Bill Belichick just lost his safety net

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

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Tom E. Curran, Mike Vrabel, Afc, 2024 Nfl Draft, Football, Afc East, New England Patriots, Nfl, News, Sports News, Jerod Mayo, Phil Perry, Sports, Drake Maye, Patriots Nation, Ja'lynn Polk

4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran reacts to Tom Brady announcing he will not return to the Patriots. What could the Patriots have done to convince him to stay? How will Bill Belichick do without his safety net? 1:30- How will Belichick do without Tom Brady as his safety net? 7:00- If the Patriots wanted Tom Brady back, they would have tried more 10:30- Reflecting on Tom Brady's amazing career with the Patriots 12:40- Who has more to lose in 2020, Bill Belichick or Tom Brady?

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up everybody? Tom Carren's Patriots Talk podcast as we continue to go in depth
0:19.3	on post-Tom Brady life here in New England.
0:23.4	During this podcast, I'm going to investigate the role Tom Brady has played as the great equalizer for Bill Belichick over the years.
0:31.1	So many risky moves the head coach has made and the team has still come out smelling like a rose.
0:36.8	Well, who's the safety net now?
0:38.6	We'll get into that on this Patriots Talk podcast.
0:45.5	This time, the world champion, and there ain't nothing you can do about it.
1:00.2	Hey! You can do a fine. Weird, huh?
1:01.2	Is it weird?
1:02.6	Aside from the pandemic, folks.
1:05.1	Huh?
1:06.3	No Tom Brady.
1:07.1	You're going to wake up tomorrow morning
1:08.2	and you're going to say,
1:09.6	well, it's cloudy out. I can't leave the house, but at least Tom Brady, he's not my quarterback anymore.
1:17.6	And then you're going to find out that he's going to Tampa Bay or wherever.
1:21.6	And then eight months hence, you're going to see him throw for about 43 touchdowns,
1:26.6	seven picks and win 13 games, and at least
1:29.9	playing the NFC championship game, maybe more. That's my bold prediction on the St. Patrick's Day
1:37.1	2020. But I don't want to talk necessarily about where Brady is going to be come next year. I do want to talk about,
1:45.5	however, where the Patriots might be. Because what's been interesting is I look at the arc of
1:50.8	Bill Belichick's career here in New England. It is chalk full of bold and oftentimes necessary
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