The 22-year old quarterback out of Michigan was the seventh one taken that year, and the New England Patriots snagged him with the 199th overall pick. To be fair, the New Orleans Saints have been just fine, but they passed up on the quarterback many consider the best of all-time.
That sixth-round selection drives Brady to this day to prove all the doubters wrong, and six Super Bowl titles later, he’s established himself as the greatest quarterback in NFL history.
But the New Orleans Saints had a chance to pick him in the sixth round, as did every other team in earlier rounds, but they selected a quarterback with the 168th overall pick from West Virginia named Marc Bulger.