It’s been more than five years since Tom Brady – arguably the greatest NFL player of all time — left the New England Patriots after 20 years in Massachusetts. In those two decades with the Patriots, Brady won six Super Bowls and appeared in three others.

Tom Brady shared why he and Bill Belichick were destined for a split, despite the two men having 20 years worth of success with the New England Patriots, culminating in six championships

"The reality was," wrote Brady, "after twenty years together, a natural tension had developed between where Coach Belichick and I were headed in our careers, and where the Patriots were moving as a franchise. It was the kind of tension that could only be resolved by some kind of split or one of us reassessing our priorities."