{"id":23198,"date":"2019-04-17T20:15:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T00:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=23198"},"modified":"2019-04-22T11:22:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T15:22:25","slug":"photo-tom-brady-reflects-back-on-draft-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2019\/04\/17\/photo-tom-brady-reflects-back-on-draft-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO: Tom Brady Reflects Back On Draft Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On April 16th 2000, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\" title=\"New England Patriots at PatsFans.com\"><strong>New England Patriots<\/strong><\/a> selected Tom Brady with the 199th overall pick (6th round) in that years NFL Draft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time, nobody could have foreseen the career Brady would end up having. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his rookie season, Brady was third on the Patriots depth chart behind Drew Bledsoe and Michael Bishop. 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