What Ray and most non Patriot Fans (or even younger ones) fail to realize is that Brady was going to supplant Bledsoe as the starter of that team sooner rather than later anyway.
It was a well known fact that Belichick was not a fan of Bledsoe from the beginning. He was a slinger who made poor decision’s with the football.
To add to it, Brady soared up the QB depth chart by intensely out working and out playing EVERYONE in practice. I lived a half mile from Bryant College at the time, and worked nights, so I rarely missed camp in those days (I was 21years old and the chicks were plentiful on that campus; living the dream)and I saw it with my own eyes. It was impossible to not notice being so close to the field. Now im not saying I thought he'd be TFB, but he did stand out...noticeably.
Please don’t take my word for it, go ahead and google some comments from players on the roster that year. Brady was winning over the locker room the same way he did at Michigan. Bill was heading towards another Kosar/Testerverde situation before Mo Lewis bailed him out with that hit. Once Brady got on the field, it was game over, even if the fans didn’t know it yet.
All you need to know about how much Bill thought of Drew as a player was spelled out when he traded him WITHIN the division!!
Heck the Browns last playoff win was in 1995.. I remember it well. Belichick confused the bejeezus out of Bledsoe and then coach… Pete Carrol Parcels*
Brady was never going to be a career back-up, frankly that's a shameful statement coming from a Patriots fan. He has a relentless drive that pushes him to succeed, to fight, to compete harder than most of us can even comprehend. You don't achieve what he has in this game by luck or happenstance. To say that is to discredit his life's work (up to this point).
