One of the biggest takeaways from Tom Brady's two-plus hour interview with Howard Stern Wednesday was his relationship with Bill Belichick may have not been as bad as it was portrayed.
Brady said "so many wrong assumptions" were made about it.
"I think he has a lot of loyalty," he said. "He and I have had a lot of conversations that nobody has ever been privy to, nor should they be, that so many wrong assumptions were made about our relationship or about how he felt about me. I know genuinely how he feels about me. Now I'm not going to respond to every rumor or assumption that's made, other than what his responsibility as coach is to get the best player for the team -- not only in the short term but in the long term as well.
"So what I could control is trying to be the best I could be in both of those situations also. I got into uncharted territory as an athlete because I started to break the mold of what so many other athletes had experienced, so I got to the point where I was an older athlete and he's starting to plan for the future, which is what his responsibility is. I don't fault him for that. That's what he should be doing. Not that I would ever coach, but if I was ever in a position of authority, I would understand that too."
Also, some thought Brady skipped OTAs beginning two years ago because of Belichick, but he revealed it was because he needed to spend more time with his wife and family.
