1 00:00:03,128 --> 00:00:06,131 [crowd cheers] 2 00:00:13,764 --> 00:00:15,891 [announcer] And with ten seconds left... 3 00:00:18,227 --> 00:00:20,437 ...at stake is the perfect season. 4 00:00:39,957 --> 00:00:42,918 [announcer] The Giants have won the Super Bowl. 5 00:00:42,918 --> 00:00:44,837 [crowd cheers] 6 00:00:50,509 --> 00:00:54,263 [Tom Brady] Losing the 2007 Super Bowl was devastating. 7 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:58,100 I was like, "What the fuck?" 8 00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:00,936 That year, we dominated. We destroyed teams. 9 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:03,397 How did we lose? 10 00:01:04,690 --> 00:01:07,234 {\an8}If there's one game in history I'd change, it's that game. 11 00:01:07,734 --> 00:01:08,735 But we can't change it. 12 00:01:10,988 --> 00:01:14,241 I think what you realize about football and about life 13 00:01:14,241 --> 00:01:17,244 is you never have it quite mastered. 14 00:01:18,954 --> 00:01:21,373 It was a tough lesson for me to learn. 15 00:01:29,548 --> 00:01:32,217 [Bill Belichick] You know, I think back to last season... 16 00:01:32,217 --> 00:01:35,095 I know that you've heard me say, "Last year doesn't mean anything. 17 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:38,265 We don't care about last year." 18 00:01:38,265 --> 00:01:41,977 {\an8}But I hope that you will never forget those 16 wins. 19 00:01:42,769 --> 00:01:45,772 You know, I've been through five and 11. I've been through seven and nine. 20 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:48,942 Those... Those are the seasons you want to forget, believe me, 21 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:50,986 not the 16 and 0 ones. 22 00:01:50,986 --> 00:01:54,907 [players murmur agreement and clap] 23 00:01:54,907 --> 00:01:56,950 [Brady] Coach, can I say something? 24 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:58,493 [Belichick] Sure can. 25 00:01:58,493 --> 00:02:01,747 As I reflect back on last season, 26 00:02:01,747 --> 00:02:03,624 we didn't finish the way we wanted, 27 00:02:03,624 --> 00:02:08,127 but we know what we shared, and, uh, you know, I hope we learned from it. 28 00:02:08,127 --> 00:02:11,173 And I hope we take it forward. And, uh, I always get emotional, 29 00:02:11,173 --> 00:02:14,343 so, uh, just thinking about things I really care about. 30 00:02:14,343 --> 00:02:16,136 So, uh... Thank you. 31 00:02:16,136 --> 00:02:18,388 [applause] 32 00:02:18,931 --> 00:02:21,099 Anybody else has anything they'd like to say about the season, 33 00:02:21,099 --> 00:02:22,809 now is a great time to say it. 34 00:02:22,809 --> 00:02:24,561 Because we're moving on. 35 00:02:24,561 --> 00:02:27,773 [players laugh] 36 00:02:27,773 --> 00:02:30,359 ["Public Service Announcement (Interlude)" by Jay-Z plays] 37 00:02:30,359 --> 00:02:34,571 [Al Michaels] Good afternoon, on a beautiful September day in New England. 38 00:02:34,571 --> 00:02:35,989 A perfect day for football, 39 00:02:35,989 --> 00:02:39,576 and a perfect day to open the 2008 Patriots season. 40 00:02:39,576 --> 00:02:41,745 - [Brady] Let's go! - [player] Yeah, baby. 41 00:02:41,745 --> 00:02:44,081 [Brady] We know what we need to do. Win on three. 42 00:02:44,081 --> 00:02:45,165 - One, two, three! - [all] Win! 43 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:46,542 [cheering] 44 00:02:46,542 --> 00:02:49,002 ["Public Service Announcement (Interlude)" by Jay-Z continues] 45 00:03:04,434 --> 00:03:05,686 Hike! 46 00:03:06,937 --> 00:03:09,022 [Cris Collinsworth] Quick pass by Brady. 47 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:10,691 And that's a first down. 48 00:03:13,068 --> 00:03:15,737 [Brady] I was really prepared to go back and have a great season. 49 00:03:17,322 --> 00:03:19,116 We had a lot of the same team, so we thought, 50 00:03:19,116 --> 00:03:21,201 all right, there's a redemption here for us. 51 00:03:22,452 --> 00:03:24,288 [Collinsworth] Brady, throwing. 52 00:03:24,288 --> 00:03:27,332 And a bullet from Tom Terrific. 53 00:03:27,332 --> 00:03:30,043 [Michaels] Hopes are high that this will be the season 54 00:03:30,043 --> 00:03:31,962 that they're going to go all the way. 55 00:03:31,962 --> 00:03:33,589 [Brady grunts] 56 00:03:33,589 --> 00:03:34,965 [whistle blows] 57 00:03:34,965 --> 00:03:37,467 [Collinsworth] Tom Brady got hit right on the knee! 58 00:03:38,427 --> 00:03:43,557 Tom Brady took a tremendous hit right on his left leg. 59 00:03:43,557 --> 00:03:46,852 And Patriot Nation, right now, is holding its collective breath. 60 00:03:57,779 --> 00:04:01,116 [Brady] I got hit just as my foot was planting. 61 00:04:01,116 --> 00:04:03,827 You know, my knee got completely crushed. 62 00:04:05,204 --> 00:04:08,290 I've always said that whenever I got hit, I was the first one up. 63 00:04:08,957 --> 00:04:12,085 That was my only way to really display toughness, 64 00:04:12,085 --> 00:04:15,214 was when I did get hit, I made sure they didn't know that it hurt. 65 00:04:15,214 --> 00:04:19,301 But it just... The pain just kept going. It was super intense. 66 00:04:20,928 --> 00:04:23,931 The doctor ran out and checked my knee and, uh, 67 00:04:23,931 --> 00:04:27,559 I could just tell by the look on his eyes, like, I knew what it meant. 68 00:04:28,435 --> 00:04:31,563 [Michaels] Tom Brady being helped off the field. 69 00:04:31,563 --> 00:04:33,524 [Collinsworth] Well, right now, everyone here 70 00:04:33,524 --> 00:04:36,109 is wondering how badly Tom Brady is hurt. 71 00:04:37,653 --> 00:04:40,864 [Nancy Brady] I think the biggest worry you ever have, 72 00:04:40,864 --> 00:04:45,577 {\an8}going to watch your loved one play football, is injury. 73 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,957 Tommy's had so many injuries. 74 00:04:49,957 --> 00:04:52,000 And he played through 'em. 75 00:04:53,377 --> 00:04:57,172 But we just knew... this was different. 76 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:07,975 - [quiet chatter] - [camera shutters clicking] 77 00:05:11,228 --> 00:05:13,355 Of course, we feel badly for Tom, uh, 78 00:05:13,355 --> 00:05:16,775 about the injury and, uh, you hate to see anyone go down. Uh... 79 00:05:16,775 --> 00:05:20,404 Nobody's worked harder and done more for this team than Tom has, 80 00:05:20,404 --> 00:05:24,157 so it's a tough setback for him. You know, he played one position. 81 00:05:24,157 --> 00:05:27,494 He played it very well and there'll be somebody else playing that position now 82 00:05:27,494 --> 00:05:31,123 and everybody else has to continue to do their job, just like they always have. 83 00:05:31,123 --> 00:05:32,875 Like they always need to. 84 00:05:32,875 --> 00:05:34,835 [reporter] How did Tom take the news? 85 00:05:36,712 --> 00:05:38,630 Probably like you'd expect. 86 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:42,676 [radio tuning] 87 00:05:42,676 --> 00:05:44,344 [male reporter] Fans of the New England Patriots 88 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:46,555 got the news they were dreading today. 89 00:05:46,555 --> 00:05:50,809 Quarterback Tom Brady's injury will keep him sidelined for the entire season. 90 00:05:50,809 --> 00:05:53,645 [female reporter] The New England Patriots' record-breaking quarterback 91 00:05:53,645 --> 00:05:56,982 has a torn ACL, a vital ligament in his left knee. 92 00:05:56,982 --> 00:06:00,527 [male reporter 2] Is this a speed-bump or a major, major blip here? 93 00:06:00,527 --> 00:06:01,778 [male reporter 3] It's a major blip. 94 00:06:01,778 --> 00:06:06,742 You have no idea how he comes back from an injury of this magnitude. 95 00:06:08,493 --> 00:06:11,538 [Robert Kraft] Post-game, I went to visit Tommy. 96 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:19,004 {\an8}And his leg was propped up on pillows and he was like a... 97 00:06:19,755 --> 00:06:21,465 ...young man sobbing. 98 00:06:27,012 --> 00:06:30,182 It was, uh... It was tough. It was a really tough moment. 99 00:06:32,267 --> 00:06:35,229 It was a big injury. My ACL tore. 100 00:06:35,229 --> 00:06:39,525 You know, you'd watch a lot of other quarterbacks' ACLs over the years. 101 00:06:39,525 --> 00:06:41,235 It's a season-ending injury, 102 00:06:41,235 --> 00:06:44,947 but I went into Coach Belichick's office and I said, 103 00:06:44,947 --> 00:06:47,866 "I want to play. I'll fix my ACL at the end of the year. 104 00:06:47,866 --> 00:06:51,662 I could just put a brace on it. I'll tape it and play the whole season." 105 00:06:53,497 --> 00:06:56,583 [Randy Moss] I remember after he hurt his knee. 106 00:06:57,167 --> 00:06:59,419 Tom Brady's throwing the football. 107 00:07:01,088 --> 00:07:05,342 I was like, "Dude, you just tore your knee and you're out here." 108 00:07:05,342 --> 00:07:09,137 {\an8}So I said, "Damn, dawg! Is it going... going to be okay?" 109 00:07:11,098 --> 00:07:13,350 Next thing you know, he goes in the training room 110 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:15,227 to get the thumbs up or the thumbs down. 111 00:07:15,227 --> 00:07:18,647 He comes back, slams his playbook, and then he starts cussing. 112 00:07:18,647 --> 00:07:21,692 He's like, "I'm sorry. I'm not gonna be out there with you today." 113 00:07:21,692 --> 00:07:27,030 You know, something like that. It was hard for him to accept. 114 00:07:29,074 --> 00:07:31,034 I ain't seen him no more after that. That was it. 115 00:07:33,245 --> 00:07:35,914 [Kraft] I don't think Tommy had missed a game 116 00:07:35,914 --> 00:07:39,501 in all the seasons since he started playing, 117 00:07:39,501 --> 00:07:43,505 and now he's done for the season. 118 00:07:43,505 --> 00:07:48,969 I think his own vulnerability really kicked in big-time... 119 00:07:50,053 --> 00:07:53,891 ...because he had observed, over the years, 120 00:07:53,891 --> 00:07:57,352 the modus operandi of our head coach. 121 00:07:57,978 --> 00:08:00,063 All players were expendable. 122 00:08:00,898 --> 00:08:03,150 [Tom Brady Sr] Bill was all business. 123 00:08:03,150 --> 00:08:05,444 He's cold. He's calculating. 124 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:10,991 {\an8}If you're no good to go on the field, if you're not capable, 125 00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:14,286 you're no good to the team. You're just out of sight, out of mind. 126 00:08:14,995 --> 00:08:17,331 [announcer] Bledsoe rolls to the right. 127 00:08:18,457 --> 00:08:19,958 He got whacked. 128 00:08:21,710 --> 00:08:25,380 {\an8}Tom Brady, the second-year quarterback in the game. 129 00:08:25,380 --> 00:08:28,592 {\an8}[Drew Bledsoe] I think that there's probably an element for Tom 130 00:08:28,592 --> 00:08:31,845 of how he got his job that has driven him. 131 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,390 {\an8}It was like, "Wow, you know, I was there with Drew, and Drew was the guy. 132 00:08:36,390 --> 00:08:40,187 {\an8}He came off the field for a second. Next thing, he didn't have his job anymore. 133 00:08:40,854 --> 00:08:43,357 I can never come off the field, because if I do, 134 00:08:43,357 --> 00:08:45,526 man, that next guy might be waiting in the wings." 135 00:08:48,487 --> 00:08:51,406 [Belichick] 1999, Trent Green got hurt. 136 00:08:51,406 --> 00:08:53,867 Warner took 'em to the Super Bowl. 137 00:08:53,867 --> 00:08:56,537 2001, Bledsoe got hurt. 138 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,164 Brady took us to the Super Bowl. 139 00:08:59,164 --> 00:09:02,835 That's the way it's gonna be, Cassel. Then we're riding your shoulders. 140 00:09:02,835 --> 00:09:05,712 - [players clap and cheer] - [player] Let's go! 141 00:09:10,342 --> 00:09:13,011 [Matt Cassel] That week after the Chiefs game was insane, 142 00:09:13,011 --> 00:09:15,722 because we just lost Tom Brady. 143 00:09:16,723 --> 00:09:20,060 {\an8}And now I have the task of going out and composing myself 144 00:09:20,060 --> 00:09:21,687 {\an8}and needing to lead this team. 145 00:09:22,187 --> 00:09:24,857 And I was like, "Oh, my gosh!" 146 00:09:24,857 --> 00:09:26,441 [whistle blows] 147 00:09:26,441 --> 00:09:28,360 It's a daunting task, 148 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:32,072 and I knew that we were just at the tip of the iceberg. 149 00:09:32,990 --> 00:09:36,451 And then all the noise starts. All the noise starts. 150 00:09:36,451 --> 00:09:37,828 {\an8}Is Cassel Brady? 151 00:09:37,828 --> 00:09:40,038 {\an8}Let's not trip. I mean, let's not, come on now. 152 00:09:40,038 --> 00:09:44,042 This offense was built for Tom Brady, tailor-made, 153 00:09:44,042 --> 00:09:48,964 and now they have that personnel with a guy who hasn't played since high school. 154 00:09:48,964 --> 00:09:51,091 Stop me if I tell a lie. 155 00:09:51,091 --> 00:09:54,011 [Cassel] Every major media outlet wanted to make sure 156 00:09:54,011 --> 00:09:55,888 that everybody in the world knew 157 00:09:55,888 --> 00:09:58,599 that I hadn't started a game since I was in high school. 158 00:09:58,599 --> 00:10:02,811 [reporter] The last time Matt Cassel started a game in the national spotlight 159 00:10:02,811 --> 00:10:08,317 was 14 years ago, as a first baseman at the Little League World Series. 160 00:10:08,317 --> 00:10:11,320 Why didn't the Patriots get a veteran back-up? The answer is, 161 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:12,696 Belichick honestly believes 162 00:10:12,696 --> 00:10:15,324 this kid gives him a better chance to win a game. 163 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:18,785 [car engine revs] 164 00:10:22,497 --> 00:10:25,542 [reporter] This is really the grand experiment. 165 00:10:26,210 --> 00:10:28,420 How much of it is Tom Brady? 166 00:10:29,254 --> 00:10:32,466 How much of it is Belichick and what he's built there? 167 00:10:35,469 --> 00:10:36,720 [beeping] 168 00:10:41,183 --> 00:10:43,560 [treadmill whirs] 169 00:10:45,521 --> 00:10:49,608 [Belichick] As a coach, replacing Tom Brady is... You know, that's a tough one. 170 00:10:50,192 --> 00:10:53,028 Tom's the greatest player of all time, 171 00:10:53,028 --> 00:10:56,448 but you always try to find a way to win. It's different from year to year. 172 00:10:56,448 --> 00:10:58,534 It's different with different players on the field. 173 00:10:59,076 --> 00:11:03,705 But every week I've always felt like there's a formula in there, somehow, 174 00:11:03,705 --> 00:11:05,832 {\an8}that gives you the best opportunity as a team to win. 175 00:11:07,125 --> 00:11:11,171 [Jets fans] J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets! 176 00:11:11,171 --> 00:11:13,507 [announcer] It's the Patriots and The Jets. 177 00:11:13,507 --> 00:11:15,717 It's hot and humid at Giants stadium. 178 00:11:18,846 --> 00:11:22,683 What will life be like for the Patriots after Tom Brady? 179 00:11:22,683 --> 00:11:25,352 [crowd cheers] 180 00:11:27,229 --> 00:11:30,774 [Cassel] I remember the pressure I felt before I took the field. 181 00:11:30,774 --> 00:11:33,151 Coach Belichick walks up to me and he goes, 182 00:11:33,151 --> 00:11:35,362 "Matt, we're not bringing anybody else in. 183 00:11:35,362 --> 00:11:38,615 So don't worry about all the naysayers, all these people that are gonna question 184 00:11:38,615 --> 00:11:41,201 what we're doing at the quarterback position. 185 00:11:41,201 --> 00:11:43,620 You're gonna be fine. Just stay the course." 186 00:11:44,705 --> 00:11:46,999 [announcer] Here's Matt Cassel under center, 187 00:11:46,999 --> 00:11:49,585 starting a game for the first time in his NFL career. 188 00:11:52,171 --> 00:11:53,463 [crowd cheers] 189 00:11:53,463 --> 00:11:56,216 [announcer] He passed his first pass, and it's a good one. 190 00:11:56,216 --> 00:11:57,718 It's over to Faulk. 191 00:11:58,927 --> 00:12:02,514 Koppen snaps it back. And taking off with it, Cassel... 192 00:12:03,849 --> 00:12:05,559 [announcer 2] That is a good job. 193 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:07,853 He's gonna pull it down and run. 194 00:12:07,853 --> 00:12:10,731 If you're a defender or a pass rusher, look out. 195 00:12:11,481 --> 00:12:15,360 [announcer] Third and goal. It's Morris, up and in. 196 00:12:16,570 --> 00:12:19,865 Matt Cassel has got a win in his first start. 197 00:12:19,865 --> 00:12:21,909 [players cheer] 198 00:12:21,909 --> 00:12:23,785 [player] That's what I'm talking about! 199 00:12:23,785 --> 00:12:25,871 [all chattering] 200 00:12:25,871 --> 00:12:28,749 Cassel, I know you haven't started a game since the fucking 7th grade. 201 00:12:28,749 --> 00:12:29,958 [laughter] 202 00:12:29,958 --> 00:12:31,835 You started one today. 203 00:12:31,835 --> 00:12:34,046 [players cheer] 204 00:12:36,507 --> 00:12:39,760 [Belichick] As a coach, you always want to play in to the strength of your players, 205 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,847 not have a system and force the players to play the system. 206 00:12:44,848 --> 00:12:48,519 In Matt Cassel's case, he had a lot of talent, he was smart, 207 00:12:48,519 --> 00:12:51,939 and was very athletic, so we tried to tailor offense 208 00:12:51,939 --> 00:12:53,941 to Matt's strengths and his confidence. 209 00:12:54,733 --> 00:12:57,402 [announcer] Third down and three, Patriots at their own 41. 210 00:12:57,402 --> 00:12:59,154 Snapped to Cassel. Steps up. 211 00:12:59,154 --> 00:13:01,782 He's gonna run for the first down to the 50-yard line. 212 00:13:01,782 --> 00:13:03,951 Stays on his feet to the Ram 48. 213 00:13:03,951 --> 00:13:06,578 [Cassel] Running the ball was a big part of my game. 214 00:13:07,663 --> 00:13:10,123 That's one element of the offense 215 00:13:10,123 --> 00:13:13,335 that I can honestly say, Brady could never run the ball. 216 00:13:13,919 --> 00:13:17,548 But I was a little bit quicker and Belichick recognized it. 217 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:22,135 Then he changed our offensive scheme perfectly. 218 00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:24,805 [announcer] Here's Cassel. He's gonna run it again. 219 00:13:24,805 --> 00:13:26,723 He's had success. And look at that! 220 00:13:26,723 --> 00:13:29,518 Skips away from a tackle and a first down. 221 00:13:29,518 --> 00:13:32,604 [player] Compared to Tommy, that's a gazelle back there running. 222 00:13:32,604 --> 00:13:35,190 They're used to molasses coming out of the container. 223 00:13:35,190 --> 00:13:37,651 They got a gazelle back there now. They got to prepare for that. 224 00:13:38,151 --> 00:13:40,153 [announcer] Cassel out of the shotgun. Steps up. He's gonna run it. 225 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:42,573 To the ten, to the five, he's gonna run it in! 226 00:13:42,573 --> 00:13:44,199 Touchdown! Matt Cassel! 227 00:13:45,617 --> 00:13:48,453 [announcer 2] Everyone thought Tom Brady goes down, they were done. 228 00:13:48,453 --> 00:13:52,165 Absolutely not true. Matt Cassel has shocked everyone. 229 00:13:52,624 --> 00:13:54,418 [announcer] This is the mastery of Belichick. 230 00:13:54,418 --> 00:13:56,962 He takes what he has and he adapts. 231 00:14:00,591 --> 00:14:04,094 [Brady Sr] Tommy was just very vulnerable at that time. 232 00:14:04,678 --> 00:14:07,598 On the one hand, you like to see the Patriots do really well. 233 00:14:07,598 --> 00:14:10,058 {\an8}On the other hand, you're sitting on the sidelines 234 00:14:10,058 --> 00:14:13,520 {\an8}and the team's playing, and nobody wants to... 235 00:14:14,855 --> 00:14:16,815 {\an8}...feel like they're dispensable. 236 00:14:16,815 --> 00:14:19,318 [player] How do we feel about Matt Cassel as starting quarterback? 237 00:14:19,318 --> 00:14:22,321 [all] Oh, yeah! 238 00:14:23,739 --> 00:14:27,701 [Brady] From the outside looking in, you realize the show still goes on. 239 00:14:27,701 --> 00:14:29,161 [indistinct chatter] 240 00:14:29,161 --> 00:14:31,663 [Brady] I was determined to get back to playing. 241 00:14:31,663 --> 00:14:35,918 {\an8}And three days after the surgery, I was trying to pretend like I was, 242 00:14:35,918 --> 00:14:37,211 {\an8}you know, superhuman. 243 00:14:37,211 --> 00:14:39,713 He caused an infection in his leg. 244 00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:44,301 A very severe infection that the doctor was very, very concerned about. 245 00:14:45,802 --> 00:14:48,639 But they had to go back in and do another surgery. 246 00:14:49,598 --> 00:14:51,141 [Brady] I lost a lot of weight. 247 00:14:51,892 --> 00:14:53,227 I was very gray. 248 00:14:55,229 --> 00:14:58,690 I couldn't sleep. I couldn't sit... I just... 249 00:14:58,690 --> 00:15:01,151 I couldn't move my knee. It was so swollen, and... 250 00:15:01,151 --> 00:15:04,613 It was really... It was really tough. But I had great people there for me. 251 00:15:06,615 --> 00:15:10,619 {\an8}I remember flying out to help him through his ACL recovery. 252 00:15:10,619 --> 00:15:13,205 {\an8}You know, those are some tougher days. 253 00:15:13,205 --> 00:15:15,582 Those are a lot of days that, you know, an athlete, 254 00:15:15,582 --> 00:15:18,418 an elite athlete, who's done it at a high level, 255 00:15:18,418 --> 00:15:21,588 sit and think... You know, they've got nothing but time now. 256 00:15:22,339 --> 00:15:25,300 You think about the mortality of your sports career. 257 00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:27,511 [announcer] The Patriots win in overtime. 258 00:15:27,511 --> 00:15:31,056 [Alex Guerrero] "Alex, what if this is it? What if my knee is never the same?" 259 00:15:31,056 --> 00:15:33,433 [announcer] Two Super Bowl championships... 260 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:37,145 [Guerrero] He was in his most low state, thinking he'll never play again. 261 00:15:39,523 --> 00:15:44,361 [Brady Sr] Tommy spent his whole life wanting to be a football player. 262 00:15:45,571 --> 00:15:50,701 And we as parents were not oblivious to football mortality. 263 00:15:50,701 --> 00:15:54,288 As he goes through this stuff, we go through this stuff with him, 264 00:15:54,288 --> 00:15:57,249 we go through the... the angst that, 265 00:15:57,249 --> 00:16:00,627 "You're not out there doing the job that you love to do." 266 00:16:02,546 --> 00:16:04,715 [announcer] When Brady went down in the opening game, 267 00:16:04,715 --> 00:16:06,800 Cassel was able to step right in. 268 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,761 Cassel pulls it down, runs straight ahead to the end zone for the touchdown. 269 00:16:09,761 --> 00:16:10,804 Yeah! 270 00:16:10,804 --> 00:16:13,015 [announcer] I think this kid's got a little innate toughness. 271 00:16:13,015 --> 00:16:17,686 [Cassel] Way to answer 'em. Hey, all day! Don't let up on that gas pedal. 272 00:16:17,686 --> 00:16:19,813 [announcer] Cassel throwing for the corner of the end zone. 273 00:16:19,813 --> 00:16:22,191 Caught! A perfect throw! 274 00:16:23,066 --> 00:16:26,195 That's a statement made here today by the New England Patriots. 275 00:16:26,195 --> 00:16:30,073 New England leads it by ten as we start the fourth. 276 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,492 Hey! 277 00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:35,287 Sit down! Come on. Hey, fellas, we got a long way to go now. 278 00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:40,125 [Donté Stallworth] One of the big things that I've come to understand is that 279 00:16:40,125 --> 00:16:44,630 {\an8}no matter what the score was, we received humble pie from Belichick. 280 00:16:44,630 --> 00:16:46,465 I'm happy we won, 281 00:16:46,465 --> 00:16:49,384 and I'm happy you guys made the plays that you needed to make to win, 282 00:16:49,384 --> 00:16:52,930 but we gotta understand, we gotta be better than this... 283 00:16:52,930 --> 00:16:56,433 [Stallworth] He cared more about what we didn't do right, because... 284 00:16:56,433 --> 00:16:58,477 everything is geared towards winning. 285 00:16:58,477 --> 00:17:01,313 Okay, and it's all of us. But we gotta do a better job. 286 00:17:01,313 --> 00:17:04,441 Most of the coaches in the NFL are coaching football 287 00:17:04,441 --> 00:17:05,983 and he's coaching warfare. 288 00:17:08,153 --> 00:17:10,446 [Stallworth] He grew up in the Naval Academy. 289 00:17:11,031 --> 00:17:14,742 {\an8}His father, he was the coach there, and he learned a lot from him. 290 00:17:17,954 --> 00:17:21,791 [Belichick] It felt good to... just as a kid, hang around my dad 291 00:17:21,791 --> 00:17:25,838 and go over the film at night of the next team that Navy was going to play. 292 00:17:25,838 --> 00:17:29,216 It was really interesting for me to sit there and learn from him 293 00:17:29,216 --> 00:17:30,717 on approaching the game. 294 00:17:30,717 --> 00:17:33,762 {\an8}Um, he just... he loved everything that his dad did. 295 00:17:34,596 --> 00:17:38,058 Anything that Steve did, he wanted to do. 296 00:17:38,058 --> 00:17:41,728 He wasn't a pest. He was there to learn. 297 00:17:41,728 --> 00:17:44,773 He didn't do anything that disrupted anything. 298 00:17:44,773 --> 00:17:48,277 [chuckles] His father would have whopped him. No! 299 00:17:49,278 --> 00:17:52,865 [announcer] A win today would put Navy in a position to dominate the East, 300 00:17:52,865 --> 00:17:54,616 and that's something to cheer about. 301 00:17:54,616 --> 00:17:57,953 [Belichick] It was totally kind of a military type of environment 302 00:17:57,953 --> 00:17:59,162 on a football team. 303 00:17:59,162 --> 00:18:02,332 [announcer] Touchdown! There'll be a hot time in Annapolis tonight. 304 00:18:02,332 --> 00:18:05,377 [Belichick] I thought that was the way it was supposed to be. 305 00:18:05,377 --> 00:18:07,546 I never really saw much different than that. 306 00:18:08,547 --> 00:18:11,133 {\an8}I think it had a big influence on my upbringing, on my life, 307 00:18:11,133 --> 00:18:13,260 {\an8}but also on my coaching career. 308 00:18:17,181 --> 00:18:20,809 We have one sign around here, right down here on the hall, 309 00:18:20,809 --> 00:18:25,856 on the way to this meeting room, from a guy named Sun Tzu. 310 00:18:25,856 --> 00:18:30,402 It's his quote. "Every battle is won before it's fought." Okay? 311 00:18:30,402 --> 00:18:32,988 Now look, I'm not saying we're in a war here, 312 00:18:32,988 --> 00:18:37,784 but I'm just telling you, understand how one stupid play, 313 00:18:37,784 --> 00:18:41,747 one stupid penalty, one mistake, 314 00:18:41,747 --> 00:18:44,249 ends it for all of us. 315 00:18:45,667 --> 00:18:47,586 [Cassel] If you're not mentally tough, 316 00:18:47,586 --> 00:18:50,214 {\an8}you can't play in that program. It'll destroy you. 317 00:18:51,048 --> 00:18:55,093 Just before you go to bed tonight, you can watch this too. 318 00:18:55,093 --> 00:18:57,304 This is pretty nauseating. 319 00:18:57,304 --> 00:19:01,099 [Cassel] When Belichick would come and do video for the quarterback room, 320 00:19:01,099 --> 00:19:03,310 it was all the bad quarterback plays. 321 00:19:03,310 --> 00:19:06,480 [Belichick] Not even close to being able to complete this pass. 322 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,649 You can see everybody kind of squirming in their seat. 323 00:19:08,649 --> 00:19:11,109 Like, "Oh, God, I hope he doesn't show that play." 324 00:19:12,486 --> 00:19:14,780 One time, I don't see a corner blitz, 325 00:19:14,780 --> 00:19:18,283 and I get absolutely annihilated in my back, "Boom!" 326 00:19:18,283 --> 00:19:20,118 Belichick comes in, and he says, 327 00:19:20,118 --> 00:19:24,665 "Uh, Cassel, you know, can we figure out the corner blitz? 328 00:19:24,665 --> 00:19:28,293 Because I don't want to have to write your mother a letter that says, 329 00:19:28,293 --> 00:19:32,005 'Dear Mrs. Cassel, we're sorry to inform you that your son is dead 330 00:19:32,005 --> 00:19:34,925 because he's a dumbass and didn't see the corner blitz.'" 331 00:19:34,925 --> 00:19:38,011 I'm gonna put more pressure on you individually, 332 00:19:38,011 --> 00:19:40,264 I'm gonna put more pressure on you collectively, 333 00:19:40,264 --> 00:19:44,810 because when we get into those situations, we gotta be able to handle them. 334 00:19:44,810 --> 00:19:46,645 {\an8}It's a hard life to live. 335 00:19:46,645 --> 00:19:49,064 {\an8}[laughs heartily] It's hard, man! 336 00:19:49,648 --> 00:19:52,734 - How fucking stupid can you get? - [blows whistle] 337 00:19:53,569 --> 00:19:55,279 [Bruschi] And sometimes... 338 00:19:56,196 --> 00:19:58,365 - ...the young guys... - [whistle blast] 339 00:19:58,365 --> 00:19:59,825 ...just don't get it. 340 00:20:01,326 --> 00:20:05,038 I always tell players you got to be able to look outside the box 341 00:20:05,038 --> 00:20:07,374 and realize why he's doing it. 342 00:20:07,374 --> 00:20:11,420 Have you ever had a wet towel? A wet towel? 343 00:20:12,045 --> 00:20:16,758 And to wring it out, to get all the water out of it until it's dry? 344 00:20:16,758 --> 00:20:20,012 I'm the wet towel, okay. And Bill is the hands. 345 00:20:21,471 --> 00:20:25,851 I want you to wring the talent out of me any way you possibly can. Do it! 346 00:20:25,851 --> 00:20:28,145 [Belichick] Set it, set it, set it! 347 00:20:28,145 --> 00:20:32,274 Move your hands and ride 'em out. Ride the fucker out! 348 00:20:32,274 --> 00:20:35,277 [Bruschi] I'm gonna get upset, I'm gonna get pissed off, 349 00:20:35,277 --> 00:20:37,196 but I still know it's the best for me. 350 00:20:37,196 --> 00:20:40,157 And that's how we're going to win, and consistently win. 351 00:20:40,157 --> 00:20:41,450 [crowd cheers] 352 00:20:41,450 --> 00:20:45,287 [announcer] Now Cassel takes the shotgun snap. Steps, looks, fires. 353 00:20:45,287 --> 00:20:47,164 Randy Moss has got it! 354 00:20:47,164 --> 00:20:52,044 [announcer 2] The New England Patriots, a big, big win for Bill Belichick. 355 00:20:52,878 --> 00:20:55,255 As tough as that environment is on all of us, 356 00:20:55,255 --> 00:20:57,966 and everybody will say the same thing, 357 00:20:57,966 --> 00:21:00,761 we were winning a lot when I was there. 358 00:21:01,803 --> 00:21:03,180 And we won without Tom Brady. 359 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,641 [announcer] Cassel fires left. Caught. 360 00:21:05,641 --> 00:21:08,310 Thirty-five, 40, 45, 50, he's to midfield. 361 00:21:08,310 --> 00:21:12,940 He's gonna go all the way. And the Patriots are racking up! 362 00:21:12,940 --> 00:21:15,108 [Cassel] We were on a roll, man. 363 00:21:15,108 --> 00:21:17,319 We went on a four-game win streak at the end of the season 364 00:21:17,319 --> 00:21:19,738 to go to 11 and five. 365 00:21:19,738 --> 00:21:21,156 We still didn't make the playoffs, 366 00:21:21,156 --> 00:21:25,786 but we finished the season way beyond expectations. 367 00:21:25,786 --> 00:21:28,455 [Belichick] I sure wish that we were playing another week, 368 00:21:28,455 --> 00:21:30,916 but, you know, I couldn't be prouder of the team. 369 00:21:30,916 --> 00:21:33,919 They've worked hard, uh, they've put up with me all year, 370 00:21:33,919 --> 00:21:36,380 they've fought through a lot of adversity. 371 00:21:36,380 --> 00:21:41,134 [analyst] This year is a testament to just how good a coach Bill Belichick is. 372 00:21:41,134 --> 00:21:43,679 [analyst 2] Bill Belichick, to me, is so great 373 00:21:43,679 --> 00:21:47,516 that he has me wondering about the greatness of Tom Brady. 374 00:21:47,516 --> 00:21:52,104 You're 11 and 5 with Matt Cassel in his first-year quarterback in this team. 375 00:21:52,104 --> 00:21:54,648 I've got to the point where I've asked myself, 376 00:21:54,648 --> 00:21:58,026 "Who's not gonna look like that playing under Bill Belichick?" 377 00:22:01,488 --> 00:22:05,868 [Guerrero] All of these things that we, you know, had heard people saying. 378 00:22:05,868 --> 00:22:08,412 For people like, Tom and I, 379 00:22:08,412 --> 00:22:11,832 {\an8}those aren't words of criticism to me. 380 00:22:11,832 --> 00:22:15,169 {\an8}I don't take offense to those. To me, they're actually motivational, 381 00:22:15,169 --> 00:22:17,129 {\an8}like, all right, no problem, like, 382 00:22:17,129 --> 00:22:18,547 we'll just go show you. 383 00:22:21,925 --> 00:22:24,469 [Brady] Football isn't a game of entitlement. 384 00:22:24,469 --> 00:22:26,346 It's a game of earning it. 385 00:22:28,056 --> 00:22:33,020 With my rehab, I'd go to bed at night trying to wake up the next day 386 00:22:33,020 --> 00:22:35,314 to be a little bit better. 387 00:22:35,314 --> 00:22:38,317 [Guerrero] It's line upon line and precept upon precept. 388 00:22:39,151 --> 00:22:41,945 A little bit here and a little bit there, and pretty soon, 389 00:22:41,945 --> 00:22:44,156 we're out in the field throwing the football, 390 00:22:44,156 --> 00:22:47,826 and I remember just the look on his face. We're like two kids in a candy store. 391 00:22:47,826 --> 00:22:51,413 Like, he's like, "Alex, man, I could do this till I'm 50, right?" 392 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:53,582 I can fire that m... 393 00:22:55,292 --> 00:22:59,379 [Brady] Going into that year, I realized I need to be preventative 394 00:22:59,379 --> 00:23:02,549 and proactive about how I was taking care of myself. 395 00:23:02,549 --> 00:23:04,051 How do I not break? 396 00:23:05,469 --> 00:23:08,597 How do I not have the issues that would lead me to the operating room? 397 00:23:10,349 --> 00:23:13,143 You know, I was going to do everything possible to play 398 00:23:13,143 --> 00:23:15,020 however long I wanted to play. 399 00:23:16,104 --> 00:23:19,942 {\an8}When you see someone who's, like, doing what they love, you know, 400 00:23:19,942 --> 00:23:24,071 despite the risk of bodily harm, you're torn. 401 00:23:24,071 --> 00:23:27,574 But I know he was well taken care of. 402 00:23:27,574 --> 00:23:31,954 He had the work with Alex and the way he was taking care of his body. 403 00:23:32,871 --> 00:23:35,791 He had the love and support of Gisele... 404 00:23:36,625 --> 00:23:39,962 ...my parents and my sisters. 405 00:23:41,213 --> 00:23:44,216 He had everything that he needed to get back. 406 00:23:46,301 --> 00:23:50,055 {\an8}[crowd cheers and whistles] 407 00:23:51,515 --> 00:23:55,102 [reporter] Tom Brady in Patriots camp today, with the rest of the team. 408 00:23:55,102 --> 00:23:57,729 His first official practice since shredding his knee 409 00:23:57,729 --> 00:23:59,356 in last year's season opener. 410 00:23:59,356 --> 00:24:00,941 Okay! 411 00:24:00,941 --> 00:24:03,986 [reporter] The Patriots trade quarterback Matt Cassel with the Chiefs. 412 00:24:03,986 --> 00:24:07,531 The deal signals New England must be comfortable with Tom Brady's rehab. 413 00:24:07,531 --> 00:24:10,659 [reporter 2] The fact that they don't have Matt Cassel there 414 00:24:10,659 --> 00:24:14,371 sends a sign that they feel Tom Brady's gonna be ready for the start of the year. 415 00:24:14,371 --> 00:24:17,165 So, here's the question I have now. What if Brady's not ready? 416 00:24:17,875 --> 00:24:19,626 [journalist] How confident are you that you can be 417 00:24:19,626 --> 00:24:21,753 the same player you were before the injury? 418 00:24:22,254 --> 00:24:24,339 We'll see. I mean, I... 419 00:24:24,339 --> 00:24:27,050 Like I said, talk is cheap and I could sit here and tell you guys, 420 00:24:27,050 --> 00:24:30,804 I'm gonna, you know, play till I'm 80, but that doesn't matter. 421 00:24:30,804 --> 00:24:32,931 I'm gonna go do the best I can do. 422 00:24:32,931 --> 00:24:36,351 I can't wait to get out and start playing games. 423 00:24:36,351 --> 00:24:39,271 [crowd cheers] 424 00:24:39,271 --> 00:24:42,733 [analyst] One year ago, we were reminded that this game we all love 425 00:24:42,733 --> 00:24:45,027 can be fickle and can be cruel. 426 00:24:45,027 --> 00:24:48,947 The first quarter of the first game, one hit, Tom Brady, season over. 427 00:24:48,947 --> 00:24:51,450 With the reigning MVP recovering from knee surgery, 428 00:24:51,450 --> 00:24:54,369 what do we expect from New England this season? 429 00:24:54,369 --> 00:24:57,581 [analyst 2] It's all about number 12. Two years ago, '07 season, 430 00:24:57,581 --> 00:24:59,958 the most prolific player offensively 431 00:24:59,958 --> 00:25:02,669 in the history of the National Football League. 432 00:25:02,669 --> 00:25:05,422 We are all watching to see if it's the same guy. 433 00:25:07,591 --> 00:25:10,302 [Brady] Hey, this is the start of a long journey. Win on three. 434 00:25:10,302 --> 00:25:11,762 - One, two, three. - [players] Win! 435 00:25:15,849 --> 00:25:17,392 [announcer] A huge return. 436 00:25:17,392 --> 00:25:21,522 After 53 weeks, New England welcomes Brady back. 437 00:25:22,898 --> 00:25:24,775 Come on, get ready! 438 00:25:26,151 --> 00:25:27,694 [announcer] Five out. 439 00:25:27,694 --> 00:25:30,280 Brady's got time. 440 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,950 But it goes over the hands, and incomplete. 441 00:25:33,825 --> 00:25:37,538 [announcer 2] Tom got a bit skittish. I'm gonna watch that injured leg. 442 00:25:37,538 --> 00:25:40,666 {\an8}Anybody coming back from a serious injury like that, 443 00:25:40,666 --> 00:25:44,211 {\an8}I don't care who you are, many times there'll be a sharp decline. 444 00:25:45,337 --> 00:25:48,632 [commentator] Brady goes the other way. Incomplete. 445 00:25:48,632 --> 00:25:51,635 It's the third time we've seen one of those little timing passes, 446 00:25:51,635 --> 00:25:54,680 that the Patriots live on, not click. 447 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,014 Brady! 448 00:25:58,559 --> 00:26:01,270 Tom, look... Settle down now, buddy. 449 00:26:01,270 --> 00:26:03,438 Step into the throw, okay? 450 00:26:03,438 --> 00:26:05,566 I'm getting them right in the hands. 451 00:26:05,566 --> 00:26:07,025 Throw to Kevin out here? 452 00:26:07,025 --> 00:26:08,777 I got drilled when I threw it. 453 00:26:08,777 --> 00:26:10,529 - Did you get hit on that? - Yeah! He was blitzing. 454 00:26:10,529 --> 00:26:14,032 I tried to lob it over him because the guy was standing right in his face! 455 00:26:14,032 --> 00:26:15,951 All right, the one to Maroney? 456 00:26:15,951 --> 00:26:18,495 - It was right in his hands! - It was over his head. 457 00:26:18,495 --> 00:26:20,998 - Oh, that one? - Yeah. Just... 458 00:26:20,998 --> 00:26:22,833 - You know, just step in to it, okay? - Yeah. 459 00:26:27,087 --> 00:26:30,048 [announcer] Six for six on the drive, a lot of short stuff. 460 00:26:30,048 --> 00:26:32,426 Now loading up the middle for Moss. 461 00:26:32,426 --> 00:26:34,720 [announcer 2] Look at the balance. Eyes downfield. 462 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,223 That left leg planted on the ground. That snap of the ball coming through. 463 00:26:38,223 --> 00:26:40,517 - That's Tom Brady. - [announcer] That's pretty. 464 00:26:41,351 --> 00:26:43,145 [announcer 3] Tom Brady's starting to heat up. 465 00:26:43,145 --> 00:26:46,190 You can almost sense his confidence coming out of the huddle. 466 00:26:46,190 --> 00:26:49,776 [announcer] Down the middle shot, touchdown! Benjamin Watson. 467 00:26:52,738 --> 00:26:53,989 Touchdown! 468 00:26:53,989 --> 00:26:55,157 [cheering] 469 00:26:55,157 --> 00:26:59,453 [announcer 3] What a debut for the 2009 season for Tom Brady. 470 00:27:01,330 --> 00:27:04,082 [Guerrero] When I watched him in 2009, his first game, 471 00:27:04,082 --> 00:27:06,001 he had gotten it dialed in. 472 00:27:06,001 --> 00:27:10,339 And he was just throwing the ball so well, so, so well that day. 473 00:27:10,339 --> 00:27:14,510 And just the elation and the joy that comes from actually making it 474 00:27:14,510 --> 00:27:16,386 through four quarters of football. 475 00:27:16,386 --> 00:27:20,557 You know, I was so excited for him, 'cause I know how hard he worked to get there. 476 00:27:20,557 --> 00:27:24,394 How do you feel about a Monday night victory? 477 00:27:24,394 --> 00:27:27,314 [players] Oh... yeah! 478 00:27:27,314 --> 00:27:30,442 [Michael Holley] In that game, Brady looked really good. 479 00:27:30,442 --> 00:27:31,902 {\an8}That was a sign he was back. 480 00:27:33,195 --> 00:27:35,280 So, if you're a Patriots fan, you're saying, 481 00:27:36,073 --> 00:27:39,201 "It's Brady and Belichick together again. 482 00:27:39,201 --> 00:27:41,537 This team will get back to the Super Bowl." 483 00:27:41,537 --> 00:27:45,040 [announcer] Second and goal, the ball game hanging in the balance. 484 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,043 And... fumble. The ball came loose. 485 00:27:48,043 --> 00:27:49,920 Goddammit! 486 00:27:50,838 --> 00:27:53,841 [announcer] Oh, my goodness! A fumble in the end zone. 487 00:27:53,841 --> 00:27:57,511 The Patriots blow a golden opportunity. 488 00:27:57,511 --> 00:28:00,973 [Holley] But as we saw the rest of the team play, 489 00:28:00,973 --> 00:28:03,350 that excitement went away. 490 00:28:03,350 --> 00:28:06,436 [announcer] Drive... Mishandled snap, but gets it away. 491 00:28:06,436 --> 00:28:09,857 Bess gets free. Five, end zone. Touchdown, Miami. 492 00:28:10,566 --> 00:28:14,069 And the road woes for Bill Belichick and New England continue. 493 00:28:14,820 --> 00:28:16,905 [Colin Cowherd] I watched the Patriots yesterday 494 00:28:16,905 --> 00:28:20,367 and I just think they've gotten rid of a lot of really smart veteran guys. 495 00:28:20,367 --> 00:28:24,538 Mike Vrabel, Rodney Harrison, Tedy Bruschi. 496 00:28:24,538 --> 00:28:29,251 You can't lose half a dozen guys that are that good and that smart. 497 00:28:29,251 --> 00:28:34,006 [Holley] These veterans eventually retired or they were traded. 498 00:28:34,006 --> 00:28:36,800 You know, these guys, they'd been really important players, 499 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:41,305 because they got younger players to buy into Bill's style. 500 00:28:41,305 --> 00:28:44,349 [Belichick] We go out to practice, run the plays, sit in meetings, 501 00:28:44,349 --> 00:28:48,478 sometimes half asleep, not really paying attention. 502 00:28:48,478 --> 00:28:52,357 There's only one game next week for one of these two teams. 503 00:28:52,357 --> 00:28:54,401 So it's a death match. 504 00:28:54,401 --> 00:28:56,320 [Holley] Without those veterans, 505 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,531 some new guys didn't like the way Belichick was coaching. 506 00:28:59,531 --> 00:29:02,868 Why should I listen to him when he cusses me out in team meetings, 507 00:29:02,868 --> 00:29:04,995 when he calls me out? Where's my payoff? 508 00:29:04,995 --> 00:29:06,872 [announcer] Fires down the middle of the field... 509 00:29:06,872 --> 00:29:10,292 Wide open at the 50. He's gonna go all the way for a touchdown. 510 00:29:11,668 --> 00:29:13,545 [Belichick] We just have no mental toughness. 511 00:29:14,630 --> 00:29:18,050 I just can't get this team to play the way we need to play. 512 00:29:18,050 --> 00:29:19,801 I just... Can't do it. 513 00:29:20,677 --> 00:29:23,180 So frustrating. 514 00:29:23,180 --> 00:29:25,557 We had guys like Tom Brady, who got it. 515 00:29:26,350 --> 00:29:28,852 But Brady, you know, he can't do it all. 516 00:29:28,852 --> 00:29:31,021 [announcer] First and ten, from their own 17. 517 00:29:31,021 --> 00:29:34,316 The hand-off comes to the tailback breaking across the 25, the 30, 518 00:29:34,316 --> 00:29:36,652 35, 40, 45, 50. 519 00:29:36,652 --> 00:29:38,570 He might take it all the way! 520 00:29:38,570 --> 00:29:42,032 Ray Rice goes 83 yards 521 00:29:42,032 --> 00:29:43,867 on the opening play of the game. 522 00:29:43,867 --> 00:29:46,745 We never fucking do the right fucking thing! 523 00:29:46,745 --> 00:29:49,206 [Adams] We got beat from the first snap 524 00:29:49,206 --> 00:29:52,251 and we didn't do anything well in any phase of the game. 525 00:29:52,251 --> 00:29:53,961 [announcer] Has time to throw. 526 00:29:53,961 --> 00:29:56,505 Now fires it long, deep right side, Sam Aiken. 527 00:29:56,505 --> 00:29:58,799 It is intercepted off the hands of Aiken. 528 00:29:58,799 --> 00:30:00,175 Damn it! 529 00:30:00,175 --> 00:30:02,719 [announcer] That's the ball game, and that's the season. 530 00:30:02,719 --> 00:30:06,431 A disaster for the Patriots, and a 33 to 14 Baltimore rout. 531 00:30:07,349 --> 00:30:09,476 [analyst] The Patriots didn't come to play. 532 00:30:09,476 --> 00:30:14,273 Are the Patriots as we've known them the last ten years done? 533 00:30:15,190 --> 00:30:19,403 [Adams] The scribes, it was like announcing a funeral. 534 00:30:19,403 --> 00:30:22,781 "The dynasty's dead, buried, and in the past." 535 00:30:23,615 --> 00:30:25,075 It was horrendous. 536 00:30:27,619 --> 00:30:29,454 [reporter] Do you feel like this team kind of got away 537 00:30:29,454 --> 00:30:31,164 from the way the Patriots used to be? 538 00:30:31,164 --> 00:30:33,792 This feels like it never would have happened. 539 00:30:33,792 --> 00:30:35,878 Well, there's some things that we didn't do well 540 00:30:35,878 --> 00:30:37,421 over the course of the year. 541 00:30:37,421 --> 00:30:41,216 And I think that things we didn't do well today, um... 542 00:30:41,216 --> 00:30:43,635 Part of it is mental toughness and moving forward, saying, 543 00:30:43,635 --> 00:30:45,804 "This year didn't turn out the way we wanted it to. 544 00:30:45,804 --> 00:30:47,931 Next year we'll make it a hell of a lot better." 545 00:30:49,933 --> 00:30:53,979 [Adams] I mean, everybody understood we had to make some big changes. 546 00:30:54,688 --> 00:30:57,983 You know, we gotta have a good draft, 'cause we gotta get this thing going. 547 00:30:57,983 --> 00:31:01,445 {\an8}- [Jimmy] We're on the clock with 639. - What do you got? 548 00:31:01,445 --> 00:31:05,199 [Adams] We were looking for toughness and intensity in a football player. 549 00:31:05,199 --> 00:31:08,160 [Jimmy] Four minutes remaining. Four minutes. 550 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:12,039 [Adams] In the fourth round, we found this guy that we liked. 551 00:31:12,039 --> 00:31:14,082 You know, there were some off-the-field issues. 552 00:31:14,082 --> 00:31:16,502 - [man] How much more time, Jimmy? - [Jimmy] Three minutes. 553 00:31:16,502 --> 00:31:18,670 We thought, "There's a degree of risk here, 554 00:31:18,670 --> 00:31:20,506 but it makes sense to take it." 555 00:31:22,257 --> 00:31:25,093 But looking in hindsight, of course, we did not understand 556 00:31:25,093 --> 00:31:27,804 the full dimensions of what the problem was. 557 00:31:27,804 --> 00:31:29,014 - [Jimmy] Okay. - You ready? 558 00:31:29,014 --> 00:31:30,098 [Jimmy] Yeah, ready. 559 00:31:31,683 --> 00:31:34,478 {\an8}[reporter] The Patriots chose Aaron Hernandez. 560 00:31:36,813 --> 00:31:40,275 [reporter 2] NFL Pro Bowl tight end Aaron Hernandez 561 00:31:40,275 --> 00:31:42,653 was charged with murder today. 562 00:31:42,653 --> 00:31:44,821 [analyst] The Patriots will certainly be asked 563 00:31:44,821 --> 00:31:48,909 what the team knew then, and did they look the other way?