Five years ago, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' franchise was turned upside down when Tom Brady agreed to come play for the team. The Buccaneers would win a Super Bowl in their first year with him under center,

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, second from left, talks to Tom Brady (12) and Jimmy Garoppolo (10) during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan) AP

The cracks in Tom Brady’s and Bill Belichick’s two-decades-long partnership had been splintering long before the quarterback left the Patriots in free agency. When reflecting on the developments of this year’s NFL free agency in his 199 newsletter,