Quote:Oh. Okay, I remember that. The radio host (can't remember who it was) must have been talking about his time with the Pats.


They were referring to Cassell playing when they lost 5 games (Pats usually only lose 3 or 4) and didn't make the playoffs that year.


If there have been other QBs to play during his time in NE, it most likely was earlier in the season. I don't recall them being in the playoffs with anyone else:


Except for the very year Brady took over for Bledsoe. Brady did get hurt in the playoff round, and Bledsoe came back in and won the AFCC game in Pitt (Troy Brown was a superhero that day).


BB put Brady back in for the Superbowl against the Rams.

 

  i think you summed up the history very well.  

 

 The fact that Bill Belichick already recognized by the Super Bowl of Tom Brady's 2nd season in the NFL that Brady was a much option than former # 1 overall pick Drew Bledsoe speaks volumes as much as anything about how Brady has been perceived.  Brady certainly didn't disappointment Belichick that day and the vast majority of other days.  

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