After 6 Superbowls, you wonder what is left to play for. This will be fascinating to watch. I get that BB and Kraft want NE to have the most hardware in league history and that one more puts them over the Steelers.
As for Brady, he obviously wants to win outside of the Pats umbrella to prove that he wasn't just a cog in a wheel. Still you wonder if he can go into a strange locker room and bring success. I've never thought of Brady as special athletically but I do think he has the qualities of a great leader. What coach will have the nerve to coach him?
The tell for me is that no one who has left the Patriots (coach or player) has really succeeded. Maybe Vrabel as coach but the jury is still out. Still, comparing the departures of Vince Woolfork, Richard Seymour, Nate Solder and Chandler Jones to Tom Brady is apples and oranges. I have always felt that the Patriots success was more about BB than TB. I will enjoy watching it unfold.