 Our story has been written and it was written earlier today when Tom Brady said that he was done in New England very strangely the the headline on the story was a Patriot Forever But obviously not right now. So as we go, this is and Tom Brady is Is going to sign somewhere else that will not be with the New England Patriots And I will tell you my initial thought and I think I will come under some fire by both Don and Peter Before I give you it, I'll tell you this Under no circumstances do I say he does not have this right. He has the right to go wherever he wants He's played 20 years with New England. There's the first time he's chosen to be a free agent. So he has the right to go somewhere That's not my point. My point is why because wherever he goes whether it be L.A. Chargers Oakland rate the Las Vegas Raiders The Miami Dolphins of the Tampa Bay Bucks in the next two years those teams are not winning a Super Bowl period They're not so what's the point? Do you really hate Belichick that much? Is he so suffocating that you had to get out? I don't understand it. It doesn't make sense to me and unless he could somehow articulate it because what he sent out on Instagram today He loves everybody. He loves everybody loves Belichick. He loves the Kraft family Specifically Robert Kraft 20 years of his life. It's the best. He's a patriot for life. Then what do you leave him for? What's it? What's the big what's the big kick for I don't get it It makes no sense to me jet fans are thrilled today Bill's fans are thrilled today dolphin fans are thrilled today. I get it I just don't understand the urgency to leave a perfect situation because you could say Well, they're not when they're not built to win a Super Bowl. Well, they made the playoffs last year They're not built to win a Super Bowl you tell me the other three teams the other three coaches that he might be going to None of them none of them could sniff Bill Belichick. I still take my I love I love people are going Oh, the bills are now the favorite in the East. No, they're not You think Bill Belichick is gonna just roll over and die now. No, no He's gonna put together a great team make the playoffs again Probably not win a Super Bowl, but he's got something to prove as well. Why is Tom Brady leaving? I don't understand nobody's been able to articulate it for me Well, I think I can Michael and again I'm trying to get into his head the same way you're trying to get into his head and eventually He'll have a press conference or write a book to articulate the exact reasons why and I don't think it has to be contentious I don't think he has any hatred towards New England I completely believe him when he says that he loves everybody over there But this the difference between Tom Brady and every other great athlete I can think of I've been racking my brain all day Michael There is not another great athlete That I believe in the history of sports any sport you want to name That is more attached to the coach than Tom Brady is Even Jordan who didn't win a thing before Phil Jackson got to Chicago, right? Jordan was what? 27 when he won his first championship with Phil. It's a long time of the NBA before he won his championship Nobody ever says it says Jordan and Jackson never it's not it's not a phrase It's it's a phrase in the NFL. It's a it's a it's a sports Combination Bella check Brady Brady Bella check they've been connected Tom Brady's entire Career Tom Brady has done nothing in the NFL that wasn't attached to Bill Bella check Bella check went 11 and five with Matt Castle was a Hall of Fame defensive coordinator It's still the only head coach in Cleveland with the Cleveland Browns So we say that he's the last coach to win a playoff game in Cleveland He's got an extensive resume that's not attached to Tom Brady But Tom Brady everything is Bill Bella check name a player go to you can go to Jim Brown You can go to Lawrence Taylor Lawrence Taylor isn't attached to Bill Parcells He spent most of his career at Bill Parcells not attached Wayne Gretzky's not attached to Glenn Sather Dan Marino Don Shuler Is it a thing? Because they didn't win a championship, but I don't think it's a I don't it's it's not a thing either way It's not a lot of thing But Bella check Brady Brady Bella check is a thing and I think he's got the opportunity now The window is beginning to close where he can go and kind of prove to the world that he is a great quarterback and do Something that's not attached to Bill and that doesn't mean he hates him Doesn't mean that it's contentious But it just means I just want to prove to the world that I can go to Tampa or I can go to Los Angeles And even taking those teams to the playoffs Can look like an accomplishment because staying into England and compiling championships is still compiling the myth The enigma that is Brady Bella check and I think he just wants to break that combination I I think I think Don makes a lot of interesting points and I would add to that That there's also the possibility that he is aware that his abilities are down a tick And that with the kind of talent they tend to surround him with and particularly they surrounded him with last year He just knows it's going to be ugly again in new england And he'd rather go someplace where he's able to have maybe more weapons and have a lower bar Because in new england no weapons right now no great weapons and also the bar is super bowl So why not go someplace where you might have new weapons and the bar to Don's point is just make the playoffs But but peter can you honestly say all the teams that are supposedly in play for him right now That even with tom brady. Are they going to be better than new england? No, they're not I they're not I think the raiders would with brady would be better I I would bet you any first of all it can't be the raiders They just signed mariotta. They have car as well. That's a good point Unless they're going to hold on to mariotta mariotta and then and then No, you're right brady and get rid of get rid of car. I just the dolphins aren't ready to win Tampa Bay has great receivers. They're not ready to win They don't have a defense that's going to win But it's the whole thing of taking something. It's not ready made And to go out there. So you you're willing to You you drive a lamborghini you want to build your own car you build a rambler But you feel better because you built the rambler rather than buy the lamborghini It doesn't make sense What's he trying to get out of it unless he wins a super ball somewhere But you the only thing that would make sense to me don is if he goes to the cowboys They got a chance to win a super ball that would make sense But I think you're underestimating just the freedom of now being able to try the challenge of accomplishing something that That he can actually get credit for The only thing he's going to get credit for is going to the plus. He's not winning a super ball But let's look at bill bellichick as I mentioned like we praise when we get into the debate like the debate always is Who needs who more and we always kind of fall on brady needing bellichick because bellichick was able to go 11 In five with matt castle. He didn't make the playoffs that year But he went 11 and five He won a playoff game one lousy playoff game in cleveland, but that's that's something that he accomplished without tom brady If tom brady can go to la and sneak him in as a wild card If he can go to tampa and go nine and seven He can kind of create a resume of that's a heck of a quarterback That he was able to go to tampa and actually make them relevant and get them into the playoffs You know what challenge for it