Brady endorses McDaniels, alludes to final game together

It appears certain that the New England Patriots' Tom Brady-Josh McDaniels partnership will be coming to an end Sunday, and the star quarterback provided his offensive coordinator with a vote of confidence Monday at Super Bowl Opening Night.

McDaniels is widely expected to become the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts following Super Bowl LII.

Although McDaniels can't formally speak about the Colts job, Brady alluded to the end of their tenure while endorsing him as a strong candidate Monday.

"He's a great coach," Brady said via NFL.com's Chris Wesseling. "He should get a lot of opportunities because when you're a great coach, that's what you get. Any team would want him to be the leader of the organization."

McDaniels and Brady are trying to win their sixth Super Bowl together. The veteran coach began his career with the Patriots as a personnel assistant in 2001, was promoted to quarterbacks coach in 2004, and served as offensive coordinator from 2006-2008, before becoming the head coach of the Denver Broncos (2009-10). After a brief stint with the St. Louis Rams, McDaniels returned to the Patriots as offensive coordinator in 2012.

"If this is our last game together, we're going to try to make the best of it," Brady said. "So we need to create another special memory but that's going to take a win. That's going to be tough to come by."