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The NFL stripped the Dolphins of a pair of draft picks and issued other sanctions to team owner Stephen Ross on Tuesday for handling violations involving Tom Brady and Sean Payton in recent years.
Miami’s communications with Brady began when he was a member of the Patriots in 2019 and continued until his departure from the team in 2020 as a free agent. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell called the violations “unprecedented” in terms of their scope and severity, but Patriots head coach Bill Belichick stayed true to form when it came to ask for your own feedback on developments.
“I am focused on the training camp. That’s all in the past,” Belichick said, via multiple reporters.
It would have been surprising if Belichick had offered anything more about what the Patriots knew in 2019 or how he might have felt about Brady talking to another team in the division about jumping ship while still under contract in New England, so that any stronger reaction will have to come from others who might have feelings about what happened in Miami.