The Patriots are bad and the Buccaneers are good.
That development — though not surprising given the state of both rosters — has been held up this week as key evidence in the debate over whether Bill Belichick or Tom Brady was more integral to the Patriots dynasty of the last two decades.
But while Brady was busy winning another game with the Bucs after a loss in Buffalo dropped his former team to 2-5, sparking a million Tom > Bill takes this week, a far more interesting bit of evidence in this fascinating debate was revealed by former Patriots coach Dean Pees on the Make Defense Great Again podcast, which adds yet another complicating layer to the discussion and begs the question…
