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Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

Unpopular and maybe crazy opinion:

Bill Belichick goes unsigned this season.

Really surprised that he has really only been linked to the Falcons.

Does the league feel like 72 is too old to "start over" and build around? Or do they feel that maybe Belichick will ask for too much power? Or worse yet, could it be the league feels like maybe Belichick only won the 6 rings because of Tom Brady, and you can see what he has been without Brady?

BB made TB12 the QB he became and I'm pretty sure TB12 without Belichick is not that successful with some of those NE teams. Not taking away anything from Brady, but he did go to a stacked Tampa team, and that's one of the reasons he was so successful there.

Aside from Brady leaving, there are two additional reasons why BB did not succeed in this last years in NE:

* Although BB had final say in personnel, he was never able to get the QB of the future while Brady was still on the team. Brady was opposed to this (see Jimmy G's being traded away) and ownership never allowed BB to get his QB of the future.

* BB was/is a terrible GM. He succeeded in NE because of TB12 and his coaching, but they whiffed on a number of first round picks and for a while they always traded out of the first round for no reason.