“When did I die, and how did I get back? No way,” he said. “Never did I think that he’d ever leave New England. This year, you kinda got a feeling, maybe. So you do your due diligence as an organization and you rank all the quarterbacks that might become available. We had him ranked No. 1. If it happened, we would make a concerted effort and we did.”

Arians made it clear that the turnovers were the reason to move on from the former No. 1 overall pick.

“I think it was that regression in those last two ballgames after he made such good progress,” Arians said. “Those turnovers in December made us look to see if, was there something better behind door No. 2.”

That about sums it up.

Should be interesting to see how Arians and Brady mesh.

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