With Tom Brady set to make his anticipated return to Gillette Stadium for New England’s season opener on Sept. 10, the Patriots dug deep into their archives and unearthed an interesting nugget from April 16, 2000.
Brady’s status as a sixth-round draft pick and unheralded pro prospect has long been one of the defining labels during his 23-year career and eventual ascension as the greatest quarterback in NFL history.
That initial sentiment about Brady’s long-shot odds of success in the NFL was put on full display during Brady’s first conference call with the media, just after New England selected him with the 199th pick in the 2000 NFL Draft.