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[stadium crowd cheering]
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[announcer] All right.
With seven seconds remaining,
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and Adam Vinatieri will try to win it
with a 47-yard field goal attempt.
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[fans cheering]
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Set to go. Snap, ball down, kick up.
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Kick is on the way, and it is good!
It's good!
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The Patriots are Super Bowl champions.
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["Under Pressure"
by Queen and David Bowie playing]
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[reporter] Call it destiny,
call it whatever you want,
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but you have to call
the New England Patriots
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the unlikely champions
of the football world.
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[announcer] Looks good!
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And the New England Patriots will be
the first dynasty of the 21st century.
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[reporter 2] This team
will be celebrated, scrutinized
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for as long as the game
of football is played.
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[song fades, echoing]
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[Scott Pioli]
This game is like a narcotic.
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[thunder rumbling]
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You would do anything and everything
to stop the fear of losing.
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Anything.
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[newscaster] Breaking news right now.
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New England was caught cheating,
and it's a black mark on their success.
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{\an8}This scandal over footballs
will not go away.
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[commentator] That team lived long enough
and won enough to become the villain.
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[announcer] And down he goes again.
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[commentator 2]
If they lose this Super Bowl,
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everybody's gonna be talking about,
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"Yeah, that's what happens
when you're forced to play fair."
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[announcer] Touchdown!
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The dynasty continues.
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[announcer 2]
Don't ever count Tom Brady out.
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[commentator 3] Bill Belichick's
painted his Mona Lisa.
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[pundit] But with two egos
and personalities and accomplishments
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at that level,
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a collision was inevitable.
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[pundit 2] Tom Brady and Bill Belichick
are not on the same page.
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[pundit 3] Know what it seems like to me?
It's a turf battle.
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There's gonna be some things
that aren't fucking great.
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[Adam Vinatieri] You know, we worked
for Bill, but we played for Tom.
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[Robert Kraft] We were
coming near the end,
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and I was just trying to hold it together
the best I could.
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[pundit 4] Am I fucking Johnny Foxborough?
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[pundit 5] He's unhappy.
You leave when you're unhappy.
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[pundit 6] The dynasty is over.
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I'm not gonna allow other people
to take away from something so special.
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It's perfect.
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It doesn't need to be more than that.
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["Under Pressure" resumes]
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[Bill Belichick] How do you make history?
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You win.
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Not twice, you win again and again.
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Everything you do every day
is about winning.
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[crowd roaring]
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[shouting, indistinct]
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[commentator] Enjoy it, folks.
You're never ever going to see it again.
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[cheering]
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[train clattering]
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[cameras clicking]
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All right, tell you what,
let's go right to the podium.
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Bob Kraft is up there right now
with James Busch Orthwein.
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Let's listen to their announcement.
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[camera shutters clicking]
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Thank you all for, uh, coming,
I appreciate it.
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It's now my pleasure to introduce the man
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who'll become the next owner
of the New England Patriots.
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Robert Kraft.
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[applause]
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Some people think it's silly
to spend so much money just for a game.
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But my objective is to help bring
a championship to New England.
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[cheering]
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[stadium announcer]
Let's welcome your New England Patriots!
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[Kraft] We're a region
that stresses family values.
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We're gonna do it this year!
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- [Kraft] Traditions.
- [laughing]
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This is my home town, and this game,
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it really impacts the psyche
and the fabric of the community.
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- Mr. Kraft, how are you?
- Good, and you?
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- Good, thank you.
- You take good care.
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- We're gonna get them, right?
- Well, we've been waiting.
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{\an8}When we bought the team,
I remember saying to myself,
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{\an8}"Wow, pressure's really on."
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'Cause you have to understand Boston fans.
They're nuts about sports.
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They didn't expect this amount
of people here today, you know.
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But it's gonna be an exciting year.
Everybody's pumped up.
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{\an8}[Tommy Guarino] In New England, there's
three things that are guaranteed here.
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{\an8}Death, taxes, and being
a Boston sports fan.
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{\an8}Or you're, you know, ostracized,
kicked out of here.
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Yeah, baby!
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- This is Patriots country!
- Yeah.
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{\an8}[Keith Birchall] Growing up in Boston,
you know, when you lose a pacifier,
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{\an8}you then get your yelling voice.
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Come on now, here we go!
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[Birchall] And as Patriots fans,
there's been a lot of yelling.
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Because what people don't realize,
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the Patriots haven't been good
for many, many, many years.
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[announcer] And a high snap goes
into the end zone for a safety.
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And you see already heads beginning
to drop on the Patriots' side.
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{\an8}The old Patriots, like,
they shouldn't even be in the league.
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{\an8}Like, that's how I felt.
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I get sick to my stomach
when I look back, because of the pain.
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Play some defense out there.
Send the cheerleaders out to play for you.
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[Tony Lapolito] It was very disappointing,
but we hadn't lost hope.
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Because we had Drew Bledsoe,
the All-American quarterback.
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[commentator] Nice numbers for Drew,
in a season
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that has been anything but nice
for the New England Patriots.
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- Bledsoe's number one.
- Drew! Drew! Drew!
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[Lapolito] He was our boy,
he was our savior.
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{\an8}He was tall, he was handsome.
Drew Bledsoe was the whole package.
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Whoa, hey, guys, those McDonald's
Big Macs you got there?
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That's right there,
Future Hall of Fame face.
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- Can I have one?
- That's not gonna happen, Signal Boy.
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- No way there, Larry Longarm.
- Come on, we can...
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{\an8}[Clifford Bonnet]
Drew was good, man.
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{\an8}He had a cannon for an arm, and just
put the ball where it needed to go.
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[announcer]
Bledsoe with that lightning arm,
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fires it, he's got a man for a touchdown.
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[Kraft] I realized he was the man
to carry us forward.
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And I gave him
a hundred million dollar contract
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to be the face of the franchise.
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[Drew Bledsoe] You know,
as a quarterback I'm gonna be judged
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by how many games we win,
and I'm going to do everything that I can
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to bring a championship
to New England this year.
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We're all rooting for that,
but if it doesn't happen this coming year,
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please God, it'll happen soon hereafter.
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[laughing]
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{\an8}[Kraft] I tried to give our fans hope,
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{\an8}but sometimes there are things
that come up
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that you just can't plan for.
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[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA! USA!
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[crowd roaring]
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[stadium announcer]
Now ladies and gentlemen...
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please join together
in a moment of silence
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for the victims of September 11th.
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[man, faintly] Take your hats off!
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[Kraft] Coming into the 2001 season,
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the weight of 9/11 affected everyone.
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I really believed that football
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would play a great role
in the healing of the country.
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[stadium announcer] Thank you.
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[crowd murmuring, cheering]
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New Englanders or Bostonians
needed hope more than ever before.
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So I was depending on Drew to deliver.
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[Dick Enberg] And welcome back.
The Jets leading in this low scoring game
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in New England, 10-3.
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It's been a very emotional day
around the country,
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as National Football League action
has resumed.
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[Dan Dierdorf]
Well, for the New England Patriots,
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after a five and eleven season last year,
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desperately this franchise seeks
to find success.
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[Bledsoe] Let's go now,
we got to put one in the zone.
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[player] Let's go get it.
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[Dierdorf] Still I think
another year in New England,
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where the success of this team
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is gonna have to be
on the right arm of Drew Bledsoe.
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[crowd] Drew! Drew! Drew! Drew! Drew!
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[Bledsoe] When you're part of a team,
the team is bigger than you are.
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{\an8}But my personal responsibility
within that had always been to be the man.
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{\an8}[chuckles] I was the guy, right?
I was the quarterback.
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I was the franchise guy,
I was the face.
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You know, all of these things that had
always been my piece of that team.
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[Bledsoe, on field] Get in the huddle.
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Let's put this damn thing in.
We're going on two, set in.
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[Bledsoe] In that game, we were
playing the Jets, and we were behind.
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But I just remember feeling like,
"Okay, cool, it's my time."
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That was at my best, I think,
when things were a little sideways
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and what other people
would maybe call pressure situations,
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that's when I was able to focus.
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[interviewer] Yeah, I feel like I've heard
the same thing from Jordan, from Tiger,
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- from all these people.
- Mmm, yeah.
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Yeah, most people put me
in around Jordan, Tiger, Drew.
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You know, yeah, same thing. [laughs]
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Hut, hut!
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- [crowd cheering]
- [Dierdorf] Bledsoe. Gonna run it.
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- [Bledsoe grunts]
- [crowd groaning]
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[whistles blowing faintly]
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[voices echoing, overlapping]
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[noise fades]
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[whistle blowing faintly]
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[Kraft] You know, it's hard to explain
how terrible that was.
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There'd never been a time in my life,
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I mean, to feel the negativity of 9/11.
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And then our starting
first class quarterback.
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The hope of the fans goes down.
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That was really scary.
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You know, he... was like a son to me.
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{\an8}[Ty Law] Our team was shocked.
Because that was the face of the team.
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{\an8}That was our leader.
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That was
a hundred-million-dollar quarterback.
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And he's down.
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[man] Bledsoe was just wheeled out
on a stretcher.
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[siren wailing]
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[Dr. David Berger] When Drew Bledsoe
came to the emergency room,
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I had grave concerns.
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He had partially cut one of his arteries.
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So we saw that the lung cavity
was completely filling up with blood.
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{\an8}Untreated, he probably would have died.
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[Kraft] Seeing him in that hospital bed,
that was brutal.
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This quarterback who we love
might not ever recover.
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And he had done that working for us,
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so I also felt a tremendous responsibility
to his family.
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{\an8}I don't remember a lot of it,
because I was so out of it, just with,
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{\an8}...you know, the shock of it.
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[clock ticking]
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I just-- I remember getting away
for a moment by myself.
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And I just started bawling,
because I was like, "I feel so helpless."
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What... what if something happens?
What if, yeah, I--
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It was very surreal,
to be honest with you.
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This injury was a little more serious
than we all thought
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- as we watched the game yesterday.
- That's right, Mike.
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In fact, he felt his chest tighten so much
that he told family members
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that it was the most intense pain
he ever felt.
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Gets to the hospital,
has a significant amount of blood,
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maybe as much as two pints,
drained from the lung.
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When I woke up, didn't really
know what was going on,
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but I looked down
and I had a tube in my chest. Um...
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I just remember thinking,
"Well, that's not good."
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[dry chuckle] You know.
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But I just remember, like, "Okay, well,
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you know, hopefully the team can,
you know, hold the fort down,
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you know, until I'm healthy
and can get back in there."
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[commentator] Just when you think
it can't get any worse,
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0 and 2 after a couple
of dismal performances,
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they lose their franchise quarterback.
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Bledsoe was taken off
on a stretcher after the game.
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Who knows the extent
of the injury right now?
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[commentator 2] Do you think Drew's
gone for the season at this point?
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[commentator] Well not yet,
but it does not look good.
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The Pats will look
to 24-year-old Tom Brady,
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making his first ever NFL start
at quarterback.
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[commentator 3] Let me tell you something,
the spotlight's gonna be on this guy.
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Let's see if he can produce.
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{\an8}[Brady] I was the back up quarterback.
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{\an8}So, coach came over and was like,
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"Okay, Drew's out, Tom you're in.
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You better get ready to go."
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I did everything I could do to get ready.
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And I really approached practice
like it was the game.
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I was like,
"I'm not taking anything for chance."
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Because, you know, for Coach Belichick,
you're in for this week.
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{\an8}In pro football, nobody's entitled
to anything, nobody gets anything.
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You have to go out there and work for it,
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and perform at a level
at which you earn it.
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Each week, we all have to
prove ourselves competitively
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to each other and to our teammates.
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[Damien Woody]
There was a lot of uneasiness.
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Drew's hurt, your hundred-million-dollar
quarterback is down.
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Morale is low.
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{\an8}And Tom gives a speech to the team.
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{\an8}Basically saying, like, "Believe in me.
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Let's get it together.
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I'm gonna work my ass off.
You're gonna work your ass off.
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We got it. We got this."
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But for him to really come out
and say that, takes a lot of balls.
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[whistle blows]
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[Woody] Because remember, trust is earned.
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What has he done really to earn that?
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Imagine saying that
to the Willie McGinests
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and the Tedy Bruschi--
like, all these veterans.
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[Tedy Bruschi] Tom gathered us around and,
like, I remember thinking,
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{\an8}"Oh, look at the kid. He's trying." Yeah.
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{\an8}[laughs]
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- [blows whistle]
- Here we go, offense red area.
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Seven on seven.
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[Bruschi] For anyone that says, "Oh, yeah,
we knew Tom was gonna lead us to victory."
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That's bullshit. I mean, come on.
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This guy's never done anything
for us before.
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[Belichick] I can't stand it.
Run it again.
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Huddle up and run it again, Brady.
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[Bruschi] From that first practice on,
it's like,
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"Okay, can you run the huddle?
Can you grasp the offense?"
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He didn't know what he was doing at times.
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- Shit.
- [blows whistle]
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Here we go. Defense.
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[man] Hey, listen.
This is where we win the game.
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Okay, let's get ready, man.
Let's get ready.
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[Willie McGinest] At that time,
the defense pretty much ran the team.
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We were the foundation.
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I remember corralling
the defense and like,
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{\an8}"Look, next week, we can't give up points.
We just can't.
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And as soon as the ball gets snapped,
the first play of the game,
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we're gonna hit somebody
in the fucking mouth."
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It's fucking go time.
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[announcer] And he is leveled.
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- Hell yeah!
- Almost took his head off.
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That's what we talkin' about!
That's what we talkin' about!
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Let's shut this shit down.
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- [grunts]
- [crowd cheering]
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Whoo-hoo!
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[announcer] Manning. Intercepted!
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Otis Smith!
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Smith with running room.
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Smith runs it in.
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Touchdown, New England!
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[Lawyer Milloy] We were
the same defense as last week,
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but we looked and felt different.
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{\an8}Sometimes it takes tragedy
to bring a community together.
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{\an8}A team together.
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As bad as the Drew Bledsoe situation was,
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it forced the defense to step up
and play as one.
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[Mike] How impressed are you
with this Patriots defense?
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Well, they came out very emotional.
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You could just tell the difference
right from the get-go.
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They're fired up.
Now they've gotta get the offense rolling.
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Hey, let's go. Let's go, O!
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Whenever you're trying to develop
a quarterback, you got him on a leash.
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And they gotta earn the right to kinda
give you more slack on that leash.
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Tom, he hasn't arrived.
He's not there yet.
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And so we weren't gonna deviate
from the running game.
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[announcer] Pitch. Antowain Smith
with the running room.
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Smith down the sideline!
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Down inside the ten!
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[Belichick] Tom was making the plays
that he needed to make.
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And most importantly, not putting the team
in jeopardy and turning the ball over.
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[announcer] They give it to Smith.
He gets an opening.
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Touchdown, New England!
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First start for Tom Brady.
First win for Tom Brady.
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[Brady] You know, we kicked their ass.
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We didn't kick their ass
because I was some stellar quarterback.
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We kicked their ass because
our defense played great,
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and we could run the ball.
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They didn't try to put too much on him,
he didn't put too much on himself,
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because he wasn't that Tom.
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You know.
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He wasn't Tom Brady, the GOAT.
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He's just Tom.
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{\an8}[camera clicking]
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{\an8}[Law] Back then, he damn sure ain't gonna
wow you when he take off his shirt.
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[chuckles] At all.
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When you looked at him, it's like, okay.
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He came in as a goddamn nobody rookie.
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[air horn blows]
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[David Nugent] I remember my first
impression of him was, man, he was slow.
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Just awkward looking,
like a baby giraffe running around.
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{\an8}So, nothing physically stood out
about Tom.
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Tom and me, we came
into the NFL together.
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We're just rookies, you know,
the lowest on the totem pole,
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so we became very close
because we were preparing with each other
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every single day,
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trying to earn the right to be there.
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{\an8}All right, let's go, line it up.
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{\an8}Get eleven-- Get eleven in there.
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[Nugent] So, during training camp,
Tom didn't get a whole lot of snaps.
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He was our fourth string quarterback.
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And in that moment,
if I'm being fully honest,
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I didn't think he had a good chance.
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Okay, Tom, you're in. Let's go.
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[Bledsoe] Oh, he was like,
he was like an eager little puppy.
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{\an8}From the minute he got there,
he was always super positive and upbeat.
349
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{\an8}Sometimes even annoyingly so.
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And so we would prank him a little bit.
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It was sort of a rite of passage.
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[interviewer] What were a couple of
the pranks that you played on the puppy?
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[laughs]
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Well, so, FBI,
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if they think there's gonna be
a bank robbery,
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they have this special dye
that you can't see.
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And so, they'll put it on the money.
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And you can't see it at all,
until it gets slightly wet.
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00:20:04,621 --> 00:20:06,707
So, just a little perspiration
on your hands.
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Then, it's permanent.
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So, we were able to lay our hands
on some of this FBI stuff,
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and we filled Tommy's socks full of it.
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He goes out to practice. His feet sweat.
364
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And he comes back in and his feet
are bright purple for weeks.
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[teammate] I don't know who it was,
but I ain't gonna tell.
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[laughter]
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All my teammates, they helped me grow up.
368
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I went in there as a little punk-ass kid,
and they brought me into their squad.
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[Bledsoe] You know, it was like,
"Hey, this guy's just a rookie.
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We're gonna treat you like shit for a year
and then you're on the other side of it."
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He was never a threat, all right?
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This was not the guy
that I was worried about.
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[Nugent on videotape]
Well, this is my hotel,
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and this is where I've stayed
the past couple months.
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[Nugent] The Patriots put all the rookies
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in a fabulous location
called the End Zone Motel.
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And it was a truck stop.
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[Nugent on videotape]
This is my scenic view...
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...of a truck and a dumpster.
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00:21:10,562 --> 00:21:13,065
Yep, it's been a lot of fun.
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[Nugent] I couldn't believe
that this was the NFL, you know.
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I was excited to get out of there.
383
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And so, when I found out
about making the team,
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I'm sitting there thinking, "Okay,
I've gotta find a place to live now."
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And I got a knock on the door,
and it was Brady.
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And he comes in, and he sits down
on the bed, and said,
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"I just wanna tell you, I made the team."
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I'm like, "Man, you did? That's great.
I just made the team too."
389
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And he said, "Listen, I just
bought a condo from Ty Law.
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Would you be interested
in living with me?"
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[Nugent on videotape]
There's the stud right there.
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The stud. The baddest man
on the planet. As Tyson would say.
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[Nugent on videotape]
That's the owner of this palace.
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[Law] When I sold that to Tom, I knew that
he wasn't making no money at the time.
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{\an8}So I'm thinking, "I gotta keep on
passing down to the young boys."
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{\an8}You know, they ain't making it.
They just trying to hold on.
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I left the furniture,
the mattresses, everything.
398
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[Nugent on videotape]
Back here, we have our pimp setup.
399
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It was Ty Law's previous home,
and he had it all tricked out.
400
00:22:15,252 --> 00:22:17,004
It was like MTV Cribs.
401
00:22:17,004 --> 00:22:19,882
[Nugent on videotape]
And the best part is over here.
402
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[Law] I finished the basement out
real nice, had the TV set up.
403
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Weren't no flat screens then,
but it looked like a flat screen.
404
00:22:26,346 --> 00:22:28,599
You know, you had that big boob TV
sitting in the wall,
405
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but you know, I laid it out right.
406
00:22:31,643 --> 00:22:35,898
Put it this way,
I left 150 grand on the table.
407
00:22:35,898 --> 00:22:38,066
That's why I'm gonna call him now
when we done, because I mean,
408
00:22:38,066 --> 00:22:40,319
yeah, that's 150 grand, man.
409
00:22:40,319 --> 00:22:42,779
Tom owes me 150,000 dollars.
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00:22:42,779 --> 00:22:44,406
He's full of shit.
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00:22:44,406 --> 00:22:46,116
Ty fleeced me.
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And then Ty thinks,
"I've given you some big gift."
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I'm like, "Ty, I overpaid."
414
00:22:50,412 --> 00:22:52,998
I love Ty to death, but no,
you didn't give me a fucking deal, Ty.
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00:22:52,998 --> 00:22:54,416
Get that shit out of here.
416
00:22:55,375 --> 00:22:56,710
[Nugent on videotape]
This is Tom's room.
417
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[Brady on videotape] This is a love shack.
418
00:22:59,213 --> 00:23:01,715
Just kidding, Mom. It's not.
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00:23:01,715 --> 00:23:04,801
[Nugent on videotape]
There's me about to knock him on his ass.
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[Brady on videotape]
I believe that was a completion.
421
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[Nugent on videotape]
A completion of me hitting him.
422
00:23:09,473 --> 00:23:11,058
[Nugent] Him being at Michigan
and me being at Purdue,
423
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we certainly played
against each other in college.
424
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And when we became roommates,
we always found ways to compete.
425
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That's the first time that I really saw
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the crazy competitive monster
that comes out.
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00:23:23,946 --> 00:23:28,575
I remember one day, he went out and bought
the old Nintendo system at a pawnshop.
428
00:23:28,575 --> 00:23:30,869
And we weren't big gamers,
429
00:23:30,869 --> 00:23:32,913
but there was one game in particular,
Tecmo Bowl.
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[beeping]
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We would play that silly game
the entire weekend.
432
00:23:43,423 --> 00:23:45,884
And whoever would win the tournament
by the end of the weekend
433
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was declared house champ.
434
00:23:48,971 --> 00:23:51,390
We would always have a penalty
for the loser.
435
00:23:51,390 --> 00:23:52,641
If it was in the summertime,
436
00:23:52,641 --> 00:23:54,935
whoever lost would
have to do dishes all weekend.
437
00:23:54,935 --> 00:23:56,144
If it was in the winter,
438
00:23:56,144 --> 00:23:59,565
whoever lost would have to do
a naked lap around the cove.
439
00:23:59,565 --> 00:24:01,191
[Nugent on videotape]
It's cold outside too.
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If he was losing that game,
441
00:24:04,111 --> 00:24:07,447
he went from zero to 100 very quickly.
442
00:24:07,447 --> 00:24:09,908
I mean, he became a different person.
443
00:24:09,908 --> 00:24:12,244
[computer voice]
Ready, down. Hut, hut.
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00:24:12,244 --> 00:24:14,538
[Nugent] He did not want to lose.
445
00:24:15,038 --> 00:24:16,123
[computer voice] Touchdown.
446
00:24:17,416 --> 00:24:19,918
And he found out that if you stomp
on the floor hard enough
447
00:24:19,918 --> 00:24:21,253
it would restart the system.
448
00:24:22,546 --> 00:24:24,756
{\an8}So, if he knew he was about to lose,
he wouldn't accept that,
449
00:24:24,756 --> 00:24:27,968
{\an8}and he would just stomp on the floor,
start the game over.
450
00:24:29,136 --> 00:24:32,806
This happened over and over again.
451
00:24:34,016 --> 00:24:37,144
We had dents in our wall
from him just taking the controller
452
00:24:37,144 --> 00:24:39,813
and just launching it
as hard as he could into the wall.
453
00:24:39,813 --> 00:24:41,899
He was just like a crazy man.
454
00:24:41,899 --> 00:24:44,193
I do have a bit of a temper.
455
00:24:44,193 --> 00:24:46,403
I didn't like to lose,
and I didn't like losing in Tecmo Bowl.
456
00:24:46,403 --> 00:24:48,155
I didn't like losing in darts.
457
00:24:48,155 --> 00:24:50,240
I didn't like losing period,
I still don't like losing.
458
00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:51,825
If I'm gonna play, I'm gonna play to win.
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- [whistle blowing]
- [indistinct chatter]
460
00:24:54,494 --> 00:24:56,747
[Nugent] And when it came to football,
461
00:24:56,747 --> 00:24:59,666
he took it to this whole 'nother level
that I had never seen before.
462
00:25:01,376 --> 00:25:04,004
I mean, he was the back up,
to the back up, to the back up.
463
00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:06,590
But he wanted to be the starter.
464
00:25:08,008 --> 00:25:11,595
You know, Tom told me,
"When my moment comes,
465
00:25:11,595 --> 00:25:13,305
I'm gonna be ready for it."
466
00:25:20,270 --> 00:25:21,522
[crowd cheering]
467
00:25:21,522 --> 00:25:23,482
[announcer] Great catch
of the ball from Brown.
468
00:25:24,024 --> 00:25:26,818
And a first down for New England,
inside the 30.
469
00:25:27,819 --> 00:25:30,906
[announcer 2] Chargers leading the Pats
here in the fourth quarter.
470
00:25:31,490 --> 00:25:33,992
There is no Drew Bledsoe
to come here and save the day.
471
00:25:33,992 --> 00:25:36,453
It's all on the right arm of Tom Brady.
472
00:25:37,704 --> 00:25:41,959
[announcer] Bootleg. Brady throwing.
Wide open! Touchdown!
473
00:25:42,501 --> 00:25:44,211
New England pulls it out.
474
00:25:45,671 --> 00:25:48,173
A come-from-behind effort in the fourth.
475
00:25:49,216 --> 00:25:52,219
We saw Tom Brady grow up before our eyes
476
00:25:52,219 --> 00:25:56,807
and the 60,000 plus here at Foxboro.
477
00:25:56,807 --> 00:25:58,892
[crowd cheering]
478
00:26:01,270 --> 00:26:04,940
[commentator] Today Tom Brady
and the Patriots were pretty damn good.
479
00:26:06,191 --> 00:26:09,903
We all saw the same thing,
a different team with an attitude
480
00:26:09,903 --> 00:26:12,281
not seen around here in a long, long time.
481
00:26:13,282 --> 00:26:15,909
Tomorrow, it's gonna develop
into one of those, you know,
482
00:26:15,909 --> 00:26:18,537
Brady versus Bledsoe thing.
They're already talking about it.
483
00:26:18,537 --> 00:26:20,455
Why are you trying to start
a quarterback controversy?
484
00:26:20,455 --> 00:26:21,623
I'm not, actually--
485
00:26:21,623 --> 00:26:22,708
- Yeah, you are. I agree with him.
- Yeah, you are.
486
00:26:22,708 --> 00:26:26,003
- You were acting as a... provocateur.
- Right, that's right.
487
00:26:26,003 --> 00:26:27,629
- Bledsoe is the starting quarterback.
- That's what you're doing.
488
00:26:27,629 --> 00:26:29,798
- TV hosting. Or talk show hosting.
- Is there something wrong with that?
489
00:26:29,798 --> 00:26:31,633
- I'm answering a question he asked you.
- No, no, here's the deal.
490
00:26:31,633 --> 00:26:33,886
So, just say, "I was just trying
to be an agitator
491
00:26:33,886 --> 00:26:36,138
because it's good television."
That's the answer.
492
00:26:36,138 --> 00:26:38,223
That's the answer, Bob.
There's no other answer.
493
00:26:38,223 --> 00:26:39,683
Because you know in your heart,
494
00:26:39,683 --> 00:26:41,310
unless you really have
lost it all upstairs,
495
00:26:41,310 --> 00:26:44,479
there is no issue, that Bledsoe's the
quarterback the second he's ready to play.
496
00:26:44,479 --> 00:26:46,899
And you know what? Tom Brady knows that.
497
00:26:46,899 --> 00:26:49,026
- Yeah.
- Brady knows that.
498
00:26:49,651 --> 00:26:52,446
Well I think, you know,
I have been the starter, so...
499
00:26:52,446 --> 00:26:55,866
[Law] After that game,
we knew he was capable.
500
00:26:55,866 --> 00:26:57,951
But still, he's not Drew.
501
00:26:57,951 --> 00:27:00,037
- How about that? Typical.
- [interviewer] Is that business as usual?
502
00:27:00,037 --> 00:27:02,080
Typical Lawyer Milloy right there.
503
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,459
[Law] I remember, myself,
Tom and Lawyer Milloy.
504
00:27:05,459 --> 00:27:09,838
We all went out to dinner together,
and Tom, he just said,
505
00:27:09,838 --> 00:27:13,550
"Hey." Out of nowhere,
"I ain't giving this shit back."
506
00:27:13,550 --> 00:27:15,552
That was it, he said,
"I ain't giving this shit back."
507
00:27:15,552 --> 00:27:19,223
So, you know, me and Lawyer
on the other end, we like,
508
00:27:19,223 --> 00:27:23,685
"Okay, all right, young buck.
That's the spirit." [laughs]
509
00:27:23,685 --> 00:27:27,314
{\an8}All right. That's, that's the spirit, kid.
All right, all right. We hear you.
510
00:27:27,314 --> 00:27:31,318
Man, we-- Me and Lawyer looked
at each other and we, we said, like,
511
00:27:31,318 --> 00:27:35,489
"Shit. When Drew come back,
his ass back on the bench."
512
00:27:35,489 --> 00:27:37,991
In the back of our mind we're
probably like, "Man, shut the fuck up,"
513
00:27:37,991 --> 00:27:40,869
like, you know what I mean,
"This is Drew's team."
514
00:27:40,869 --> 00:27:42,829
This is the NFL, buddy.
515
00:27:43,872 --> 00:27:46,375
You going back to the bench.
516
00:27:55,759 --> 00:27:59,429
Good afternoon, I'm Doctor Zarins,
I'm the team physician for the Patriots.
517
00:27:59,429 --> 00:28:05,018
The news today is that, uh...
we're clearing Drew to play.
518
00:28:05,018 --> 00:28:08,230
And we know that this
is gonna raise questions.
519
00:28:08,230 --> 00:28:10,691
[reporter] How ready
do you feel to, to play?
520
00:28:10,691 --> 00:28:12,442
Physically? Mentally? Everything.
521
00:28:12,442 --> 00:28:15,946
I'm itching to get back in.
I-- You know, I, uh... uh...
522
00:28:15,946 --> 00:28:17,239
You know, I feel healthy.
523
00:28:17,239 --> 00:28:20,826
You know, from the time I was a rookie,
I've been the starter on the team,
524
00:28:20,826 --> 00:28:25,080
and... I anticipate being the starter
on the team again.
525
00:28:25,497 --> 00:28:28,000
[reporter] Thank you, guys.
Drew, thank you very much.
526
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,712
[Bledsoe] I was on the way
back from the hospital,
527
00:28:31,712 --> 00:28:33,672
and I remember I called Belichick,
528
00:28:33,672 --> 00:28:36,341
I was like, "Hey, I got clearance.
Ready to go."
529
00:28:36,341 --> 00:28:40,470
His response was like, "Okay, well, just
get back here and we'll see how it goes."
530
00:28:40,470 --> 00:28:42,681
I thought he would be a little more
excited that I got clearance
531
00:28:42,681 --> 00:28:44,474
than he seemed to be on the phone.
532
00:28:44,474 --> 00:28:46,226
[whistle blows]
533
00:28:47,394 --> 00:28:50,856
That was the first indication I had that,
"Oh, maybe this isn't playing out
534
00:28:50,856 --> 00:28:53,400
where I just get to go back
and start playing again."
535
00:28:54,943 --> 00:28:57,237
{\an8}[Belichick] You know, Drew has
several steps that he has to take
536
00:28:57,237 --> 00:29:00,866
{\an8}on the way back from a--
you know, a lengthy injury.
537
00:29:00,866 --> 00:29:03,410
This one's been seven weeks,
538
00:29:03,410 --> 00:29:06,788
and... he's taken some of those
and there's still some more to take,
539
00:29:06,788 --> 00:29:10,125
and we'll evaluate the progress as it...
as we go along.
540
00:29:10,459 --> 00:29:13,128
[reporter] So, at this point,
Tom's the starting quarterback?
541
00:29:13,128 --> 00:29:16,131
Tom will get the majority of the reps
with the offense as he has been doing.
542
00:29:16,131 --> 00:29:19,134
We expect Tom to start this Sunday
against Saint Louis, right.
543
00:29:20,052 --> 00:29:22,888
[Michael Holley]
When Bill Belichick made that decision,
544
00:29:22,888 --> 00:29:26,517
I think people in the media,
we were surprised.
545
00:29:27,518 --> 00:29:30,979
I mean, it's Drew Bledsoe,
it's the franchise quarterback.
546
00:29:30,979 --> 00:29:34,024
{\an8}Everybody's just waiting for him
to come back.
547
00:29:34,024 --> 00:29:36,902
{\an8}And then when he's ready,
he gets his job back.
548
00:29:37,819 --> 00:29:39,446
That's what was expected.
549
00:29:39,446 --> 00:29:42,991
[reporter 2] This is gonna be talked about
for the next few weeks, this decision.
550
00:29:42,991 --> 00:29:44,743
- You think so?
- I think it might be.
551
00:29:44,743 --> 00:29:46,954
- All right.
- [laughter]
552
00:29:46,954 --> 00:29:49,331
[Jackie MacMullan]
The unwritten rule of thumb was always,
553
00:29:49,331 --> 00:29:51,458
{\an8}if a player gets hurt,
he can't lose his job.
554
00:29:51,458 --> 00:29:54,586
{\an8}Especially if you're Drew Bledsoe,
the starting quarterback for the Patriots.
555
00:29:54,586 --> 00:29:58,340
I think everybody just assumed
when he came back, it was his job again.
556
00:30:00,008 --> 00:30:03,262
[Belichick] I mean, look,
Drew hadn't played in several weeks.
557
00:30:03,262 --> 00:30:08,100
And Tom, he had played
the previous however many games it was.
558
00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:10,394
Tom was at that point in time
559
00:30:10,394 --> 00:30:14,189
the most accomplished
in running our offense.
560
00:30:15,065 --> 00:30:18,652
[indistinct chatter]
561
00:30:20,404 --> 00:30:23,490
[interviewer] Just your thoughts
on the announcement Coach Belichick made.
562
00:30:23,490 --> 00:30:25,909
Are you hurt, frustrated,
or how do you feel?
563
00:30:25,909 --> 00:30:28,328
[bitter chuckle] Next question.
564
00:30:28,328 --> 00:30:30,080
[interviewer 2] You been given any idea
of what would have to happen
565
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,791
- for this situation to change?
- No.
566
00:30:33,959 --> 00:30:36,211
[interviewer 3] In any way,
did you see this coming, Drew?
567
00:30:36,211 --> 00:30:38,297
Um, I'll just put it this way,
568
00:30:38,297 --> 00:30:42,050
I look forward to the chance
to compete for my job.
569
00:30:42,050 --> 00:30:44,094
All right guys,
that's all I got for you today.
570
00:30:44,094 --> 00:30:46,013
- Thank you, Drew. Appreciate it.
- Thank you, Drew.
571
00:30:51,435 --> 00:30:52,895
[Bledsoe] That was a hard moment.
572
00:30:53,854 --> 00:30:56,523
I remember telling Maura that, you know,
573
00:30:56,523 --> 00:30:58,192
"They're gonna let Tom keep playing.
574
00:30:58,192 --> 00:31:00,611
I don't know what I'm gonna do.
Should we just retire?
575
00:31:00,611 --> 00:31:02,404
You know, screw these guys."
576
00:31:04,323 --> 00:31:06,450
[Maura Bledsoe] I was angry.
577
00:31:06,450 --> 00:31:09,912
The Patriots brought him in
at 21 years old.
578
00:31:09,912 --> 00:31:12,831
And he had built this team,
this franchise.
579
00:31:14,499 --> 00:31:17,794
{\an8}For this one hit to change everything.
580
00:31:18,879 --> 00:31:21,048
{\an8}I don't know,
I was just seeing there's no loyalty.
581
00:31:24,218 --> 00:31:29,973
[Kraft] When Drew was cleared medically,
and Bill didn't put him back...
582
00:31:31,642 --> 00:31:33,477
{\an8}I didn't feel good about it.
583
00:31:33,477 --> 00:31:36,772
{\an8}And I felt that Drew was treated unfairly.
584
00:31:39,441 --> 00:31:44,029
[Jonathan Kraft] People who have been
loyal to us are like family.
585
00:31:44,029 --> 00:31:48,575
{\an8}And Drew really was like
a fifth son to my dad.
586
00:31:48,575 --> 00:31:52,996
And I watched him agonize
over this whole thing with Drew.
587
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,460
My dad could only imagine
how that was eating Drew up inside,
588
00:31:58,460 --> 00:32:00,879
and he had so much
personal affection for him,
589
00:32:00,879 --> 00:32:03,757
it made it doubly difficult.
590
00:32:05,300 --> 00:32:06,969
[Robert Kraft] Drew came to see me,
591
00:32:06,969 --> 00:32:10,180
and we had a long chat and I said,
"I'm gonna talk with Bill."
592
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:19,481
[Pioli] As coaches, we knew that that
was gonna be a difficult conversation.
593
00:32:20,774 --> 00:32:23,235
The relationship between Drew
and the Krafts was very close.
594
00:32:24,069 --> 00:32:26,905
{\an8}I mean, Drew was a big part
of saving that franchise.
595
00:32:26,905 --> 00:32:33,120
{\an8}He was the hope of not only of the fans,
the franchise, the Krafts, right?
596
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,289
{\an8}They had made
this huge investment.
597
00:32:36,498 --> 00:32:39,543
So to Robert,
this was more than just a player move.
598
00:32:39,543 --> 00:32:40,919
[whistle blows]
599
00:32:40,919 --> 00:32:46,842
He expressed his disappointment,
but in the end he said,
600
00:32:46,842 --> 00:32:49,344
"Listen, if this is what you guys believe,
601
00:32:49,344 --> 00:32:53,682
if this is the way it's gonna be,
it just needs to be right."
602
00:32:55,767 --> 00:33:00,022
[Kraft] I came back and met with Drew
in my office,
603
00:33:00,022 --> 00:33:06,653
and I said, "Look, Drew,
I could tell him that I want you to start.
604
00:33:07,321 --> 00:33:13,952
If that's not what he wants to do,
that's not in your or my best interest."
605
00:33:13,952 --> 00:33:18,999
If nothing else he can mess it up,
and I can hold him accountable.
606
00:33:20,918 --> 00:33:23,378
[Pioli] We knew that we were gonna be
held accountable.
607
00:33:24,713 --> 00:33:27,633
And I remember saying to Bill,
"We need to be careful.
608
00:33:29,426 --> 00:33:32,429
Because of what Drew's given
to this organization,
609
00:33:32,429 --> 00:33:35,849
what he's given to this fan base,
the hope that he has given so many people.
610
00:33:37,226 --> 00:33:41,563
If we don't handle this right,
we've seen that movie before."
611
00:33:51,823 --> 00:33:53,867
{\an8}So, help yourself there.
612
00:33:53,867 --> 00:33:58,247
{\an8}I'm not a coffee man,
so I don't... know how to make it.
613
00:34:00,749 --> 00:34:02,709
[Pioli] Long before Bill
was at the Patriots,
614
00:34:02,709 --> 00:34:05,587
he was the head coach
of the Cleveland Browns.
615
00:34:06,338 --> 00:34:08,340
Don't have a lot going back here.
616
00:34:09,299 --> 00:34:10,509
You know, we haven't shown any...
617
00:34:10,509 --> 00:34:13,262
[Pioli] He was starting to become
this young, brilliant coach
618
00:34:13,262 --> 00:34:16,598
that had this bright future,
but there was friction
619
00:34:16,598 --> 00:34:20,601
because Bill wanted to cut
the hope of the city, Bernie Kosar.
620
00:34:21,353 --> 00:34:23,856
[announcer] And here is Bernie Kosar
and his offense.
621
00:34:24,690 --> 00:34:27,943
[Pioli] Bernie wasn't just a quarterback,
he was an icon.
622
00:34:29,027 --> 00:34:33,657
He was from Ohio, so he was a local guy,
he was a Brown.
623
00:34:34,283 --> 00:34:37,411
[announcer] Bernie Kosar.
Open man. Touchdown!
624
00:34:40,121 --> 00:34:43,166
[Pioli] He had a very good career,
625
00:34:43,166 --> 00:34:46,253
yet it was starting to head
in the other direction.
626
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:52,217
[announcer] Kosar. Down.
And Kosar is limping.
627
00:34:52,217 --> 00:34:53,886
[Pioli] Bernie broke his ankle.
628
00:34:53,886 --> 00:34:59,057
And when he came back, he was
less mobile than he had been in the past.
629
00:34:59,057 --> 00:35:00,684
[announcer] That was ugly.
630
00:35:01,310 --> 00:35:04,938
[Pioli] Bill decided in order
for the Browns to move forward,
631
00:35:04,938 --> 00:35:06,940
it had to be without Bernie.
632
00:35:08,609 --> 00:35:14,239
{\an8}It's a painful thing, but, uh,
I concur a hundred percent
633
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:19,453
{\an8}with Bill and his staff that
a new direction has to be taken.
634
00:35:20,245 --> 00:35:25,042
Basically, it came down to, I think,
a diminishing of his physical skills.
635
00:35:26,335 --> 00:35:28,378
[Pioli] I was on the staff back then
in Cleveland.
636
00:35:28,378 --> 00:35:31,006
And we knew it was the right decision,
637
00:35:31,006 --> 00:35:35,594
but we didn't have a great solution
to the problem.
638
00:35:35,594 --> 00:35:38,430
Right now I think you really
have to question Bill Belichick's decision
639
00:35:38,430 --> 00:35:40,015
to cut Bernie Kosar last week.
640
00:35:40,015 --> 00:35:43,143
Todd Philcox, his first start of the year,
he had four turnovers.
641
00:35:43,143 --> 00:35:48,315
[Pioli] We didn't have a legitimate
top-end NFL starter,
642
00:35:48,315 --> 00:35:50,400
and Bill caught hell for it.
643
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:53,695
He's terrible. I had season tickets
and didn't go to a single game.
644
00:35:53,695 --> 00:35:56,406
I'm, like, in shock. I think Belichick
should have been cut.
645
00:35:56,406 --> 00:35:59,993
I was just devastated. I don't know
what Belichick and Modell are thinking.
646
00:35:59,993 --> 00:36:02,287
I think flags in Cleveland
are flying at half-mast.
647
00:36:03,580 --> 00:36:05,958
[Pioli] You know,
there were people protesting.
648
00:36:05,958 --> 00:36:09,670
There were threats made to Bill,
there were threats made to the Browns.
649
00:36:10,212 --> 00:36:14,716
Bill had to have police at the entrance
of the neighborhood that they lived in.
650
00:36:14,716 --> 00:36:18,011
It was tough on him,
but tougher on his family.
651
00:36:18,846 --> 00:36:21,348
[Debby Belichick] I don't read the papers
or don't listen to the radio
652
00:36:21,348 --> 00:36:23,308
or don't listen to the TV.
653
00:36:24,268 --> 00:36:29,565
{\an8}And just worry about Bill as a husband,
and not zero in on always his job.
654
00:36:30,649 --> 00:36:34,653
We try real hard not to let the kids
feel the pressure.
655
00:36:34,653 --> 00:36:37,823
But it's getting harder
because they're in school,
656
00:36:37,823 --> 00:36:40,951
they ride the bus,
they hear a lot of things.
657
00:36:40,951 --> 00:36:44,580
He might as well stick a knife
in the backs of the community
658
00:36:44,580 --> 00:36:45,581
and twist it.
659
00:36:45,581 --> 00:36:47,916
[man] There ain't never gonna be anywhere
this man could hide
660
00:36:47,916 --> 00:36:51,461
that we ain't gonna hunt him down
and torment him until the day he dies.
661
00:36:51,461 --> 00:36:55,007
[reporter] For the people in Cleveland,
it was personal.
662
00:36:55,007 --> 00:36:57,426
And two years later, when Art announced
663
00:36:57,426 --> 00:36:59,970
that the team was moving, things exploded.
664
00:36:59,970 --> 00:37:03,473
- [crowd cheering]
- Three, two, one...
665
00:37:03,473 --> 00:37:05,309
[loud cheering]
666
00:37:05,309 --> 00:37:08,103
[reporter 2] This was truly a grave day
for Art Modell,
667
00:37:08,103 --> 00:37:11,607
as Modell and coach Bill Belichick
were hung in effigy.
668
00:37:11,607 --> 00:37:15,235
It gave fans a chance to vent
pent up hostilities.
669
00:37:15,235 --> 00:37:18,197
[all chanting] Bill must go.
Bill must go. Bill must go.
670
00:37:18,197 --> 00:37:20,115
[Pioli] It was a tense situation.
671
00:37:20,115 --> 00:37:23,952
{\an8}And at the end, Belichick got fired.
672
00:37:23,952 --> 00:37:26,872
[chanting continues]
673
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:35,005
{\an8}[TV reporter] Drew Bledsoe has been
given medical clearance to play Sunday,
674
00:37:35,005 --> 00:37:39,301
but Bledsoe has not been given clearance
to start by head coach Bill Belichick.
675
00:37:39,301 --> 00:37:41,470
Bledsoe's replacement, Tom Brady,
has guided the Pats
676
00:37:41,470 --> 00:37:45,432
to a five and two record as a starter,
and will remain just that for New England.
677
00:37:45,432 --> 00:37:47,100
[Pioli] The Drew Bledsoe decision,
678
00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:50,562
it reminded us of the whole
Bernie Kosar thing.
679
00:37:50,562 --> 00:37:53,857
And Bill wasn't doubting
or questioning himself,
680
00:37:53,857 --> 00:37:57,819
but he certainly knew
how fragile things were.
681
00:37:58,153 --> 00:37:58,987
Okay.
682
00:37:58,987 --> 00:38:02,157
[Pioli] For the coaching staff,
if we didn't succeed,
683
00:38:02,157 --> 00:38:05,452
our career with the Patriots
was probably over.
684
00:38:07,371 --> 00:38:09,540
[stadium crowd cheering]
685
00:38:13,585 --> 00:38:17,756
[chanting, indistinct]
686
00:38:17,756 --> 00:38:21,885
[announcer] The Patriots at five and four
are a surprise in the AFC.
687
00:38:21,885 --> 00:38:25,180
But even more surprising than their record
is the way they have done it.
688
00:38:25,180 --> 00:38:26,890
Without Drew Bledsoe.
689
00:38:26,890 --> 00:38:29,309
Drew Bledsoe is back on the active list,
690
00:38:29,309 --> 00:38:32,521
but the starting quarterback
is still Tom Brady.
691
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:37,484
[crowd] Drew! Drew! Drew! Drew!
692
00:38:37,484 --> 00:38:39,736
What are you guys videoing me for?
693
00:38:39,736 --> 00:38:41,697
[man] Because you're
a pretty good quarterback.
694
00:38:41,697 --> 00:38:43,198
I appreciate that.
695
00:38:43,198 --> 00:38:46,827
I happen to think so too,
I just gotta get back out on the field.
696
00:38:49,204 --> 00:38:53,041
[MacMullan] To make this decision,
and choose this kid, Tom Brady...
697
00:38:54,001 --> 00:38:58,589
{\an8}I think we found out
about Bill Belichick's guts, if you will.
698
00:38:58,589 --> 00:39:01,842
I mean, he had a very underwhelming
stint in Cleveland.
699
00:39:01,842 --> 00:39:04,720
He had been five-eleven
the year before for New England.
700
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:07,556
It's not like this guy
was lighting the world on fire.
701
00:39:07,556 --> 00:39:11,560
He was not this, you know,
revered coach among the ranks.
702
00:39:12,895 --> 00:39:15,272
He didn't have space to make mistakes.
703
00:39:16,315 --> 00:39:19,443
[Belichick] The only thing you have
in the National Football League, really,
704
00:39:19,443 --> 00:39:24,198
is your name and your reputation,
and you earn that whatever it is.
705
00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:29,203
That comes in a lot of different stages,
but that's... that's for all of us.
706
00:39:29,912 --> 00:39:33,457
[announcer] Tonight, Tom Brady's gotta be
the biggest show in town.
707
00:39:46,762 --> 00:39:48,514
- [crowd cheering]
- Intercepted!
708
00:39:48,514 --> 00:39:50,599
Threw it right into the hands
of the middle linebacker.
709
00:39:50,599 --> 00:39:52,309
God damn it!
710
00:39:53,644 --> 00:39:56,188
[announcer] And I didn't even see
a receiver in the area.
711
00:39:56,188 --> 00:39:59,691
Tom Brady tries to force a play
when he doesn't have to.
712
00:39:59,691 --> 00:40:02,361
Part of the learning process
for a young quarterback.
713
00:40:02,361 --> 00:40:04,446
[players shouting, indistinct]
714
00:40:05,822 --> 00:40:07,533
[announcer] Brady steps up. Throws.
715
00:40:07,533 --> 00:40:09,243
Intercepted again!
716
00:40:10,285 --> 00:40:12,704
[crowd cheering, booing]
717
00:40:14,706 --> 00:40:16,792
[inaudible]
718
00:40:16,792 --> 00:40:22,422
Watching that game,
I felt that Bill had let us down.
719
00:40:22,422 --> 00:40:27,845
I had people on my case,
how bad my judgement was
720
00:40:28,470 --> 00:40:30,973
for not starting a guy like Drew Bledsoe.
721
00:40:32,724 --> 00:40:35,644
They were calling me insane.
"What a mistake."
722
00:40:35,644 --> 00:40:39,231
{\an8}[announcer] Our final score,
St. Louis 24, New England 17.
723
00:40:39,231 --> 00:40:42,818
{\an8}And it's back to five hundred
for the New England Patriots.
724
00:40:45,028 --> 00:40:47,072
[Kraft] Bill and I,
we were under pressure.
725
00:40:48,407 --> 00:40:52,870
And the decisions
that we were about to make
726
00:40:52,870 --> 00:40:57,541
were gonna determine the future
of football in New England
727
00:40:58,250 --> 00:41:00,294
for the next 20 years.