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Drew Bledsoe on Patriots' Tom Brady in 2000: 'He'll never be a starter. He'll be Jason Garret"

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There he was, still waiting for his phone to ring after having seen 198 prospects taken off the board in the 2000 NFL Draft. Tom Brady couldn't make sense of it, being the uber competitor he is and has always been, but vowed to prove them all wrong if someone would simply give him the chance to. And with the 199th-overall pick, his wish was finally granted, with the New England Patriots selecting the former Michigan quarterback -- a move that was seen as unimportant at the time.

After all, although incumbent signal caller Drew Bledsoe was coming off of an 8-8 season wherein he threw for only 19 touchdowns to 21 interceptions, there was no way a sixth-round pick was going to challenge for the position, or so Bledsoe thought. Speaking to ESPN's "E60," Bledsoe readily admits although he believed Brady could play in the NFL, he pegged him as a career backup, at best.

"Here's the real truth of it," Bledsoe said before making his confession. "So when he was on the practice squad his rookie year, I actually called my financial advisor about him like, 'Hey, I really like this kid. He's never going to be a starter. He's just going to be Jason Garrett or one of those guys who are just around forever, but you'll really like the kid.'"

Before Garrett became offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys in 2007 and ultimately their head coach for nearly a decade, he was signed as an undrafted talent to the New Orleans Saints practice squad, then found himself out of the league altogether before returning as backup to Troy Aikman during the team's dynasty years in the 1990s, followed by stints as a backup for New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins.

This, more or less, is the arc Bledsoe believed Brady's career in the NFL would take.
 

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Yeah, so what you're really saying is... Belichick could've turned Jason Garrett into the "GOAT"...
 

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Yeah, so what you're really saying is... Belichick could've turned Jason Garrett into the "GOAT"...
i sat at a pats/panthers preseason game in 2000. brady came in and threw a couple of picks, lot of throws in the dirt.

turned to my buddy brett and said "this #12 will be bagging groceries next week".
 

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Eh. That's what I thought too when they drafted him. I think pretty much everyone except the people involved in drafting him believed that. Bledsoe was as wrong as everyone else I guess.
 

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Bledsoe was pissed he lost his job to him I'm sure. He's eating crow as we speak
 

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Actually hearing the interview it was really funny...he didn't seem to be demeaning TB, as a late round pick I can understand that line of thinking.
oh yeah, and at the time, drew was....well, drew. he wasnt supposed to be going anywhere. he had job security (tho belichick did have drew out there late in preseason games).
 

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Bledsoe was pissed he lost his job to him I'm sure. He's eating crow as we speak
He made lots of money playing football so I doubt he even cares anymore.
 

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How’d that work out for Bledsoe? Pretty good?
 

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i sat at a pats/panthers preseason game in 2000. brady came in and threw a couple of picks, lot of throws in the dirt.

turned to my buddy brett and said "this #12 will be bagging groceries next week".

you always did have the keen eye talent. :D
 

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Dummy Bledsoe.

Brady doesn't clap near enough to be Jason Garrett.
 

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Dummy Bledsoe.

Brady doesn't clap near enough to be Jason Garrett.
He does like the butt slap thing ... does that count as a clap?
 
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