4. How badly do these two want to keep working together?

The Patriots are comfortable letting Brady test free agency, where either the money or skill players (or both) could be better elsewhere. Surely, the coaching won’t be better. You can’t beat Belichick and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. So if the Patriots make an effort to add a pass-catcher but they can’t pay Brady a competitive salary, he’s going to have to want to keep playing for New England. So far, we haven’t heard him say that. Similarly, Belichick hasn’t said what he wants: 1) to win another Super Bowl with Brady, or 2) to win another Super Bowl without Brady.