I remember the whole narrative on Brady pre-spygate was how much "film" he watched. They dropped that phrase for the most part, but before thats all you would hear.
To me, I have always suspected something fishy with Brady. The guy has like no highlight reel. The Patriots always run a simple number of plays... but nearly always guess correctly.
I recall the Bills/Pats game in Buffalo in 2012? Buffalo seemed to have their number, but the Patriots came out at halftime, running a rotation of 3 plays, guessing correctly every single time and scoring like 6 straight touchdowns. It didnt look right to me. This team always seems to do that. They aren't that lucky. They aren't the only team "looking at film". Miscellaneous running backs, miscellaneous WRs. The guys always seem to stink elsewhere. They have recently seemed to suffer all sorts of major injuries... But Brady is "so good" he can elevate the franchise be a top 2 or 3 team in the league for 15 straight years?