By the end of the 2019 season, which ended with a playoff loss to the Tennessee Titans, Brady said it was pretty clear he was done in New England and that the tension with Belichick had a lot to do with that.

"It was the kind of tension that could only be resolved by some kind of split or one of us reassessing our priorities," Brady said Tom Brady shared new insight into his longtime relationship with ...

In the latest edition of his newsletter, Brady noted that his departure from the Patriots was a “creeping decision” that had been brewing for “2-3 years” before he signed with the Buccaneers.