Bill Belichick Comments on Tom Brady Meeting, Seth Wickersham's Book About Patriots

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said Monday he wouldn't reveal details about his private meeting with Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady following their highly anticipated Sunday Night Football matchup.

"I don't know what everybody else thinks. I know my relationship with Tom and it's been a great one over 20 years," Belichick said on WEEI's The Greg Hill Show. "I keep all my conversations with Tom personal, like I always have."

Belichick also downplayed claims made in an upcoming book, It's Better To Be Feared, by ESPN's Seth Wickersham about the franchise's six-championship dynasty.

"I don't think I'm ever surprised by that type of media coverage," Belichick said on WEEI. "I don't think I ever even talked to the guy, so I don't know him. You have to ask him what his great sources are. I'm not sure."

Brady and the Bucs scored a 19-17 win in his return to Gillette Stadium.

After only a brief on-field interaction after the final whistle, Belichick went into the Buccaneers' locker room after Sunday's game and spent around 20 minutes inside before walking out with Brady, according to Jeff Howe of The Athletic.

Like his former coach, the future Hall of Fame quarterback told NBC Sports' Peter King he wasn't interested in providing any information about what they discussed, but Brady also felt their prior relationship wasn't receiving accurate coverage:

"It was a very personal, private thing. We've always had that type of relationship where we can say things to each other. You know, whoever characterizes our relationship is completely wrong. People want to focus on so much stuff that's so unimportant. You know? We were together for 20-plus years and we were so productive and successful and I learned so much from him. Loved my experience here, loved my relationship with him."

Brady expanded further during his postgame press conference:

There were basically co-main events Sunday night: the game itself and what would happen between Belichick and Brady.

Earlier in the week, Wickersham released excerpts from his book, including one that suggested Brady told people close to him he didn't want to play for Belichick anymore as early as 2017.

Wickersham also reported the coach's belief that owner Robert Kraft started to undermine the roster-building process in favor of Brady. That led to a separate Belichick-Kraft clash in which Kraft called his coach a "f--king assh--e" in a conversation with friends.

While Brady, Belichick and Kraft will probably never confirm any intimate details of their two decades together that created one of sports' most successful dynastic runs, there were no signs of lingering problems as Brady and Kraft also embraced before Sunday's game:

The bottom line is that any professional relationship that last two decades is likely to have some ups and downs, but the Belichick-Brady Patriots were right there with the Gregg Popovich-Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs in terms of model organizations in all of sports in the first 20 years of the 2000s.

It appears any problems that did develop late in Brady's time in New England have started to fade away as he continues to dominate the NFL as a member of the Bucs.