#897 sixth

For her birthday, my sister in Boston wanted tickets to a New England Patriots game to see Tom Brady play before he retires.  As someone who still regrets not seeing Michael Jordan play, I tried to help her in this quest.

Tom Brady has been a starting quarterback for 14 seasons and taken the Patriots to the Super Bowl five times.  He is one of only two players to win the NFL Most Valuable Player and the Super Bowl MVP award multiple times.  Brady has been in nine Pro Bowls and his playoff win total is the highest in NFL history.  

You would think that he was a highly coveted first round draft pick.  You would be wrong.

Tom Brady was drafted in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, the 199th player to be chosen.

The first pick that year was Courtney Brown (who?) -- a player who was plagued by injury and finished his professional career in 2005 after playing for Cleveland and then Denver.

Everyone wants to be chosen in the first round.  Everyone wants to have the #1 draft pick to do the choosing.  The trick is to play like you are #1 and work hard enough to become #1, even if you aren't chosen until 199th.

-- beth triplett
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