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10 Years ago today, Belichick started his first influence on his new team the Patriots with the draft that was to eventually become the biggest thing in Boston since the Celtics glory days of the 80s...and it all started on April 15th,2000
While the draft was far from steller,with only 3 picks that lasted, notably 2 that were here for awhile in J.R. Redmond and Patrick Pass,there seemed to be a pick later on the second day in the 6th round at pick #199 that added a guy named Tom Brady a virtually unknown,unproven player from Michigan to the roster to make this one of his best drafts ever,a pick that some questioned why we passed on Tim Rattay who seemed to be a better prospect at that time.
Its been a long 10 years and a lot of pleasure to enjoy the past decade, so a happy anniversary to a head coach and his draft that resulted in a player that would make a difference in 3 Super Bowl titles.
Nowadays we hope for a great draft to ensure the future of this team is to be as successful as the last 10 years.... it would be nice 10 years later to find that Tom Brady type player in it again as in deja vu a decade later....wouldn't that be great?
While the draft was far from steller,with only 3 picks that lasted, notably 2 that were here for awhile in J.R. Redmond and Patrick Pass,there seemed to be a pick later on the second day in the 6th round at pick #199 that added a guy named Tom Brady a virtually unknown,unproven player from Michigan to the roster to make this one of his best drafts ever,a pick that some questioned why we passed on Tim Rattay who seemed to be a better prospect at that time.
Its been a long 10 years and a lot of pleasure to enjoy the past decade, so a happy anniversary to a head coach and his draft that resulted in a player that would make a difference in 3 Super Bowl titles.
Nowadays we hope for a great draft to ensure the future of this team is to be as successful as the last 10 years.... it would be nice 10 years later to find that Tom Brady type player in it again as in deja vu a decade later....wouldn't that be great?
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