Tom Brady’s humble beginnings here had hints of greatness
Tom Brady, a skinny Patriots rookie subsisting on junk food and dreams in a no-stars motel on the Foxborough strip, was engaged in two struggles he seemed certain to lose. Both involved Drew Bledsoe, New England’s entrenched starting quarterback and the NFL’s highest-paid player.
It was the summer of 2000, and Brady was fighting for Bledsoe’s job. He also was trying to vanquish the Patriots great in a pranking war that laid bare each man’s will to prevail.
Round 1 went to Bledsoe when he rigged the vents in the rookie’s car so that when Brady turned the ignition, the air blower unleashed a blizzard of glitter that enveloped him.
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