It’s the million-dollar question. Who was the key to the Patriots’ success in the past two decades: Bill Belichick or Tom Brady? After their breakup last offseason, a subsequent Super Bowl title for Brady and sub-.500 season for Belichick’s Patriots seemed to point to the future Hall of Fame QB as the answer. Now, after earning seven Super Bowl victories, three NFL MVP awards and the most QB wins in NFL history, Brady will face the Patriots in Week 4 with a chance to claim the one prize that’s eluded him (for a year, anyway). With a win in his return to New England, Brady would join Drew Brees, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning as the only QBs in NFL history to defeat all 32 teams. Joining Favre, Manning and Joe Montana, Brady will also become the fourth QB in NFL history to win 100 or more games with one franchise and later play against the team. There’s much at stake here, even for the QB who has (almost) done it all.
