ZWExton
Hey - if you choose to believe that the Garappolo deal wasn't a big issue - so be it. A lot of people however think it was, and a lot of fans in NE made a pretty big stink out of it. Belichick, from all I've read within the tea leaves, wasn't particularly happy that he was dealt.
Connect the dots however you prefer.
If NE wins? The infighting won't make headlines, because, after all, "winning takes care of everything."
If they don't? Then the finger-pointing starts. More leaks start coming from what was once a tight ship. The so-called "dynasty" is much closer to the end than the beginning.
Brady's personal fitness guru was told by Belichick to not show up at the facility anymore. Ordinarily he wouldn't give two s**ts about stuff like that, but suddenly he did after Brady went over his head to Kraft and convinced him to deal the upcoming star waiting to take his place.
This ain't that complicated.
But believe whatever you want.