Tom King

In a day or two, the deluge will begin.

Brady. Brady. Brady. Brady.

And more Brady.

It will be the daily story. The daily topic on sports talk radio and ESPN. You won’t be able to escape it.

Tom Brady vs. Bill Belichick.

Be ready.

Some eat this up. The sports media world is obsessed with the perceived eroding relationship between the greatest quarterback of all time and the greatest coach of all time. It led to TB12’s departure as a free agent from New England on St. Patrick’s Day, 2020, one of many reasons to hate that month of March. That’s when the Earth basically stood COVID still, and the Patriots franchise certainly did, too.

And, of course, so much fuel was added to the fire when Brady lured Rob Gronkowski out of retirement to Tampa Bay, before the Bucs signed his other fav receiver, crazy Antonio Brown, with the trio winning a Super Bowl together in knocking off the Kansas City Chiefs last February.

The media has created the narrative that Belichick is so obsessed to prove he can win a Super Bowl without Brady that he convinced owner Robert Kraft to go on a record spending spree almost exactly a year to the week when Brady left.

In between we had awful Cam Newton, and it was obvious even to Belichick that wasn’t going to work. Now we have Mac Jones, who is supposed to be the Patriots new franchise quarterback. He’s good, but the jury of course is still out on that franchise stuff because after all, he’s only a rookie. Brady didn’t even play his rookie year except for a Thanksgiving Day cameo appearance in Detroit. Remember that?

But the moment the games end Sunday – the Patriots host the New Orleans Saints and the Bucs are at the L.A. Rams and that could be a doozy, as the Rams and Matthew Stafford are looking pretty good.

NBC couldn’t resist grabbing Brady’s return to Foxborough for next Sunday night’s game. It will probably be as watched as many of the Patriots Super Bowls in this reason.

But it’s all the drama we’re going to be hit with this week. Constant. Belichick,of course, will do his best to defuse a lot of it, but those press conferences, whether they be in person, or via zoom or conference call, will certainly have their testy moments.

There’s just no avoding it. It will be Brady-Belichick 24-7. Everywhere. Whose fault was it that Brady left; why didn’t Kraft overrule his coach, etc. etc.

What does this social media post by Brady or Gronkowski mean? What about this quote?

It already started this week when Brady said he might play until he’s 50, Belichick didn’t dispute it, and then Brady said he’s always appreciated Belichick’s enouraging words.

Get ready. Hey there might even be some more revealing stories that some of the sensationalists have chosen to save for this week, dropping them on an unsuspecting nation.

And don’t forget after the game ends next Sunday night, as the cameras zoom in to see if Brady and Belichick congratulate each other on the field. Doubt it, but who knows.

It’s Drama Week. Belichick will talk about the Tampa pass rush and other offensive weapons, Brady will talk about the good defense he and his team are going to face.

But all anyone wants to hear is why Brady left and why Belichick let him leave.

And there will be a constant barrage until we get it, which, of course, we likely never will.

Starting Sunday night and lasting for the next seven days, it will be all Brady vs. Belichick all the time.

So be ready. You’ve been warned.

Tom King can be reached at tking@nashuatelegraph.com, or on twitter @Telegraph _TomK.

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