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Tom Brady's famously slow 40-yard dash: A look back as Patriots get ready for combine 16 years later

The NFL scouting combine is back this week, which means the 2016 NFL Draft buzz machine is set to get fired up for the New England Patriots -- even if they don't have a first round pick to work with.

For Patriots fans, it's also the anniversary (give or take a week) of the ultimate example of why you can't really rely too much on the results of the drills.

Back in 2000, Tom Brady went into the NFL scouting combine as a kinda-doughy quarterback prospect out of Michigan and wasn't exactly a physical specimen at that point (playing a big part in why he fell to No.