The 2020 NFL Scouting Combine is getting underway this week. There’s little football and much more news that comes about at the yearly event in Indianapolis.
However, not all of the rumblings from Lucas Oil Stadium are surrounding the draft. With Tom Brady’s status in New England in question, his future with the Patriots has started to come back into focus again.
And those reports are telling. There are some reports surfacing that it might actually happen… Brady could be leaving the AFC East.
ESPN NFL Insider Jeff Darlington via Adam Schefter used some head-turning verbiage to describe the amount of doubt he has in Brady, 43, returning to the Patriots.
“I’m now at the point where I would be stunned if Tom Brady went back to New England,” Darlington said.
That was followed up by a report in the Boston Globe. That locally-based outlet in New England’s backyard says “it’s not looking good.”
The Patriots still have not reached out to Tom Brady. According to a source, “it’s not looking good”
— Karen Guregian (@kguregian) February 27, 2020
The Patriots have won 11-straight AFC East titles. While Brady’s play wasn’t great last season, those around him on the Pats’ offense weren’t either. Their successes were carried by head coach Bill Belichick and his defense. While the Patriots still might be the favorite in the division without an aging Brady thanks to the other side of the ball, the gap is certainly closing if Brady leaves in regard to the rest of the divisional field, and that crew is led by the Bills.
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