I don't get this writer's point at all...
After the Patriots lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII, Brady was deeply dissatisfied. The offense had put up 613 yards with no punts. When Belichick addressed the team upon its return to Foxborough, Brady mostly stared straight down, barely glancing up at his coach. Brady told people in the building that he wasn’t coming back. Needing distance, he detached from the team that spring. He left passive-aggressive comments on social media. He pleaded the fifth. He looked lost at the end of his Facebook docuseries, “Tom vs. Time,” saying of his passion, “What are we doing this for? …
So after the DEFENSE let the team down, Tom supposedly gives up on the coach and team just as the coach goes out and responds with an excellent defense that enables a low scoring Lombardi win against the LA Rams who up until then were thought an offensive powerhouse.
No excellent D, no 6th Ring.