Who's complaining about the Super Bowls? You said he was STELLAR his last 3 years in NE. He was not. He was only stellar in 2017. In the 2018 playoffs, he had 2 TDs and 3 INTs. Hardly "stellar" and doesn't even come close to his 2016 and 2017 playoff performances. And if he was "stellar" in Super Bowl 53, he would have been named MVP. Did he make clutch throws and lead TD drives? Sure. BTW, don't think I didn't notice you moving the goalposts from Brady being "stellar" to "unbelievably good."
I disagree that Brady wasn't stellar in 2018.
He looked every bit like the Tom Brady we've seen in the past.
You might recall that the season began with numerous issues. Hogan was a shell of himself, Mitchell's injury never healed, Dorsett proved to be Dorsett, and most damaging was that Gronkowski suddenly stopped being Gronkowski.
Brady had at least four, and I think five, interceptions early on that were flat out drops from receivers...it was bizarre.
He still finished the season with a 97.7 rating, about five points down from the year before when he won MVP.
He was awesome in the postseason with the exception of the endzone pick against KC; I think the Rams just played an excellent defensive game in the SB, but Brady made the big plays at the end. I thought the fourth quarter and OT at KC was one of the crowning moments of his career.
The team went into a run-first offense, but that was just the smart thing to do with their personnel. Gronkowski was still an all-pro level blocker though not a great pass catcher; they had Dwayne Allen, who was also a great blocker. Their offensive line was their biggest strength. Trent Brown was a much better run blocker than pass blocker. James Develin was healthy; Cordarelle Patterson was better out of the backfield than out wide.
During that time, it's not like Brady was Dilfer either; teams couldn't stack the box for obvious reasons.