Cheapened on offense weapons but not O-line. I would say, Belichick overpayed SOME O guys and defense.Hate and rage cloud people's good judgement and common sense.
Cry baby's don't win 7 championships.
Money was never an issue on his salary alone. Some of the elite players want the status of being the highest paid player in the league and Brady wasn't one of them, even though he should have been.
Winning was the most important thing to him and although he took less, the team still cheaped out on talent.
Defense were almost always top 10 in endzone, so understandable where the money went there. But usually, they didnt have huge playmakers like other teams did hence my comment about overpaying.