Draft flashback: In the year 2000, Brady’s star was born
Article By viyer.tsn on 1st April, 2010
A look back at the best and worst picks of the first draft of the previous decade:
Steals Value personified: Tom Brady in Round 6. Tom Brady, QB, Michigan
Patriots: Round 6, Pick 199
Let's see, he has three Super Bowl rings, is the only man in NFL history to throw for 50 touchdowns in a single season. Quarterbacks taken ahead of Brady include Giovanni Carmazzi, Tee Martin and Spergon Wynn. New England got away with grand larceny here.
Brady on Brady before the 2000 draft: "I think my best asset as a player is that in the fourth quarter, with the game on the line, I have the desire to win and the feeling that our team is not going to lose."
Adalius Thomas, OLB, Southern Miss
Ravens: Round 6, Pick 186
Things haven't quite worked out for Thomas with the Patriots in recent years, but before joining them, he was a two-time Pro Bowl player alongside Ray Lewis in Baltimore.
Dante Hall, WR, Texas A&M
Chiefs: Round 5, Pick 153
Hall (5-8, 187) was too undersized to hold up at his college position of running back. But with his great quickness and elusiveness, "The Human Joystick" found his niche on kickoff and punt returns and racked up 12,397 career return yards and 10 touchdowns.
Mark Tauscher, RT, Wisconsin
Packers: Round 7, Pick 224
The Packers took a flyer on the Wisconsin product, and he and Chad Clifton (Round 2, Pick 44 in 2000) started immediately as bookend tackles. Tauscher has battled injuries but has stuck with the team.
Brian Waters, G, North Texas
Chiefs: Undrafted
Throughout the decade, the four-time Pro Bowl guard was the dominant force behind Kansas City's prolific rushing machine, paving the way for monster seasons by Priest Holmes and Larry Johnson.
Stinkers Courtney Brown, DE, Penn State
Browns: Round 1, Pick 1
Cleveland had the mis...
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Steals Value personified: Tom Brady in Round 6. Tom Brady, QB, Michigan
Patriots: Round 6, Pick 199
Let's see, he has three Super Bowl rings, is the only man in NFL history to throw for 50 touchdowns in a single season. Quarterbacks taken ahead of Brady include Giovanni Carmazzi, Tee Martin and Spergon Wynn. New England got away with grand larceny here.
Brady on Brady before the 2000 draft: "I think my best asset as a player is that in the fourth quarter, with the game on the line, I have the desire to win and the feeling that our team is not going to lose."
Adalius Thomas, OLB, Southern Miss
Ravens: Round 6, Pick 186
Things haven't quite worked out for Thomas with the Patriots in recent years, but before joining them, he was a two-time Pro Bowl player alongside Ray Lewis in Baltimore.
Dante Hall, WR, Texas A&M
Chiefs: Round 5, Pick 153
Hall (5-8, 187) was too undersized to hold up at his college position of running back. But with his great quickness and elusiveness, "The Human Joystick" found his niche on kickoff and punt returns and racked up 12,397 career return yards and 10 touchdowns.
Mark Tauscher, RT, Wisconsin
Packers: Round 7, Pick 224
The Packers took a flyer on the Wisconsin product, and he and Chad Clifton (Round 2, Pick 44 in 2000) started immediately as bookend tackles. Tauscher has battled injuries but has stuck with the team.
Brian Waters, G, North Texas
Chiefs: Undrafted
Throughout the decade, the four-time Pro Bowl guard was the dominant force behind Kansas City's prolific rushing machine, paving the way for monster seasons by Priest Holmes and Larry Johnson.
Stinkers Courtney Brown, DE, Penn State
Browns: Round 1, Pick 1
Cleveland had the mis...
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