The Brady 6: Journey of the Legend NO ONE Wanted!

can you name the guys who were picked ahead of you Tom the quarterbacks Chad Pennington was picked in the first round Chris Redmond was picked in the third round you have Reni Karma's he was picked and a third round I think T Martin was picked in the fifth round Spurgeon Winn was picked um there was one other guys small school guy Marc Bulger in the 2000 NFL draft a quarterback who would become one of the best of all time was available he wasn't the highest-rated he wasn't the best athlete he didn't have the best numbers win a championship have the best mechanics or the strongest arm and he wasn't selected until pick number 199 Tom Brady went in the sixth round and six quarterbacks will take it ahead of it what do you think makes a good ball player Tom Brady knew as much then as experts will tell you now it's not easy to identify good players and even harder to predict NFL quarterbacks when a coach or a scout tells you that this guy has the intangibles or we're looking for the intangibles that's a euphemism for saying we have no clue what we're looking for we just know what when we see it you know you have these guys that are in college yeah they have the ability to stand back there in the pocket and throw it to this guy who's open by ten yards okay do they have the same ability to stand back in that pocket when the guys hitting them and throw it to a guy that's open by one yard can you do it when the speeds faster can you do it when you're getting hit by somebody bigger can you do when the defense you're seeing is more complex nobody knows until they actually get there Tom Brady reads defense is better than any quarterback I know right now it's not easy Tom Brady wasn't something happens every year you're not gonna find that sixth round quarterback who becomes a hall-of-famer it's just I'm gonna happen for a future hall-of-famer Brady's early life in football was a constant struggle for recognition I'd like to introduce my starting quarterback from this past season Tom Brady if any colleges or coaches are interested and seeing more of Tom we have a whole list of halfway that you can sort of look over the 10 game period of last season I never played football till my freshman year and as a freshman I was the backup quarterback on a team that was Oh Nate the team didn't score a touchdown and he wasn't deemed good enough to play one offensive play as a quarterback the only reason why I played my sophomore year was because the kid who was the freshman quarterback stopped playing because I'm not playing football anymore so I was like I guess I'm gonna play and always had a decent arm but I just really took to the game Brady never developed into a blue chip recruit but he caught the attention of the maize and blue the University of Michigan opened its doors to it there were seven guys on the depth chart when I got there Scott Dreisbach who's the year ahead of me Brian Griese who's a year ahead of that Jason Carr was going into his fifth year Scott Leffler was this highly recruited quarterback out of Ohio I remember being out there the first day of practice with me like hey I'm better than these guys now of course I wasn't but just that's that was always my attitude by a sophomore season Brady was pushing number 14 senior Brian Griese for the starting job greasy and Tommy were there a tie I mean they're necking in it no one knew who was gonna start and coach Carr's thing was always the tie goes to the upper classmen I remember Tommy being little dog you know mad about that and thought about transferring and thought about going back home to Cal or something like that he came back the next day he sat down right in front of my desk he said coach I'm not gonna leave and I'm gonna prove to you that I'm the best quarterback there's no question as I looked into his eyes he had a goal in mind and he was not going to be denied in his junior year Brady started every game and won ten of his final 11 but to remain the starter his senior season he would have to fend off sophomore drew Hansen before even coming to Michigan Henson was a state hero a two-sport feel for a high school 20 miles outside of in our berths he probably was the most highly touted athlete to come to Michigan at least in my memory you know he is incredible talents I mean faster and I was stronger quicker more elusive no better alarm boy Carson I've never been around a guy that has this much potential at the start of Brady's senior season but tight quarterback battle did not automatically go to the upperclassmen as our starting quarterback what time's the game 3:30 you'll see that Coach Carr said all right Tommy you're gonna start the games Drew's gonna play the second quarter games then we're gonna decide you know who plays after that he thought he had two good quarterbacks wanted to play in both and he was said he was going to go with the hot hand a chance to talk to some NFL personnel this one director of player personnel said he understood why Michigan is continuing to try to get Henson more and more opportunities to go out there and get experience because his upside is so much higher been Tom Brady's and I said yeah but Brady's the guy with the experience he's the captain 10 wins last year he said yeah but he doesn't play Henson he's got a problem because then hits it's gonna go he's gonna go play baseball tommy was a clerk but he was the captain of that team he was the leader of the team and he was the best quarterback on that team Bardon on a skinny guy in that team with car juggling the quarterback's Michigan won its first five games but against Michigan State the Wolverines got in a 17-point hole with Henson and Brady was asked to dig them out of it [Applause] Brady threw for 241 yards in the final 18 minutes and nearly brought Michigan back after a 307 yard performance the following week the quarterback competition was over Brady really separated himself the way he played and that's when I decided Brady was gonna be the quarterback and Drew was gonna be the backup against Penn State Michigan trailed by 10 in the final minutes [Applause] and the legend of the comeback kid was born there's no traitor leader in intercollegiate athletics and Tom Brady he's handled this difficult a coaching decision this year in a way that only in hands to stature among his teammates and all those people in love measures Brady's finest collegiate performance was still to come the Orange Bowl it's the last time I take the field as a Wolverine where he got down in the game 14 nothing and came back a tied at 14-14 we got down 28 14 in the second half came back and made it 28 28 we went to overtime and I had a bootleg and through it the Shawn Thompson they scored and to make it 35 34 and they kick the extra point miss the extra point we won in overtime make no mistake Tom Brady careless through that game the Alabama game in my experience of Michigan is this final performance at quarterback does anybody ever had we kidded you about being the comeback kid you didn't want to have to wait till the fourth quarter to bring the team back but you did a tremendous job what better way to go out to fit their senior the Orange Bowl victory he would sink Brady's achievements at Michigan would have won the admiration of protein was looking for a quarterback in the upcoming draft but it didn't happen that way Brady's struggle for recognition continued only had one call from the NFL Bobby Greer who was with the Patriots at the time talked about they were gonna draft a quarterback late I just said Bobby I guarantee you you will never regret drafting Tom Brady this is the draft report on you basically it goes poor billed skinny lacks great physical stature and strength lacks mobility and ability to avoid the rush lacks a really strong arm can't drive the ball downfield does not throw a really tight spiral system type player who can get exposed if forced to ad-lib and gets knocked down easily that kind of gets me fired up because I'd beg him you know what the hell these people know I mean that sounds like Joe Montana right there Joe Montana as a kid and grew up 20 minutes from Candlestick Park that's exactly who Tom Brady wanted to be we used to be dyed-in-the-wool 49er fans and we love Joe Montana best ever when I was four years old my dad took me to one of the games it was the NFC Championship game in Dallas played the Niners at home [Applause] we were sitting in the end zone when Dwight Clark made the catch in the 2000 NFL Draft the San Francisco 49ers were one of the teams looking for a quarterback we knew all about Tom Thomas from Sarah high school right up the street here at the combine when you watch Tom you saw this tall gangly looking kid look like having ever seen a weight room ran a 5-2 something one of the slowest quarterbacks in the combine does he wow you throwing the ball mm-hmm there was some other guys I could shoot it and he had just an okay arm did his coaches at Michigan really stand on the table and say this is the greatest thing since Joe Montana no not even close they had to decide if it was a he or drew Hansen we even had a local combine in San Francisco where the kids from the local colleges or the local high schools can come by and have a workout and tom was there and Bill was there we were all there in Tom to be quite honest did nothing that would say hey we need to draft this guy is 40 time and that vertical jump in 32 years of doing this we talked about 576 quarterbacks he was number 576 it's not really what my skill set is but fortunately for me that's not what quarterbacking is about either if you're going to go somewhere and learn a little bit about quarterbacking you might as well go the bill wall school of quarterbacking which Steve Mariucci is pretty good offensive coach in his own right Giovani car mazi quarterback of the flying dutchman of Hofstra and he's the second quarterback pick we had season tickets for the 49ers for 25 years and we we were just hurt it's just we kind of took it personally if you will Giovanni Carr mozzie the quarterback who was ranked second on your board behind Chad Pennington tell me where he fits in this current quarterback situation well he was who is probably the best quarterback in the draft as far as athletic ability this is a fine athlete with a with a real future we were sweating it out about the last 10 picks that somebody would taking then we heard later that others were just about to take him when we did so that was one of our better choices we're in the draft world it was the fifth round we already had three quarterbacks at the time we had just signed our number one quarterback to a blood so for a lot of money remember belcheck walking up to the board to sit a while this Brady still on the board one of the real troubling parts was the Michigan situation and the fact that really they were trying to replace him as their starting quarterback and say okay they don't really want this guy as their starting quarterback they want another guy well what's the problem here and I was a little bit of a red flag there the Patriots first five picks were number 70 tackle Adrian Clem who started just ten games for them in five seasons running back junior Redman who finished his career with less than seven hundred rushing yards tackled Greg Robinson Randall who lasted just three seasons with the team tight end Dave's tishell scheme and defensive lineman Jeff Marion both never made the roster and with the hundred and ninety-ninth overall pick they selected a skinny quarterback from Michigan named Tom Brady there's nothing we could really do about the whole Hansen situation we just had to evaluate what we saw and and we saw Tom time and again his senior year start that game off well and then so many times Tom would come back in and rescue the situation and pull out the win for Michigan against great competition the biggest game he just took his opportunities and tried to make the most out of them Brady made his share of rookie mistakes I can't stand it brought it again holo up and run it again Brady but he possessed a veteran's confidence this guinea bean pulled a young man walked over to me and said hi mr. Kraft I want to introduce myself I'm Tom Brady I said I know who you are your sixth round draft choice and I always remember he looked me like a laser eye to eye and he said that's right and I'm the best decision this organization has ever made I remember calling a jet and I said I think I want to buy a house this is two weeks in a training camp and he's like are you nuts you know why don't you make the tea first I'm like yeah I'm gonna make the team don't worry about that like let's just make sure we get a good interest rate angle 37 days ago Steve Young pulled the plug on the 49ers 20-year dynasty from Montana and young we now have Garcia and Meyer but perhaps the starter of the future is 23 year old Giovanni car mazi you can't really set your expectations to play like it Joe Montana or Steve Young but just the fact that they considered me to be a guy who maybe someday could adequately fill those shoes I'm very proud of that and it's a tremendous honor Geel look at me what's the situation what's what's the deal all right yeah but what sit down in distance and how much time you have left don't look twenty two seconds okay all right Gio is out of bounds one foot in front of the numbers right there right there that's a difference between he making five yards and 12 yards here versus here put it where you want it this kid had all the measurables he was fast he was athletic he was strong he was smart played at Hofstra well you know is Hofstra playing for the National Champion but they had a lot of good players coming out of there okay but it became evident first game preseason game the stage was maybe a little too big the lights might be a little bit too bright for him two days after Joe Montana was inducted into the Hall of Fame the 49ers were hoping to see signs that Giovanni Kamoze was the next Joe Martin [Applause] I'd be duly noted that his career begins rather ingloriously with active x-act the next Joe Montana is on the field that day he just happened to play for the other team and I think we walked out of that game feeling that we had probably taken the right taking the right guy I'm telling you when you get out on the field and another team let's knock your head off they've got to be able to handle that mentally and emotionally and some do some love it and some that makes them very nervous and they lose some confidence to this day I believe that Gio he got off on the wrong foot against the Patriots in a preseason game and boy I think some doubt crept in Kumasi never appeared in a regular season game and was released after two seasons Brady would go on to win three Super Bowls but as a rookie he would barely make the roster as the Patriots fourth quarterback the reason we didn't release him was because we felt that we didn't want to take a chance on losing offense so we carried him as a fourth quarterback even though he never played and it was really a wasted roster spot for the 2000 season but we felt that Tom had enough potential if he could continue to improve that's why we carried him as an active player Tom Brady fell in love with football the day Dwight Clark made the catch as fate would have it Clark had a chance to draft Brady in 2000 as the GM of the Cleveland Browns Clark did draft a quarterback it just wasn't Tom Brady Burgun win from Southwest Texas State 47.8 completion percentage this past year at the Division one double-a level 13 interceptions only 12 touchdown passes did you say that again 47% I don't know I get my mic tape must be blocked out or so if I can I can't figure this one out guys we couldn't believe it 47% I mean Tommy had thrown it better than 62% his senior year had thrown twice as many TDs interceptions had come back in games and the biggest stage with hundred thousand people in stands and he didn't get any respect Spurgeon wins originally a Big Ten rival of Brady at the University of Minnesota but he soon transferred back home to tiny Southwest Texas State let's see the wind kid I don't remember him out of college no she's pretty good some reason I don't remember when you were there University no was it really as what quarterback I didn't play big-time college football that kind of deal I never really had a great year we didn't win a whole bunch of games Spurs I had a strong arm I mean make no mistake about that but Tom Brady was the best quarterback in my eyes and that draft that year and then when I came to Cleveland and played with some of these quarterbacks I'm like wow really these are our quarterbacks we got here and Tommy went in a six-round is just unbelievable just mind-blowing makes us to see Spurgeon win that's it but see you got to make that decision earlier so he has a chance to hear it my expectation was that I wasn't gonna play my first year we had a number one pick Tim Couch and we had tight Detmer played a bunch of years been everywhere you know I was told hey you know sit and learn behind these two guys which at the time I was okay with looking back it's probably mistake to even have that kind of thought process after an injury to former number one pick Tim Couch Spurgeon win was forced into action it was trial by fire a 40:47 thumping by the mm Ravens the eventual Super Bowl champions [Applause] caught off guard yeah I was caught off guard a little bit and like I said that was my own my own fault talk to me about your favorites cuz it yeah just talk about where love under okay okay just want to throw see get on TV hood yeah Tom Brady had to wait a year for his moment a moment he prepared for the minute he was drafted a lot of people don't believe in you has been is obvious by you know six other quarterbacks taken and 198 other pics and I always thought you know what once I get my shot I'm gonna be ready I'm gonna really take advantage of that I remember we were out in California for a wedding and he was talking and he said I'm a beat out Drew Bledsoe and I go we caught on her coach I go coach this is Drew Bledsoe Pro Bowl quarterback he was I'm telling you and she starts throwing that ball harder at me and harder I got no gloves on he's ripping my hands to de-stress because I'm gonna beat him not you just watch right there good that's it that's the best series you've had in camp we signed Damon Huard in 2001 has the backup quarterback but by the end of training camp Tom beat Damon out and he really had a better preseason than drew did damn what held us back from making that decision was just Tom's inexperience and then of course by the end of the second game Moe Lewis hit Bledsoe [Applause] and the rest was history and I knew when he got hurt that there's no way Tommy wasn't to get that job back to Drew Tom Brady has been put into quarterback and grew blood so taken out the story is well known Bledsoe never reclaimed the starting job Brady never looked back [Music] [Applause] Brady led the Patriots to the AFC East title in 2001 twice feeding the Colts and future rival Peyton Manning unlike Brady Manning was a four-year starter in college the best quarterback in Tennessee history his successor was T Martin one of the Brady six Martin that ball going down the sidelines is [Applause] Martin did something at Tennessee that Manning never did he won a national championship you're going undefeated and every week somebody's giving you their best to beat you you know you don't breathe you just keep going and to finally be the best at the end of the year it was an Oscar filled but in the NFL he appeared in just three games and completed only six passes the NFL is such a bottom-line business you know it's about production you either get it done or you're not there any longer and that reality is saying pretty quickly Tom Rainey didn't get to where he is without a little luck this the players gonna be reviewed though but after reviewing the play the quarterback is going forward [Applause] if not for the Tuck rule the Patriots would have lost instead it was a coming-out party for the comeback kid to snap the break [Music] [Applause] [Music] then after an upset in Pittsburgh it was on to the Super Bowl I won't happen further they beat us but I was happy for him I told him how much I was proud of him actually gave my and I wish them well [Applause] [Music] with the score tied late in the game many expected New England to run out the clock [Music] [Applause] now instead the Patriots gambled unpick $1.99 you know in those last two minutes I got a glimpse of what Tom Brady would become he's a guy that know situations too big 41 seconds left he's a guy that can find ways to win games for you setting up the winning field goal to beat us [Music] [Applause] [Applause] even if it's against me and even if it's him taking a Super Bowl ring from me I couldn't help but appreciate what Tom did in Super Bowl 36 [Music] in the 2001 season Tom Brady led the Patriots to one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history a surprising feat for the hundred and ninety-ninth pick in the 2000 draft but he wasn't even the first quarterback in his draft class to get a ring I end up getting picked up by the the Ray Baltimore Ravens and we end up going to see Russell obviously Greg got a Super Bowl ring on which is awesome we were prepared to take Chris Redmon in the first round our scouts in particular really loved the guy so when he kept falling and kept falling and we were able to pick him up in the third round the room kind of exploded because we felt like we were getting a late first round value Redman played for his father at Louisville male high school where he set the national record for touchdown passes in a season with 57 Redman touchdown great pass again like Tom Brady Redman was recruited by Michigan as far as recruiting goes what's the most memorable recruiting story you have so far I probably say when I was at my girlfriend's house and I had no idea it was and all sudden they said telephone and I and I was like hello and they said this is a Michigan colony and I I had no idea I mean they would call you at your girlfriend's house so they get they kind of go to extremes Redmon ended up staying home at the University of Louisville where he became their all-time leading passer but he was just another guy in Baltimore educated in the nuances I can look here and see by personnel and down a distance if there's any tendency to what they're doing so you just keep going chris Ragman was a coach's son and we had high expectations for Chris we thought he could process the game a little bit faster than he did and it just didn't turn out for him I was out of the league for a couple years actually selling insurance on them on the streets it sounded good you had to play a lot of golf be outside and be a people person which I am but found out that it's tough you know I found it being harder than full because I was uh I was not really good at it you know it doesn't mean if I get a chance to do the football thing I'm gonna make sure that I make the best of it in the spring of 2005 Redmond got another chance at Raya the New England Patriots you know Chris's big strong kid you know physically had had good talent but after working with him for a period of time we just felt that there were other options [Music] Badman was newly Brady's teammate Chad Pennington was his rival Pennington was the first quarterback taken in the 2000 Draft 181 spots before Tom Brady with the 18th pick in the first round the Jets select quarterback Chad Pennington [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Pennington became a starter in 2002 led the Jets to a division title beating out Brady's Patriots touchdown but after that the rivalry was one-sided Brady won seven of the next eight meetings while injuries threatened Penningtons career I had two shoulder surgeries within eight months two rotator cuff tears and I lost the zip on the ball well obviously I said lob throw that's dead slow Curt a slow knuckleball oh I like that one you know a lot of times you're coming back from an injury with the body part that you don't have to survive with it shoulder quarterback that that's your survival that that's that's your whole livelihood all right here we go let's get some yards here one on ride 35 on one ready in contrast the string bean from San Mateo seemed invincible at one point making a hundred and eleven consecutive starts you know part of being on being a quarterback being leaders being on the field and you never want to see someone else do your job like Brett Favre you know he never came off the field never even gave him a chance there any other quarterbacks to get his job that's how I feel I don't ever want anyone to ever think man maybe someone can do Tom's job better than he can do it in the 2003 season Brady led the Patriots to another Super Bowl another last-minute game-winning drive another Super Bowl MVP award that quarterback to me what separates really good players from great players executes while under pressure the biggest gains the greatest stage I think that's what playing quarterbacks all about [Applause] [Music] [Applause] down a year later Brady became the youngest quarterback to win three Super Bowl titles Marc Bulger was there for Brady's first a third string quarterback on the opposing side line another member of the Brady six the next year we start out a little rough you know the Super Bowl hangover whatever they want to call it Kurt end up breaking his finger we were only five and coach March pulled me ins office and said I'm gonna start you you know the first game he played was against the Oakland Raiders and he went in and really tore it up in the first few games that he played him and he was really really spectacular and good patience by Mark Boal absolutely he threaded the needle unfortunately for me it made me expendable nice nice it's really nice huh boy that's pretty that's beautiful how about you huh just another reason why you're the best bonza reached thousand completions faster than any quarterback in NFL history and was twice voted to the Pro Bowl I felt physically that he was as gifted a thrower as any quarterback that I've ever been around unfortunately I don't think all the pieces were around him long enough they were all getting older some people had to be replaced and I think that's kind of Mark's career played great when he had the right guys around him when he didn't he struggled and you know it's the same for most of us but not Brady in 2006 he made a championship run with a receiving corps made up primarily of castoffs and newcomers Jackson I remember I was playing with the Chargers and that's when LT set to Rex we were just hot that here he goes we're gonna beat you guys this guy's overrated this guy can beat by double moves and everything that he said when he left to go we're in trouble sure enough two minutes ago he kind of gave me a look and I go you gotta be kidding me long and deep to the right side it is God boom boom boom boom Brady came up one game short of another Super Bowl appearance but he would return the following year with one of the best seasons by a quarterback in NFL history Tom Brady was driven to excel by the six quarterbacks drafted in front of him and the early push he received from drew Henson in college the connection with Henson is deepest after all Brady's career was supposed to happen to the can't-miss kid he would have been a first round draft choice I mean he showed the characteristics you look for in an NFL quarterback then Tommy Brady there's no way than any of us really thought that tom was gonna become the quarterback that he became the NFL like Henson Brady was a two-sport prospect my high schools known for baseball and I love baseball as much better baseball player going into high school you've liked baseball pitcher and catcher I love catching kind of figured out back there fifties are two mental he got drafted in the eighteenth round but we were told had he not committed to Michigan he would have been a second or third round draft pick Brady gave up baseball when he got to Michigan drew Henson was drafted by the New York Yankees and continued to play both sports when I had my summertime I just wanted that played baseball the Yankees farm system as opposed to other kids with other summer jobs [Applause] it was just a natural he was good at everything he did I mean he was phenomenal that junior year he had 18 touchdowns and four interceptions and maybe Ohio State in Columbus and said wait [Applause] I remember Charlie Casserly who was the general manager that time a Houston team had said that if we give the number one pick and henson's there and hasn't done anything else we're taking true henson number one in the draft but after three years of back and forth Henson decided to forgo his senior year of football you can play baseball full time at that moment when I was 20 years old at 21 years old I really wanted to be a pro baseball player and since major-league career was short it's too bad the way it turned out he was 1 for 9 in his baseball career Yankees any hanky pinstripes Henson decided to return to football in 2004 he made his first start for America's team on Thanksgiving they don't let you play third base unless you can throw the ball that's what he did as a baseball player and obviously plenty of arm strength but you have to be able to hit curveball that's why number seven for the Cowboys the game starts we take the first drive we go down and score we go up seven nothing but in the second quarter and up throwing a pick that gets returned for a touchdown [Applause] [Music] and then he pulled me some big news from the Dallas Cowboys Bill Parcells told me at halftime he's seen about enough of drew Henson in his rookie debut he said the kid did some nice things but he needs to go with the quarterback who gives him the best chance to win the ballgame players get a window of opportunity and quarterbacks specifically usually get the just one Tommy the most of his situation in New England he jumped in when Drew went down led the team to a bunch of victories and ran with it my opportunities seemingly open and closed on the same day you know these high expectations you're supposed to be the next great Yankee you're supposed to be the next great that's enough but but then also the next great cowboy right that is a lot of stuff to deal with Tom Brady wasn't supposed to be anything he had to work at him he was skinny slow right too pretty to be a football player but he was smarter than everything and he studied night and day day and night nobody works harder than Tom Brady if you didn't play well on Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday in practice in college I didn't know if I was gonna start the game so when I come to the Patriots that's how I treat Wednesday Thursday and Friday nice patience on that nice patience by the time Henson washed out in Dallas Brady was a three-time Super Bowl champion and Pro Bowl regular and these unions are awful like idiots here's the guy that's you know one of the greatest quarterbacks in history yet he still has any chip on his shoulder to be the very best he wants to prove those people that doubted him that they're wrong airs it out downfield Randy Moss is there [Applause] 2007 was Brady's best he set the NFL single-season record two touchdown passes touchdown number 54 Tom Brady he took the Patriots back to the Super Bowl where they fell one game short of the perfect season again they're talking with Drew Henson was at Michigan with Tom Brady Brady still doing it you're retired at 30 but Brady is still doing it you know it's like looking for a pimple on Miss America here hey is there anything wrong with this guy no apparently not I'm resigned to the fact that you know for forever that our college days are intertwined so I understand the questions and the football baseball questions as well - guitar devan Singh I'm certainly do I try to think of new ways answer them sometimes but I mean it is what it is and and that's all it's part of my part of my story and always will be a year after Brady's Patriots went sixteen and oh the Detroit Lions went Owen sixteen it was Henson's last year in the NFL he knew what he had been in college so he brought him in just to take a look at him to see if there was anything left in there there wasn't I'm 30 years old I'm done playing probably sooner than I thought that would be but at the same time you know I get a jump start on this next this next career so the applicant in the sports broadcasting actually broadcast a few games for ESPN three of this fall doing color for the college football stuff so sweet I don't have any regrets every decision I made felt like at that time was the right decision looking back ten years I think that patients would was something I've never been great at if I just continue to play baseball when I left school either that or if I had just played my senior year of football and chose to play football after that I've no doubts I'd still be playing great comeback guys it's gonna be a great comeback from high school benchwarmer to one of the NFL's most celebrated players the rise of the comeback kid is quite a story but what sticks most in Tom Brady's mind is the day he fell to 199 in the NFL Draft we were led to believe that he's can be drafted possibly second-round probably third round they kept calling border back names and we kept being stunned you see you know so-and-so get picked and then there's nine more picks gone until one team that you think was interested you know that's get pretty anxious we're very distraught with each name that was becoming worse and worse so I remember being downstairs for like the fourth round and and I came and gone and the fifth round was coming and going and all these other guys were getting picked beginning of the sixth round he says I gotta get out of here so he gets up comes downstairs and grabs baseball bat and starts walking up the street you know I don't want to sit around and leave my hopes get up or I'd rather just take my mind off it and finally he comes back into the house and it's about the 22nd picked of the sixth round and he says I I got to get out of here the poor guy the tension in the house is just really rough and and it was hard I remember taking a walk with my dad mom around the block it was just a tough day you know I just remember being there with my mom and dad sorry about that you know they just were so supportive of me and and they think it as emotional as I do and uh you know finally when the Patriots call it I was so excited you know I was like I don't have to be an insurance salesman you know so my family was there we were all excited and thank God I got I got picked here he got drafted and we were true poet of the six quarterbacks taken ahead of Brady three played in the league in 2010 Marc Bulger was Joe Flacco's back up in Bolton Chad Bennington underwent surgery on his right shoulder for a fourth time the two time Comeback Player of the Year hopes to return for another season I don't really want a major in that Comeback Player of the Year award I don't want to come back anymore I want to be here to stay Chris Redmon plans to return for his fifth season as a backup in Atlanta I was so bad at insurance I don't know if I can do that again but uh you know there's still a fever still left around I guess I'll keep folding I don't know what sounds Tom Oh tee Martin is the wide receivers coach for one of Tennessee's rivals Kentucky as a kid some of my role models and father figures in my life of my football coaches when you're coming out of it and the ball is coming you're starting to drift a feel that supposed to still attacking the ball coming down here I knew from the time I started playing that one day I wanted the coach I'm gonna be all used or I'm gonna be all you know all through the spray oh yeah that came out the day too [Music] this is my son it's aspersion the fourth I'll see a baseball or golf this might be the next PGA Masters winner or thirty game winner has we been a 30 game winner spurgeon win is an energy trader in Houston obviously the whole evaluation process isn't perfect I mean this is just living proof right I think you figured it was a touchdown you were just you were just you were banking on it Giovanni Camozzi does not only tell us and declined to be interviewed it can't be standing there hoping he lives two hours north of San Francisco and describes himself as a yoga exercising farmer he has five goats hey this is Michigan weather right here in 2010 three times Super Bowl champion Tom Brady became the first unanimous MVP in NFL history not bad for a California kid it's a story that I tell guys that can come from anywhere I can go undrafted rather low and win a Super Bowl Tom Brady did it I'm proud to be part of that 2000 quarterback draft class that he's holding the torch - I feel like Tom Brady's one those players where everything came together in New England but he would have had some some form of success no matter where he went no matter where he was taken in no matter what team drafted and he was right in our back yard and he probably always wanted to be a 49er and that would have been great a fact if we drafted him I probably would still be coach were there yeah we all missed on brady including the Patriots cuz if they knew he was gonna be that good they wouldn't have waited till the sixth round lacks great physical stature and strength lacks mobility and ability to avoid the rush does not throw a really tight spiral system type player who can get exposed if forced to ad-lib means they missed the most important part part they didn't understand what drives somebody we didn't open up his chest and look at his heart we didn't look at that I don't know if anybody did and what kind of spine he has and resiliency and all the things that are making him really great right now this game is a struggle Tom Brady embraced that struggle more than anybody I've ever known it's not by accident he got to where he is and once he had a Super Bowl two Super Bowls three Super Bowls it doesn't matter he's still working just as hard see as opposed to you give me your front shoulder closed a little six-inch step that bicep is close to your ear as you can buy time Tolson done who knows how many rings we'll have a decade into his career the man taken with pic 199 has achieved in all but still feels he has plenty to prove it's not really a chip on my shoulder it's just that feeling that man maybe nobody wants you when I watch myself play at times I still don't think I'm very good man you're still not very fast you know you got a decent arm you know you made some pretty bad reads on that day that's what gets me up and motivates me I always want to feel like I'm the best quarterback for this team I want to earn it every single day

Channel: NFL Films

Views: 15,072,920

Rating: 4.8350778 out of 5

Keywords: NFL, Football, NFL Films, American Football, tom brady, tom brady highlights, tom brady free agency, the brady 6, brady 6, brady 6 documentary, 2000 nfl draft, draft steal, new england patriots, legendary quarterback, bill belichick, nfl films documentary

Id: o5fdhfVrg1I

Length: 47min 20sec (2840 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 05 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/DLpatsthoughts]

takes off pants

Well, here we go again

[u/GoodFootSoldier]

giovanni carmazzi, the 2nd coming of ryan leaf

[u/Kevin_Jim]

I have no idea how many times I've seen this documentary but it never gets old, like Brady.

[u/logan_paul_was_taken]

I’ve watched this so many times before and I absolutely love it.

[u/tdfrantz]

I love to watch this thing like once a year. Crazy that this is just the first half of his career and that alone was a HOF career.

[u/jackospades88]

If he doesn't win another super bowl, "The Brady 6" would have a double meaning

[u/lazyguyoncouch]

Oh damn, i thought it was a new doc, just saw it posted to the NFL YouTube channel. Didn’t realize it was the same one that’s been out for a while, was just about to watch it.

[u/crazyfoxxy]

"Lloyd Carr has never been around a QB with this much potential" - Michigan play by play guy speaking about... Drew Henson.

[u/straay16]

https://youtu.be/o5fdhfVrg1I?t=2826

"I always want to feel like I'm the best quarterback for this team, and I want to earn it every single day."

The intensity in his voice there gives me chills every time.