Can you honestly prove this?
We know what Belichick was without Brady. He has 5 rings with Brady. How many does he have without him?
This is what this board has come to. Comparing 2 wildcard playoff win QB, who has a LONG history of choking in must win games to the greatest QB to ever play this game. Dont think I've ever seen Brady implode in a game the way Romo did against Washington in 2012 to get into the playoffs.
Belichick was the last head coach that won a playoff game with the Browns...THE BROWNS!!!!! Granted, that Browns team eventually became the Ravens but Belichick is still the last head coach to win a playoff game with the Cleveland Browns. That was Belichick's first time as a NFL head coach. Remember what Pete Carroll's record as a first time NFL head coach? Needless to say, it wasn't good and now, during his second time as a NFL head coach, Carrol has led the Seahawks to two Super Bowls and won one. Sometimes, the first time as a head coach is a learning experience and you do better the next time. Let's also not forget that Bill Belichick has the powers of a GM and has final say on ALL football matters and has had these powers since becoming the head coach of the Patriots in 2000 when he replaced Pete Carroll as head coach, talk about irony.
Do you remember the season when Brady got injured? I do and instead of the Patriots having a complete waste of a season they went 11-5 with Matt Cassel. You know, the same Matt Cassel that helped lead the Cowboys to a 4-12 record. The same Matt Cassel that hasn't done ANYTHING since he left New England. Remember early in the 2016 season during Brady's four game suspension? New England's record was 3-1 without Tom Brady. That makes the Patriots record 14-6 without Tom Brady. Remind me, what was the Colts record without Peyton Manning, 2-14, and we know the Cowboys record during the 2015 season was 1-11 without Romo. The offensive system that Bill Belichick uses for the Patriots can keep going despite losing the Qb, despite losing multiple offensive coordinators, despite losing good/great WRs like Wes Welker, Randy Moss, and Rob Gronkowski, and despite not always having good RBs. That offense is literally a plug and play offense designed by a football mastermind.
What was Brady at Michigan? What did Brady do at Michigan? Last time I checked when Brady was at Michigan, Michigan was still getting top recruits back then but Brady wasn't that good. He was average at best which is why he went 6th round. If not for the Patriots, he probably would have gone undrafted. Before the rule change in 07 that made it easier for offenses, Brady had only 2 seasons of 4000 or more passing yards. Before that same rule change Peyton Manning only had 2 seasons where he got less than 4000 passing yards. To be the greatest all time at your position/in the game, it's not just about championships, which is a TEAM accomplishment. You have to have the stats and personal awards to go with it and you must have helped redefine your position. Brady has some stats and rewards but he didn't redefine the Qb position, that was Peyton Manning, and knowing that Bill Belichick is literally the man behind EVERYTHING related to football for the Patriots, thus proves further why without Belichick, Brady would be nothing.
On a side note, I'm sure there will be mentions of Dak and how he fell to the 4th round but that was a vastly different situation. Dak was coming out of a spread offense and getting Tim Tebow comparisions that probably made a lot of teams backoff, the DUI didn't help but the Tebow comparisions drove the teams away. The Tebow comparisions, however, were a fair assessment...of Dak's personality and leadership, but not of his playstyle or mechanics.
