his personal collection.
Belichick has been bouncing around without Brady for the past four years.
But Brady’s post-Brady statistics are even more dismal for a coach who built a two-decade dynasty in New England but couldn’t even post a .500 record without his best players.
The Patriots currently sit at 2-8, their worst record since Belichick’s first year coaching New England in 2000.
As Belichick jumped from Cam Newton to Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe, a team once associated with annual dominance went 27-33 in four years without Brady. achievements.
That’s almost half of what the Patriots have suffered in nearly two decades when Brady and Belichick were paired together.
To make matters worse, Belichick looked uncertain at the helm.
Newton was a bad idea that quickly backfired.
Jones completely missed out on the 15th overall pick in 2021.
The former Alabama star was lambasted on the sideline Sunday by offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien, who returns to the Patriots and Belichick this season.
Zappe went 3-of-7 for 25 yards on Sunday.
The 2022 fourth-round pick, who threw one of his worst interceptions of the season to push their record to 2-8, left Belichick looking humbled and defeated on the sidelines in Germany.
“Obviously it was a disappointing game,” he said. “It’s been a similar theme with our other games this year.”
The only question now is when the Patriots will move on from Belichick.
I won, won, won with Brady.
Belichick isn’t even average without the best quarterback in New England history.
The best decision Belichick made was selecting Brady with the 199th overall pick in the sixth round of the 2000 draft.
The worst decision Belichick made was leaving Brady prematurely and not having an answer on how to replace the GOAT.