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[audience cheering, applauding]
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{\an8}Good afternoon.
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{\an8}Welcome to the first NFL college player
draft of the new millennium.
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[crowd cheering]
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We appreciate all the fans
who are here with us this afternoon.
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We thank you for being here.
We appreciate...
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[Tom Brady] I remember draft day.
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I was watching at home with my parents.
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We'll probably see seven or eight
quarterbacks go eventually in this draft.
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[Brady] I knew I wasn't
a first round pick.
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I thought maybe second or third round.
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{\an8}And the third round came
and I was like, "Nothing."
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You could see
the upcoming teams that were picking,
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you'd see the quarterbacks
that were available,
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and guys that I was kind of lumped with.
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A lot of those guys were
going off the board.
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[announcer] The Jets select quarterback,
Chad Pennington, from Marshall University.
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[crowd cheering]
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{\an8}You know, the rounds just started,
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{\an8}and we had one of those
old school, um, screen TVs
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{\an8}and we would just wait, and wait.
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A quarterback taken
by the San Francisco 49ers,
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and it's one of local interest,
in Giovanni Carmazzi.
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Pittsburgh Steelers choice
in the fifth round is Tee Martin,
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quarterback from University of Tennessee.
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{\an8}And we get through the fifth round
and still he's not picked,
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{\an8}and we're thinking, "What in the heck?"
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He says, "I just got to get out of here."
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So, I took a walk around the block,
I had a baseball bat,
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I was slamming the baseball bat
into my hand, you know, just...
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I mean, imagining
if I didn't ever get picked.
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And anxious time
for so many football players
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{\an8}who are waiting to see
if they will be drafted.
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{\an8}Some are hoping
that the phone call comes
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{\an8}or their name gets mentioned
in the next couple of hours.
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[Scott Pioli] In the draft that year,
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{\an8}one of the places we knew
that we didn't have an immediate need...
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{\an8}...was quarterback.
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- How much time we got?
- [man] We only have a minute twenty.
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- Minute twenty.
- Let's do it.
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All right. We'll take it for what it is.
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We'll take it? We'll take it.
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[Pioli] You know, we drafted
a bunch of players ahead of him,
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but when we get to the sixth round,
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we're looking at the board and Brady's
over there by himself,
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I'm like, "What are we doing?"
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Yeah, we don't need quarterback,
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but he was the best player available.
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Make sure that that's confirmed on time
and everything, Jimmy D.
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- [Jimmy] Want me to turn it in?
- Yeah. Yeah.
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Okay, here it is.
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[Brady Sr] We were sitting there
on the sofa downstairs in the family room,
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and finally we got a call
that Bill Belichick was on the line.
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{\an8}Congratulations.
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{\an8}Well, we're excited to have you.
Sorry to make you wait so long.
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{\an8}[Brady Sr] They said,
"Can we speak to Tommy?"
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{\an8}And put him on the phone, and...
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...he became a Patriot,
which was a jubilant time for the family.
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Among the last six picks taken,
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Tom Brady at pick 199
goes to the New England Patriots.
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My dad had a bottle of champagne
that he popped.
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I was so happy.
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We didn't care where he got picked,
we didn't care what number,
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although 199 is a pretty good number,
if you ask me.
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{\an8}[man] There you go.
Hold that for ten seconds.
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[Brady] I remember
walking in the first day.
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You know, I'm sure none
of the guys were thinking
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as the sixth round pick
that I would be on this team very long.
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[Robert Kraft] I remember a young,
skinny beanpole kid comes over
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{\an8}and he says, "Mr. Kraft,
I want you to know I'm Tom Brady."
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{\an8}I said, "I know who you are.
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{\an8}You're a sixth-round draft choice
out of Michigan."
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And he-- I'll never-- I can still see
the look now, I'll never forget.
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He said, "Yes, and I'm the best decision
your organization has ever made."
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I'm looking at him.
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"Okay.
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From your lips to God's ears, let's see."
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[stadium crowd cheering]
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[announcer] Welcome back
to sold out Foxboro Stadium.
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The Rams and the Patriots.
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New England with the ball at midfield.
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Here we go, Brady!
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[announcer 2] Over the last seven games,
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Tom Brady doing a nice job
of managing this offense.
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But with Drew Bledsoe back
on the active roster able to practice,
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this is where, as a quarterback,
you have to step up your game.
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[sound fades]
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- [crowd cheering]
- [announcer] Intercepted!
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Goddamn it!
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[announcer]
I didn't even see a receiver in the area.
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[Michael Holley] That game was
very important for the Patriots.
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{\an8}The Rams were
the best team in football.
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And the Patriots had many
opportunities to win,
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but Brady really lost that game
for the team.
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[Patriots fan] He only got lucky one game.
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He's a candidate for a bench warmer.
That's it!
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[Drew Bledsoe] I was watching
on the sidelines, and I remember thinking,
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{\an8}"The shine's off this nickel a little bit.
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{\an8}Maybe now I've got a chance
to get back in there and play."
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{\an8}[announcer] Our final score,
Saint Louis 24, New England 17.
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And it's back to 500
for the New England Patriots.
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[Brady] Losing sucks.
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You know, any time you play a good team,
it's hard to make mistakes.
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But, you know, that wasn't our best day
out there today, possessing the ball.
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[reporter]
How would you assess your performance?
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Um...
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How would-- uh...
You ask coach Belichick about that one.
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[cameras clicking]
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[Holley] The Patriots were five and five
after that loss.
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People in the media,
many of them still looked at Bledsoe
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as their best chance of winning,
and looked at him as a franchise.
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Brady had his opportunity.
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It's time for Bledsoe.
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Bill, here he is again.
He's got to get this one right.
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{\an8}My job, and I've been here two years,
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{\an8}my job is to make the decisions
for the football team.
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That's what Mr. Kraft's paying me to do,
and that's what I'm gonna do,
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I'm gonna make the decisions that I think
are the best for the football team.
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"T-E-A-M" as in team.
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I can't make them for an individual
or a group,
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I gotta do what's best
for the entire team.
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Going forward,
Tom will be the starter, and...
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...that's the way it'll go.
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He'll be the starter unless--
unless there's an injury,
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I don't see, you know,
him not being in there.
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[reporter] Bill, do you reserve the right
to change your mind on this?
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[laughter]
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[Pioli] Prior to making
a decision like that,
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you understand what's
gonna come with it, right?
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You don't just do it in a vacuum.
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The media loves
a good quarterback controversy.
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You understand there's going to be heat.
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{\an8}Tony, you know, I've said this
is one of the worst years of coaching
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{\an8}ever in the National Football League.
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{\an8}Which leads me to one of my
favorite whipping boys, Bill Belichick.
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Today he decided to declare
Tom Brady his starter
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for the rest of the season.
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{\an8}[Tony] I don't see the need
to name this guy right now.
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{\an8}What if he implodes as the season goes on?
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{\an8}Why have you done this to Bledsoe?
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{\an8}So we're gonna leave
a hundred-million-dollar quarterback
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{\an8}- sitting on the bench?
- Are we sure he's ready to go?
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{\an8}- I don't know that question.
- I don't know if we're sure he's ready.
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{\an8}I think Tom Brady,
who hasn't played all that well
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{\an8}in two out of the last three ball games.
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I think eventually you gotta find a spot
for Drew Bledsoe.
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[Ernie Adams] The media,
it's the group that I call the scribes.
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It's just a lot of people who don't have
a clue what they're talking about frankly.
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But there are some experts
in New England on football.
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{\an8}And they all work on the coaching staff
for the Patriots.
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If you're not in the building,
you don't really know.
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Bill is a dear friend,
a guy I've known since high school.
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[whistle blows]
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When you've been with somebody
for half a century
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through a lot of situations,
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we know how each other think,
we know our quirks.
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Sometimes I can look at him,
I can gauge his reactions
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just seeing his face,
and he can do the same with me.
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So, when it came
to the quarterback controversy,
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I knew exactly what he was thinking.
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We were not going with Drew Bledsoe
as our starting quarterback.
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{\an8}[man] Let's go, Drew!
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{\an8}[Bledsoe] You're a rookie, you're
coming in, you're the new guy, whatever.
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I think if you're able to just keep your
mouth shut and play well on the field,
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then guys, you know,
tend to accept you pretty well.
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[interviewer]
We talked to all the veterans,
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and they all talked about the first time
they really get crushed.
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Is that something you want
to get out of the way early,
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- or never wanna happen, or...?
- [chuckles]
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I know it's gonna happen so yeah,
I guess I'd rather have it happen early.
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Get my "Welcome to the NFL" hit,
and get that out of the way,
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and then hopefully not have
too many of them after that.
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[Pioli] Earlier in his career,
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Drew was a very good quarterback,
at times great.
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But he got hit.
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[heavy grunts]
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A lot.
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[grunting]
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You've been down on the ground
how many times, man?
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Eleven? Twelve, brother?
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[Pioli] After dozens and dozens and dozens
of vicious hits,
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Drew had started becoming human.
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Hut!
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[announcer] Bledsoe to pass,
under pressure.
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[announcer 2]
When he's pressured like that,
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you could see Bledsoe's feet
just stop moving.
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[Adams] You know, Drew, when there was
real pressure coming at him,
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he'd struggle a little bit.
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He knew he was going to be hit,
and it looked like
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he would just freeze up
and wait for the inevitable.
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[Bledsoe grunting]
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And of course,
I talked to Scott Pioli about it.
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[mimicking Adams]
He goes, "Scott, come in here."
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And he was watching film, he goes,
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"This is it, this is what
we've been talking about."
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And he goes, "Drew.
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He looks like
a wildebeest under attack."
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As coaches,
we knew that we had a problem.
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And with Tom,
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he was the guy that we thought
and truly believed was the answer.
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I remember feeling confident,
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because we'd had time
to learn who he really was.
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[cheerleaders chanting]
Let's get a little bit rowdy!
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[continuing, indistinct]
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[reporter] Tom, what do you think
makes a good ball player?
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Um...
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- I don't know
- You don't know?
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[Brady Sr] Growing up,
Tommy was kind of a ballpark rat.
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His older sisters played all the sports.
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{\an8}And so, when he was barely crawling,
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{\an8}he was out at the soccer fields,
the softball fields,
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just taking it all in.
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Somehow, this whippersnapper
got the idea that we loved sports.
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[Brady] You know, my dad,
we'd go up to the ballpark,
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{\an8}he'd roll his collared shirt up,
and he'd have a fungo bat in one hand,
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{\an8}he'd have a glove in the other hand
with a ball.
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{\an8}And he'd toss it up with the ball
out of his mitt
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{\an8}and he'd hit, you know,
ground balls to me.
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I'd always say, "Dad, hit me the divers,"
you know, make it hard for me.
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[Brady Sr] When it's down and away
you drop the shoulder,
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you gotta stay up on it.
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{\an8}For Tommy,
everything was a competition. [laughs]
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{\an8}I mean, we used to have races home
from church on a Sunday.
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{\an8}Like, whoever got to the porch first,
you know, would be waving their finger,
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and if he didn't win, he would get angry.
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One time, he took the remote
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and he threw it as hard as he could
at the wall.
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I asked my wife
about the hole in the wall,
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and I said, "What is that?"
And she said, "It was Tommy's temper."
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[announcer] Brady rifling it,
complete to Kirby.
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[Brady Sr] Tommy started playing football
in high school.
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He had a very significant desire
to compete and to win.
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{\an8}- [interviewer] What are your strengths?
- My strengths?
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{\an8}Everybody tells me I have
a pretty strong arm, which is good.
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{\an8}I'm pretty accurate with it.
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And, uh... think I need
to work on my speed a little bit.
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[Brady Sr] His speed was not up to where
he wanted it to be.
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So, there's a drill
called The Five Dot Drill.
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It's a drill that everybody abhors,
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but he went to the backyard
and painted on the concrete these dots.
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You know, he used to have
this dot drill outside,
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and he would just practice his footwork,
because people would say he was slow.
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[Galynn Brady] He was a perfectionist.
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Well, I think you always worry, you know.
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{\an8}I mean, a perfectionist is almost
kind of like a kiss of death in some ways.
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{\an8}Because no matter how well you do,
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you know, it's never good enough
for yourself.
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[Brady Sr] This approach in high school
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of doing everything
that he could to get better
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continued for a long time.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Brady Sr] Even after Tommy
got to the Patriots here in New England,
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his drive was insatiable.
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And I think Bill,
he could see Tommy's potential.
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[announcer]
Here in New England there's been only
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one topic of discussion all week long.
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Who will the starting quarterback be?
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On one side it's Tom Brady,
on the other side, Drew Bledsoe.
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The head coach,
Bill Belichick says it's Tom Brady.
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[announcer 2] On first down,
play-action fake by Brady.
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Looking. Fires to the end zone.
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Caught, touchdown, Troy Brown.
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What a play!
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[announcer 3]
Bill Belichick chose Tom Brady
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and said he'd be the quarterback.
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And Tom Brady has had a great game,
as has the entire team.
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You know, Tom's had, uh, he's done
a pretty good job,
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now this is nine weeks,
he's done a pretty good job every week.
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Not perfect, but pretty good.
And you know, he had, I don't know,
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three of four touchdowns today,
whatever it was.
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You know, he-- I thought that throw
at the end of the half
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was really a heck of a throw.
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[Bill Belichick] Tom understood his role
on and off the field,
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how to help the team.
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{\an8}He prepared extremely hard, individually
on his fundamentals, his techniques.
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It's too early for cameras.
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[Belichick] Tom, I feel like
got the best out of me
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because he was so well-prepared,
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that I felt like I had to keep up
with his preparation.
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This is, you know, I just thought I'd show
a few plays here a bit.
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[Brady] I think coach saw something in me
that he could work with.
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We had quarterback school
and there was me and Coach Belichick.
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We'd sit in there,
and we just were football junkies.
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From morning, noon, night,
that's all we did was talk about football.
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[Belichick] Yeah, I loved working
with Tom every day.
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Seeing the game
through the quarterback's eyes,
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and understanding what he saw.
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I think those are things
that helped me be a better coach.
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If you're here,
what a good quarterback should do is...
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[Brady] Coach Belichick taught me so much.
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I could not be the player I was
without him.
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[Belichick] See what it looks like today.
See what it looks like.
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- [players shouting, indistinct]
- [whistle blows]
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[Holley] Brady was a sponge.
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He was absorbing all of this information
and applying it on the field.
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And one of the things that Belichick
values over anything is improvement.
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All right, beautiful.
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You know, Bledsoe was kind of like this,
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and Brady would go from here to there.
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Bill Belichick respects it. He loves that.
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- [Belichick] Nice ball.
- [scattered shouting, cheers]
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[Holley] I remember this one time,
I was having this conversation with Bill,
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and he says, "This fucker Brady.
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He's making this play, he's making
this throw, he's making this adjustment,
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you don't have to tell him,
he understands the complete situation.
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I've never seen anything like it."
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[Belichick] Tom,
it's a good looking series right there.
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Good looking series.
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[Holley] So Bill,
he had a belief in Brady.
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And the players could sense that,
and they bought into it.
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Because the rest of the regular season,
they didn't lose another game.
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[stadium crowd cheering]
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[announcer]
Brady, firing underneath, and it's caught.
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Coleman, stroking it towards the end zone.
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The spectacular catch and run.
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[announcer 2] This Jets team is shocked.
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- That's it! That's awesome!
- Here we go, baby. We gotta keep going.
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Keep it up, bro!
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[Damien Woody]
Football is a relationship business.
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{\an8}And Tom Brady,
he understood that to a tee.
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Me and the rest of the offensive linemen,
we would have drinking contests.
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And Tom would hang out with us.
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I'm like, "Shit, this dude
is drinking me under the table."
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That's pretty cool.
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[Dave Nugent] I think Tommy's
been drinking a little bit tonight.
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You looking at me? You looking at me?
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[Brady] You gotta be one of the boys,
because you are.
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You don't ever want your guys
feeling like they can't talk to you.
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But when all the guys
are going out to drink beers,
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you might have to slip
a few waters in there, you know?
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Tom knew that when you endear yourself
to the big guys in front,
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it's usually reciprocated, you know,
on the field.
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Hut!
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[announcer] Brady, out of the shotgun.
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All day to throw to the sideline.
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- Patten with the catch, out of bounds.
- [whistle blows]
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[announcer 2]
There's attitude to this offensive line.
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[announcer] Smith, looking for daylight!
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- Touchdown, New England.
- [crowd cheering]
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And we got bedlam here at Foxboro.
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[announcer 2] It's the Patriots
with new momentum.
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[Brady grunts]
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[announcer 2] He takes a mammoth hit.
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Tell you what, Brady got right up.
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[Brady] All right, baby.
Let's go get them.
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[announcer] It's caught.
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[Willie McGinest] As we went on,
Tom was getting tougher.
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Not just physically, but mentally.
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{\an8}But you can't just turn that on
during the game.
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You gotta practice that.
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- [blows whistle]
- And put the ball on the one yard line.
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[McGinest on field] What's up, young buck?
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Don't let me catch you
or I'm gonna do something to you.
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[McGinest] When Tom
went against us in practice,
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we're talking shit and we're going at him,
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'cause we gotta make sure
you feel that pressure.
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[players calling out]
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- [McGinest on field] Oh yeah, pick.
- [Brady] Damn it!
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[McGinest on field]
He scared now. We got him.
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{\an8}You know, I picked off Tom.
I'm like, "What the hell is that?
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{\an8}My goddamn grandma
could've caught that shit!"
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{\an8}You know, I mean,
I'm just giving it to him.
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Man, we used to rip him up.
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[McGinest] When it came to getting
under a player's skin,
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Ty, Vrabel, some of these other guys,
they had no rules.
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Whatever it was, there was nothing
off the table for Mike Vrabel.
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Fuck off, Brady!
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[laughter]
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And sometime I would even look
at him and be like,
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"Vrabes, like,
I think you went too fucking far."
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{\an8}You know, I said,
"Tom'll be just fine. Trust me."
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[announcer] Brady in the shotgun
on third and one.
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[announcer 2] Nice fake by Brady.
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[announcer 3] And Faulk turns and throws
it back for Brady.
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He's there!
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[announcer 2] If you look at the stands,
not an empty seat.
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Everybody in Patriot colors, and--
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[announcer] And they're having fun so far.
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[fan, screaming]
Let's go Brady! Throw it! Throw it!
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[announcer] Brady, quick pass out here.
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Complete to Pass.
Pass to the ten, to the five, touchdown!
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[announcer 2] The New England Patriots
win their fifth in a row.
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[Adam Vinatieri] I think
without him being the superstar,
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the iconic main guy for the team,
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kinda let everybody else
have a piece of the pie.
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{\an8}They took a little bit more ownership
in the sense, like,
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this is our team.
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It's not Tom's team. It's not Bill's team.
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It's Mr. Kraft's team,
but it's not even Mr. Kraft's team.
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It's our team. We're doing this together.
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[announcer] The New England Patriots
on the verge
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of their first division title
in four years.
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Brady to the end zone. Touchdown!
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[crowd cheering]
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That should do it, the regular season
has come to a close.
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Our congratulations to the AFC
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Eastern Division champion
New England Patriots.
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[announcer 2] And now this
New England Patriots football team
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is headed to the playoffs.
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[car horn honks]
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[man] Hey, Mr. Kraft, playoffs. Let's go!
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[phone ringing]
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[Kraft] Hi, Pat.
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{\an8}Thank you, we're... [chuckles]
we're all flying high here.
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{\an8}Yeah, it's great, and it hope it sells
more newspapers for the Herald.
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[laughing]
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No, that's great, you've done...
[voice fades]
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[Kraft] After we won
our last game in that season,
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we had made the playoffs.
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- [woman on phone] Bobby, congratulations.
- [Kraft on phone] Oh, thanks.
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Way to go!
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When you bought this team,
you never dreamed
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that this would happen this quickly,
did you?
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[Kraft] Before I bought the team,
I'd been a fan for 34 years.
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And in those 34 years,
been one home playoff game.
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Think about it. One home playoff game.
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[all cheering]
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The whole New England region
was going nuts.
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[reporter] With Foxboro Stadium set
for demolition this off season,
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the Patriots just two games away
from the Super Bowl,
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will host a game for the final time
at the storied venue.
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It's the most memorable game
in the 30-year history
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of the old Foxboro Stadium.
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The last game ever played there.
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[Adams] Game day,
there's nothing quite like it.
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[car starts]
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You know, when you have a big game,
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you can feel your heart
coming right up into your mouth.
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But you've gotta stay focused
on what the team needs to get done.
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[radio tuning]
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[radio caller] Fellas, listen,
it's been an incredible run.
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Almost a Cinderella story.
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But tonight, I am very concerned
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that we're gonna turn into
a big, fat pumpkin.
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[radio caller 2] The Raiders look sharp.
Let's be honest, fellas.
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There's no competing with that.
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With Brady and Belichick,
we just can't match that.
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[radio caller 3] We're gonna lose
the final game in Foxboro Stadium.
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I'm afraid we're all gonna get
our butts handed to us.
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{\an8}With call-in radio, when I have it on
for about two minutes,
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{\an8}I kick myself and say, "You dummy,
that's why you don't listen to it."
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{\an8}And I turn it off for another three weeks.
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[chuckling] That said,
they were not wrong.
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This is way before
we became the Evil Empire.
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I mean, we were the underdog all the way.
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But I remember driving to the game,
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it starts spitting snow as I'm going down,
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and I just had a great feeling.
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We loved playing in the snow.
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Looking in hindsight, of course,
it's the only snow we got all winter,
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that evening, when we needed it. [laughs]
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It was like the weather guy just
dialed it up for us right over the field.
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For us, it was kind of a magical night.
454
00:23:49,596 --> 00:23:51,139
Felt like fate.
455
00:23:51,849 --> 00:23:53,141
[stadium crowd cheering]
456
00:23:53,141 --> 00:23:55,561
I remember walking out on the field
for pregame,
457
00:23:55,561 --> 00:23:58,939
and I'm thinking,
"Man, we are gonna shock the world today."
458
00:24:14,705 --> 00:24:16,123
[stadium announcer]
Good evening, everyone, and welcome
459
00:24:16,123 --> 00:24:18,876
to the winter wonderland
that is Foxboro Stadium.
460
00:24:18,876 --> 00:24:22,754
Tonight, the Patriots against the Oakland
Raiders in the AFC semi-finals,
461
00:24:22,754 --> 00:24:24,965
and the snow is coming down in Foxborough,
462
00:24:24,965 --> 00:24:28,010
and will come down
throughout this evening.
463
00:24:28,719 --> 00:24:32,181
[Kraft] The snow just came continuously.
464
00:24:32,181 --> 00:24:38,270
And we tried to clear it by the rules,
but as little as we had to.
465
00:24:38,270 --> 00:24:41,231
I know I'm not supposed to say that,
but that's the truth.
466
00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:45,110
Listen up!
Who here has a championship ring?
467
00:24:45,110 --> 00:24:46,028
- Nobody.
- Let's go, baby.
468
00:24:46,028 --> 00:24:47,905
Don't forget what the fuck
you're fighting for!
469
00:24:47,905 --> 00:24:50,741
All right? We win! Win on three.
One, two, three, win!
470
00:24:53,118 --> 00:24:54,328
We're gonna get this one.
471
00:24:54,328 --> 00:24:56,121
- Promise?
- I promise that.
472
00:24:57,497 --> 00:25:00,584
[interviewer] Bill, given the conditions,
how big of an advantage is that?
473
00:25:00,584 --> 00:25:02,544
[Belichick] The field,
I don't think we'll have a problem.
474
00:25:02,544 --> 00:25:04,505
At least it didn't look like that pregame.
475
00:25:04,505 --> 00:25:06,590
And, you know,
I think we're ready to go tonight.
476
00:25:08,967 --> 00:25:10,761
[McGinest] It seemed like Belichick
hit the switch on this one
477
00:25:10,761 --> 00:25:12,513
as far as the weather.
478
00:25:12,513 --> 00:25:13,639
{\an8}Here's the switch.
479
00:25:13,639 --> 00:25:16,808
{\an8}Weather's good one day,
the next day look what flows in.
480
00:25:16,808 --> 00:25:18,727
[chuckling] We had a blizzard
goin' on out here.
481
00:25:20,270 --> 00:25:22,022
This is perfect for us.
482
00:25:22,940 --> 00:25:24,691
We're playing against the Raiders.
483
00:25:25,442 --> 00:25:27,653
This is a West Coast team coming in.
484
00:25:27,653 --> 00:25:31,031
It was slushy. The vision was blurred.
485
00:25:31,031 --> 00:25:33,367
Not what they're accustomed to.
486
00:25:33,367 --> 00:25:36,328
Ain't that cold. Ain't no cold, baby.
It ain't cold.
487
00:25:37,621 --> 00:25:40,415
[McGinest] You're always trying to find
the small advantages.
488
00:25:41,375 --> 00:25:43,210
Especially for that game.
489
00:25:43,752 --> 00:25:45,963
Because we knew they were good.
490
00:25:45,963 --> 00:25:47,965
They were a good football team.
491
00:25:47,965 --> 00:25:50,425
They were wishing for everything.
They wished for the snow.
492
00:25:50,425 --> 00:25:52,427
They wished for it to be cold.
493
00:25:52,427 --> 00:25:55,597
There's one thing they didn't wish for.
They didn't wish for the Raiders.
494
00:25:55,597 --> 00:25:56,932
Raiders on three.
495
00:25:56,932 --> 00:25:59,309
[all] One, two, three, Raiders!
496
00:25:59,309 --> 00:26:02,229
[crowd cheering]
497
00:26:02,229 --> 00:26:04,439
[announcer] And we're underway at Foxboro.
498
00:26:04,439 --> 00:26:07,150
[players shouting, indistinct]
499
00:26:07,150 --> 00:26:09,111
[announcer] Gannon looking
for the end zone, has a man.
500
00:26:09,111 --> 00:26:10,779
Touchdown!
501
00:26:13,323 --> 00:26:16,451
Not today. Not today. [laughs]
502
00:26:18,287 --> 00:26:20,789
[announcer] On to the field
comes Tom Brady.
503
00:26:20,789 --> 00:26:22,833
Let's see how the Patriots bounce back.
504
00:26:22,833 --> 00:26:23,959
Hut!
505
00:26:25,836 --> 00:26:28,755
[announcer] Brady, pulls it down.
Now throws, and it's intercepted.
506
00:26:28,755 --> 00:26:30,090
[crowd roaring]
507
00:26:31,717 --> 00:26:34,553
[announcer 2] Tom Brady lost his patience
as a quarterback.
508
00:26:34,553 --> 00:26:36,555
[announcer] It's a big turnover
for the Oakland Raiders,
509
00:26:36,555 --> 00:26:39,057
and they have field position once again.
510
00:26:40,809 --> 00:26:42,477
[Brady] We had some
shit happen in that game
511
00:26:42,477 --> 00:26:46,148
that made it almost impossible
for us to win.
512
00:26:47,357 --> 00:26:48,692
I threw an interception early.
513
00:26:48,692 --> 00:26:50,027
- Hut!
- [grunting, yelling]
514
00:26:50,027 --> 00:26:51,653
[Brady] And we didn't do shit.
515
00:26:51,653 --> 00:26:53,614
We couldn't move the ball.
516
00:26:54,531 --> 00:26:56,533
I mean, it was just-- It was awful.
517
00:26:57,117 --> 00:26:59,745
[announcer] Brady with time, lots of time.
518
00:27:01,246 --> 00:27:03,749
Throws, and overthrows the receiver.
519
00:27:05,876 --> 00:27:08,337
Having all day to throw the football.
520
00:27:09,588 --> 00:27:11,882
Tom Brady relatively quiet.
521
00:27:12,841 --> 00:27:14,468
- [angry fan] Let's go!
- [people booing]
522
00:27:15,344 --> 00:27:19,723
Wake up, will you?
Let's play the game!
523
00:27:20,474 --> 00:27:22,267
[Brady] Looked up at the scoreboard.
524
00:27:22,267 --> 00:27:27,397
Down ten, you know, against a great team,
in the fourth quarter of the game.
525
00:27:27,397 --> 00:27:30,442
And the feeling that we had,
judging by the way we played,
526
00:27:30,442 --> 00:27:32,945
I mean, there was no way we could do it.
527
00:27:32,945 --> 00:27:35,781
But coach came over, and was like,
528
00:27:35,781 --> 00:27:38,909
"Come on guys,
we still got a shot at this."
529
00:27:38,909 --> 00:27:40,577
[Belichick] We just gotta get the ball
in the end zone here.
530
00:27:40,577 --> 00:27:42,788
So whatever our best plays are,
that's what we need to do.
531
00:27:42,788 --> 00:27:43,872
Okay. Well, I mean...
532
00:27:43,872 --> 00:27:45,541
[Brady] So, we're goin' no-huddle.
533
00:27:45,541 --> 00:27:47,584
We're just gonna kinda pick up our tempo.
534
00:27:49,169 --> 00:27:50,963
Going out on the field.
535
00:27:50,963 --> 00:27:53,131
I remember looking at the guys and saying,
536
00:27:53,131 --> 00:27:55,259
"You gotta have the best game
of your life for me."
537
00:27:57,511 --> 00:27:58,679
Hut!
538
00:27:59,137 --> 00:28:00,764
[announcer] Third and five.
539
00:28:01,557 --> 00:28:04,184
- Quick pass. Wiggins. First down.
- [crowd cheering]
540
00:28:05,227 --> 00:28:07,813
Brady. There's a quick pass.
541
00:28:07,813 --> 00:28:09,982
And that's complete to Troy Brown.
542
00:28:11,024 --> 00:28:13,151
[announcer 2] Well, we've just seen
a different New England offense.
543
00:28:13,151 --> 00:28:16,446
You can tell a little more intensity,
a sense of urgency.
544
00:28:16,446 --> 00:28:17,948
[announcer] Talk about finding a rhythm.
545
00:28:17,948 --> 00:28:18,907
Hut!
546
00:28:19,741 --> 00:28:20,742
Brady.
547
00:28:22,828 --> 00:28:25,539
And is that caught? It is caught.
548
00:28:26,248 --> 00:28:29,835
Jermaine Wiggins caught it
off of David Patten.
549
00:28:30,335 --> 00:28:31,920
Patriot fans come to their feet.
550
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,256
They smell something here
on second and goal.
551
00:28:34,256 --> 00:28:35,299
Hut!
552
00:28:37,134 --> 00:28:39,219
Steps up. Gonna run it.
553
00:28:39,219 --> 00:28:41,180
Inside the five, touchdown.
554
00:28:41,180 --> 00:28:43,348
[crowd roaring]
555
00:28:44,683 --> 00:28:50,272
Patriots, behind Tom Brady,
see their season stay alive.
556
00:28:50,856 --> 00:28:54,276
That's some great comebacks.
Keep it up, baby.
557
00:28:55,027 --> 00:28:57,404
[Brady] I was fired up.
I was screaming at my teammates.
558
00:28:58,238 --> 00:28:59,698
And it gave us a chance.
559
00:29:00,115 --> 00:29:00,991
Hut!
560
00:29:02,910 --> 00:29:05,579
[announcer] Brady, with time.
Running out of time now.
561
00:29:05,579 --> 00:29:07,122
On the move.
562
00:29:07,122 --> 00:29:10,459
And he's gonna run for the first down,
and has it, and goes out of bounds.
563
00:29:10,459 --> 00:29:11,960
Yeah, let's go!
564
00:29:12,669 --> 00:29:15,380
[announcer] Not much question
about what Tom Brady has to get done here,
565
00:29:15,380 --> 00:29:17,424
but on the last drive, he showed
566
00:29:17,424 --> 00:29:19,343
that he can move this football team
in a hurry.
567
00:29:19,343 --> 00:29:21,386
[announcer 2] Well, I think they've
taken off some of those shackles
568
00:29:21,386 --> 00:29:24,097
they had on him,
and he's making good decisions.
569
00:29:25,140 --> 00:29:26,934
[announcer] Brady, from the shotgun.
570
00:29:26,934 --> 00:29:28,310
[grunts]
571
00:29:28,310 --> 00:29:29,895
Lost the football.
572
00:29:29,895 --> 00:29:31,772
- Covered by the Raiders.
- [whistle blowing]
573
00:29:36,235 --> 00:29:38,320
That has pretty much sealed
574
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,198
an Oakland Raider victory
here in New England.
575
00:29:43,617 --> 00:29:45,494
[crowd noise fades]
576
00:29:52,626 --> 00:29:54,336
[Brady] I was so pissed.
577
00:29:54,336 --> 00:29:57,214
And I ran off the field and I thought,
"Fuck, that's it, that's the season."
578
00:29:58,549 --> 00:30:00,384
I mean, I just, I couldn't believe that,
579
00:30:00,384 --> 00:30:02,970
you know, I'd fumbled the ball
to lose the game.
580
00:30:04,346 --> 00:30:05,931
With the amount of time
we had left on the clock,
581
00:30:05,931 --> 00:30:08,725
there's no way that we could have
come back and won that game.
582
00:30:10,352 --> 00:30:13,230
[McGinest] That moment, that was tough.
583
00:30:13,814 --> 00:30:16,441
You know, we've had this special season,
584
00:30:16,441 --> 00:30:19,570
and then all of a sudden, just...
it's over.
585
00:30:21,154 --> 00:30:25,242
[Pioli] This game of football,
it's all about control, control, control.
586
00:30:25,242 --> 00:30:27,327
Control your own destiny.
587
00:30:28,245 --> 00:30:30,497
{\an8}And then, every once in awhile,
you know...
588
00:30:32,833 --> 00:30:36,712
{\an8}...God does tell you,
you ain't in control.
589
00:30:37,921 --> 00:30:41,008
[announcer] Well, they're going to,
under two minutes,
590
00:30:41,008 --> 00:30:44,052
review whether it's an incomplete pass
or a fumble.
591
00:30:45,137 --> 00:30:47,723
[announcer 2] Well, it looks like
Tom Brady had changed his mind
592
00:30:47,723 --> 00:30:49,850
and was not gonna throw the football.
593
00:30:49,850 --> 00:30:53,520
He's pulled it down. He had control of it.
594
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,189
Charles Woodson hits him.
595
00:30:55,939 --> 00:30:59,026
And there's no doubt Greg,
that is a fumble.
596
00:31:04,489 --> 00:31:07,075
[Kraft] We basically thought we'd lost.
597
00:31:09,578 --> 00:31:15,167
I remember my son, Josh,
he enjoyed sitting in the stands.
598
00:31:15,167 --> 00:31:17,044
We had seen him leave.
599
00:31:18,670 --> 00:31:23,175
And he was in the parking lot,
getting ready to drive out.
600
00:31:24,301 --> 00:31:26,553
And then this big roar happens.
601
00:31:26,553 --> 00:31:29,014
And he calls me, and he says,
"What's going on?"
602
00:31:29,014 --> 00:31:30,432
[laughing] I said, "Come back."
603
00:31:31,225 --> 00:31:32,893
[referee, amplified]
After reviewing the play,
604
00:31:32,893 --> 00:31:35,354
the quarterback's arm was going forward,
605
00:31:35,354 --> 00:31:37,648
- and is an incomplete pass.
- [announcer chuckles]
606
00:31:37,648 --> 00:31:39,775
- [crowd roaring]
- [announcer 2] Wow.
607
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,319
Game time, baby. It's game time!
608
00:31:43,862 --> 00:31:47,574
[announcer] It, of course,
is up to Walt Coleman's interpretation.
609
00:31:47,574 --> 00:31:49,326
Let's go back and take a look.
610
00:31:51,453 --> 00:31:54,206
[Brady] I mean,
it felt like a fumble to me.
611
00:31:54,206 --> 00:31:57,209
And it looked like a fumble
to basically everyone else,
612
00:31:57,209 --> 00:31:59,545
except that's not the way
the rule was written.
613
00:31:59,545 --> 00:32:02,005
So we didn't write the fucking rule!
614
00:32:03,257 --> 00:32:04,508
[announcer 2]
Yeah, we were just told, Greg,
615
00:32:04,508 --> 00:32:07,970
when the quarterback
pulls the football down, or tucks it,
616
00:32:07,970 --> 00:32:11,849
it doesn't matter if he's intending
to throw the football or not,
617
00:32:11,849 --> 00:32:14,226
it is an incomplete pass.
618
00:32:14,226 --> 00:32:17,771
[Kraft] God bless Walt Coleman
and the "Tuck Rule."
619
00:32:17,771 --> 00:32:21,525
And we do feel
that God's hand was at work.
620
00:32:22,401 --> 00:32:24,611
The truth is, in this game,
whether it's...
621
00:32:25,863 --> 00:32:30,158
...luck, good fortune, fate,
I-I don't know.
622
00:32:30,158 --> 00:32:33,120
Something... something was on our side.
623
00:32:34,997 --> 00:32:37,082
[announcer] New life for the Patriots.
624
00:32:37,082 --> 00:32:40,294
And the chance for a possible
game tying field goal.
625
00:32:40,878 --> 00:32:42,337
Come on, Adam.
626
00:32:42,337 --> 00:32:46,175
[announcer] Adam Vinatieri,
with a season long of 54,
627
00:32:46,175 --> 00:32:49,011
but it did not come in a snowstorm.
628
00:32:50,220 --> 00:32:53,599
{\an8}At that point,
the realization kicked in of,
629
00:32:53,599 --> 00:32:57,311
{\an8}"This is gonna come down to a kick
in this snowy weather on you, bud."
630
00:32:58,020 --> 00:33:01,148
[announcer] And onto the field
comes Adam Vinatieri.
631
00:33:01,148 --> 00:33:04,151
This will be a 45-yard attempt.
632
00:33:04,151 --> 00:33:05,819
Come on.
633
00:33:05,819 --> 00:33:09,364
[Vinatieri] You know, a 45-yarder
in six inches of snow
634
00:33:09,364 --> 00:33:13,076
in a crazy blizzard like that, was
super, super low percentage kick.
635
00:33:13,785 --> 00:33:15,704
We didn't even have any time
to really clear the field or anything.
636
00:33:15,704 --> 00:33:18,749
I kind of gave one little sweep
with my foot and was like...
637
00:33:18,749 --> 00:33:21,126
[chuckles] "Here goes nothing."
638
00:33:22,669 --> 00:33:24,588
I just had a conversation
with myself saying,
639
00:33:24,588 --> 00:33:28,217
"Hey, Adam, man, this is gonna be the
most difficult kick of your life.
640
00:33:29,176 --> 00:33:31,303
With this much on the line,
641
00:33:31,887 --> 00:33:35,557
you have to just focus in
and do everything right.
642
00:33:36,683 --> 00:33:38,310
If you miss it, you're done, man."
643
00:33:50,572 --> 00:33:52,282
[Adams] He kicked the ball,
644
00:33:52,282 --> 00:33:54,993
but it's dark, it's snowing,
very hard to see.
645
00:33:55,827 --> 00:33:58,956
And I remember the famous words
from the head coach, "What happened?"
646
00:33:58,956 --> 00:34:01,375
I said, "He made the field goal."
[laughing]
647
00:34:01,834 --> 00:34:04,044
[announcer] It is... good!
648
00:34:04,044 --> 00:34:08,549
[stadium crowd roaring]
649
00:34:11,677 --> 00:34:13,887
[Adams] That tied it up, and, uh...
650
00:34:13,887 --> 00:34:16,098
you know, we went on to stop them,
get the ball in overtime
651
00:34:16,098 --> 00:34:17,766
and kick the field goal to win it.
652
00:34:17,766 --> 00:34:21,770
[announcer] This is to advance
to the AFC championship game.
653
00:34:21,770 --> 00:34:25,023
[all cheering]
654
00:34:29,652 --> 00:34:33,322
[all cheering]
655
00:34:38,954 --> 00:34:40,581
Hey, I can't even put it in words.
656
00:34:40,581 --> 00:34:42,875
These guys played like champions.
They played hard.
657
00:34:42,875 --> 00:34:44,251
And they gave me a chance to play...
658
00:34:44,251 --> 00:34:47,629
{\an8}Thank God for Adam Vinatieri!
659
00:34:47,629 --> 00:34:49,380
{\an8}Whoo!
660
00:34:49,380 --> 00:34:50,882
{\an8}Oh, my God-- Hey.
661
00:34:50,882 --> 00:34:54,887
Man, they should bronze
his damn foot, for real, you know?
662
00:34:54,887 --> 00:34:59,641
Put Adam Vinatieri's foot on top
of your damn car, like it's a Rolls-Royce.
663
00:35:01,435 --> 00:35:03,312
That was one of those games,
where you be like,
664
00:35:03,312 --> 00:35:06,148
"Damn, we gonna remember that one."
665
00:35:22,831 --> 00:35:25,501
- [overlapping chatter]
- Was that a football game or what? Yeah!
666
00:35:25,501 --> 00:35:26,877
What just happened, boy?
667
00:35:26,877 --> 00:35:29,129
Yeah! What just happened!
668
00:35:29,129 --> 00:35:30,589
[overlapping, excited chatter]
669
00:35:30,589 --> 00:35:33,008
- Told you fourteen would win it.
- Yeah, that did, didn't it.
670
00:35:33,008 --> 00:35:34,927
[laughter]
671
00:35:36,762 --> 00:35:37,888
[Belichick] That was a great job.
672
00:35:37,888 --> 00:35:39,264
Okay, we got it from everybody.
673
00:35:39,264 --> 00:35:42,601
Third down stops, offense,
special team punt return.
674
00:35:42,601 --> 00:35:44,978
Everything you had to do
in the fourth quarter, you did it.
675
00:35:44,978 --> 00:35:47,356
You cut it close, but you did it. Okay.
676
00:35:47,356 --> 00:35:49,274
- [all exclaiming]
- All right, look,
677
00:35:49,274 --> 00:35:50,776
everything we've had this year,
678
00:35:50,776 --> 00:35:52,319
there's a lot to be thankful for,
679
00:35:52,319 --> 00:35:54,446
but it all starts at the top.
680
00:35:54,446 --> 00:35:57,032
- This playoff game was for you.
- [all cheering]
681
00:35:58,408 --> 00:35:59,910
Mr. Kraft!
682
00:36:01,620 --> 00:36:05,040
Tuesday, Tuesday at one.
683
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:07,167
- Yes, sir.
- Tuesday at one.
684
00:36:07,167 --> 00:36:09,503
[all yelling]
685
00:36:09,503 --> 00:36:11,630
This is our year! This is our year!
686
00:36:11,630 --> 00:36:12,840
[overlapping shouts]
687
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,384
Hey, "Champs" on three.
One, two, three.
688
00:36:15,384 --> 00:36:16,885
[all] Champs!
689
00:36:16,885 --> 00:36:19,471
This is destiny. Destiny, baby.
690
00:36:21,098 --> 00:36:23,851
{\an8}There's a part of all of us
thinking, like, "Man...
691
00:36:23,851 --> 00:36:29,022
{\an8}I mean, there are some things
happening here that are destiny-like."
692
00:36:29,815 --> 00:36:33,902
[yelling, indistinct]
693
00:36:33,902 --> 00:36:36,864
And I mean, I felt this before.
694
00:36:36,864 --> 00:36:38,532
But now it's for sure.
695
00:36:39,199 --> 00:36:41,410
It's like, "Oh my gosh.
696
00:36:41,410 --> 00:36:43,579
I mean, maybe we were
meant to do this."
697
00:36:43,579 --> 00:36:46,540
[stadium crowd cheering]
698
00:36:46,540 --> 00:36:47,833
[announcer] Welcome to Pittsburgh.
699
00:36:47,833 --> 00:36:51,420
The Patriots do provide a formidable
challenge here today,
700
00:36:51,420 --> 00:36:54,965
and anyone who watched Tom Brady's
performance in the snow last weekend
701
00:36:54,965 --> 00:36:57,801
knows the young New England
quarterback can deliver.
702
00:36:57,801 --> 00:37:00,345
[calling plays]
703
00:37:01,763 --> 00:37:03,182
Hut!
704
00:37:05,893 --> 00:37:07,769
[grunts loudly]
705
00:37:08,937 --> 00:37:10,355
- [announcer] Oh, boy.
- [whistle blowing]
706
00:37:10,355 --> 00:37:14,359
The Patriots quarterback is down
and he's injured.
707
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,280
["I'm Shipping Up to Boston"
by Dropkick Murphys playing]