Hypothetical: If Moore said no, then what?

Based on articles and posts here you would've thought Brady was clearly the favorite over Moore. He dropped out before the AFC title game so we didn't have that bad performance to consider. So you might be right that Moore was the favorite all along and we lucked out that his team is still playing and Brady's isn't.
I’m not sure there’s been any concrete info to suggest Brady was a preference. Or Kingsbury.

Just like McCarthy, they could’ve easily seen this thing going elsewhere so they just pulled out.