Such a nostalgic documentary! I’ve lived in Boston my whole life and this was purely amazing! I remember those early years it really brought me back to a better time in America.
But that author really nailed it when he said “this is not NFL films.” And Matthew, the director, has a first rate interview with Florio. Bravo all around
I have never been a Patriot fan, but this... really. Hits really hard in the feels. The amount of respect I got from some of these players, and it just confirmed that I didn't liked for reasons that I thought were there but never existed. Very good documentary.
This is such a new feeling for me as a Patriots fan. I never gave a crap about the draft. Now I understand why Fan gets so excited about it. I have been watching videos on the top three quarterbacks every day for like the past two months. It’s addicting lol. For the past 22 years, I never cared about the draft at all.
It was hard to get excited for the draft when Bill was drafting guards in the first round from some school you never heard of or two kickers or another offensive weapon draft bust. I love Bill the coach but as a GM not so much.
It's different levels as a fan. I played sports my whole life, not football, so my fandom has been a way to satisfy my brain with something I enjoy doing already. Analyzing tactics, scouting, roster building, and all the stuff they do behind the scenes is part of what I enjoy with sports in general. I welcome you all to the obsession now that you have a reason to be interested yourselves. It isn't even about being right or wrong in terms of predicting picks it just helps you separate the positions from the results and understand the small things that make a WR/QB/whoever "good". On that topic for all the good Mac did with his arm he was never going to overcome his lack of fundamental footwork that pocket QBs need, and our scouts missed that in the draft.
Because I’m sure Brady looked great in practice in 2000 so was probably pretty easy decision to think he could be a future starter and didn’t want to just cut him
Phil Perry, Michael Holley & Tom Curran did a great job. The first two episodes really are excellent. Can't wait for the rest.. I'm sorry but this is SO much better than The Last Dance.
It's funny how we glorify 20+ years of greatness and crucified Bill over a mediocre season and a single losing season. Bill deserved another chance at finding his QB just like he found Brady first time around, as well as to rebuild his coaching and administrative staff.
Over 1 mediocre season? Were the hell have you been since brady left? You do realize 3 of the last 4 seasons were losing seasons or are you that thick headed?
@@RodSwapI agree but Bill did some really crazy things. Tom has his best SB ever against the Eagles and Bill keeps Butler on the bench while his defense gets torched. Drafting two kickers, not bringing in a veteran QB after Tom left or letting Tom walk and having no plan. It’s actually endless. Good coach terrible GM.
Those aren't "crazy things" you're just repeating exaggerated media narratives. Seabass Janikowski had almost an identical rookie year stat line to Ryland, you jamokes would have run him out of town before he became a HoF kicker. Lower your standards the team is developing talent over multiple years we are not an elite franchise any longer, you guys have been delusional thinking kicker draft picks kept us from that status. @@mtadams2009
Why would he feel betrayed? Every top QB that's ever lived has seen his coach draft a replacement. Rodgers. Montana. Steve Young. Hell, Tom saw Bill do it to Bledsoe! What do you want him to do - wait till he drops off a cliff and then try and find one? Belichick had NO reason to believe Brady could do it until his mid 40s. You know how I know this? Because NOBODY has. The only people who feel "betrayed" are those who don't know the business or are lying to themselves.
@@deaddropholidayHe should have drafted someone after Jimmy G left. He let Tom walk and Bill had no one and no plan. You see what Cleveland did this year when their starter went down. Bill just let Mat and his backup stink up the field.
@@mtadams2009 They'd already drafted a QB. Two rounds higher than Brady. He didn't work out. Nothing is certain. And don't forget - the Patriots are CHEAP. One of the lowest salaries in the NFL. You get what you pay for and the owner sets the budget.
@@deaddropholidayBrady NEVER fell off the cliff. Even in his last season o line decimated by injury under duress all season long he had more than respectable numbers. Especially for a 45 yr old qb. Lol
Great coaches at all sports have an innate ability to force an athlete to dig down deep and commit mentally physically and emotionally to perform at the peak of their skill level . They will risk alienating athletes to acheive their objectives. Belichick seems to be the master of being obtuse to motivate his players. At the end of many athletes career, many will reflect and say," That Coach drew out the best one had to give in their respective athletic endeavor.Having been fortunate to witness and vividly recall the first great Super Bowl dynasty in the 60s, Vince Lombardi had those same innate skills. Certainly he is deserving of being the namesake on the SB trophy. Coach Belichick's duration of excellence is what is so fascinating and surreal. Great work on this documentary. Boston Strong is a real thing. God Bless the long term cultures and enduring entertainment value of the Patriots, Celtics, Red Sox & Bruins
Ah, the kids. Pats dynasty is amazing, but the Celtics had this championship run...1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969. Crazy!
@basedkez Actually there was MORE parity in the NBA back then. Fewer teams meant only the cream made the NBA. There wasn't room for a G-league, you either made the NBA on your own via college or you didn't make it. 1960's NBA played a FAR MORE SKILLED GAME than today's heaving 3-pointers do. Russell's Celtics would have RUN the current Celtics right out of TD Garden! Just keepin' it REAL.
Drew was an above-average, good QB, but he was NOT a QB who could carry a team. When he had Curtis Matin at running back, Drew didn't have to carry the team. Martins 23 TDs made Defenses play for the run game rather than blitz Drew. That took pressure off Drew and he threw 24 TD and got to the Super Bowl. When Martin left for the Jets with Parcells, Drew had no running back to force defense to play for the running game and his output fell, 19 TD to 21 interceptions in the first year post Martin, and 17 TDs in the second year. When Bill arrives in year 3 after Martin's departure, Drew was declining. He couldn't keep the team in the game without a good running back, and he didn't have one. Teams need balance, and NE had none after Martin left. That was more the HC fault, but Drew and the Offensive Coordinator needed to shift Drews game to a 3-step fast release to stop the blitz, and they didn't.
Bill was always all about the team and would throw away any player including Brady if he thought they could win without them. But Mac.....He kept bringing him back every week like a hot ex girlfriend that you can't get enough of 🤣
Stuff like this is why folks don't like the media because there's no reason to dump on Bledsoe 20yrs later. You folks are acting like Bledsoe was some bum, he's the 2nd best Qb in franchise history. Amazing that Phil and Curran stayed on the Mac Jones bandwagon when he was clearly poop but yeah let's dog pile Drew Bledsoe.
BB had no loyalty for Bledsoe, can't blame him for behing unhappy at being usurped. BB was never graceful, and despite nearly dying from his on-field injury, and despite Brady's weak arm (yes weak - he was one of the few QB's who's arm got stronger as his career went on), I don't think BB ever showed Drew any genuine recognition for the player he was. Look at career stats of Bledsoe and HOF'er Elway - they are very similar.
Idk about that buddy lmao if he treated Brady the way he wht makes you think he would’ve treated Bledsoe differently lol he never won anything and Brady had a strong arm maybe not as strong but he still had a strong arm coming in that’s why he got drafted in the MLB
Bradys arm wasn't weak. Even in scouting reports the gave him average to above average arm strength very accurate and despite not the strongest of arms could still make every throw on the field get your facts straight bruh. Watch Lloyd Carr interview at Michigan Brady had a good arm. Not great. Not a cannon. But good enough. And yes you're right it got stronger as his career went dude was posting videos in off-season at 43 yrs old showing velocity at same speed of Mahomes velocity around 66 67 mph and throws to wr in drills where ball traveled 60 plus yds in air so no armstrength was a misnomer. Dude worked tirelessly to improve any weakness he had and even his best attributes his knowledge n mind n feel for the game by studying endless days upon days of film.
@@ElChema0719exactly spot on. Arm not problem. Dude could have been major league catcher and he was well known throwing out dudes trying to steal. He'd put dimes on the catcher as an outfielder in theowout drills in baseball practice too. He could have played either sport. I think he made right decision tho. Lol
"The greatest dynasty, especially over a compressed period, in the history of American sports.".??? Is this man really this ignorant?? That's not even true of BOSTON sports history! Is he unaware that the Celtics won 11 NBA titles in 13 seasons from 1957-1969? As for a longer time period, the hated New York Yankees won 20 World Series titles in a 40-year period from 1923-1962. What the Patriots did is amazing, winning 33% of the Super Bowls in an 18-year period, and playing in 50% of them. But those Celtics won a lot more titles in less time, and the Yankees won 50% of the World Series over 40 years (and played in 66% of them from 1921-1964). No need to make outlandish statements that are simply not true.
So tired of Tom Curran sh*tting all over Drew.. The region absolutely was not looking for Drew to be gone.. I still think Drew goes on that run when the Patriots FINALLY gel in week ten. I have NO IDEA where things would have gone after that, but I'm certain Bledsoe beats the living CRAP out of the Rams and the Super Bowl had he got the start. People forget the offensive line only came togather as the unit it would be around week ten. Drew NEVER saw that kind of protection in his entire career in New England. The idea of Drew was cooked is RIDICULOUS. He broke 13 single-season records in Buffalo in 2002. It took until just last year for Josh Allen to eclips Drew's numbers..
Michael Holley: "Brady was a college superstar" Reality: Brady split time with Drew Henson as Michigan QB1. Brady was never a great player, but rather developed into one.
He started two seasons and 25 total games at Michigan and became their 3rd all time statistically ranked QB while winning the Citrus Bowl and Orange Bowl. You hit your head man? @@JasonBuckman
Such a nostalgic documentary! I’ve lived in Boston my whole life and this was purely amazing! I remember those early years it really brought me back to a better time in America.
But that author really nailed it when he said “this is not NFL films.” And Matthew, the director, has a first rate interview with Florio. Bravo all around
I have never been a Patriot fan, but this... really. Hits really hard in the feels. The amount of respect I got from some of these players, and it just confirmed that I didn't liked for reasons that I thought were there but never existed. Very good documentary.
This is such a new feeling for me as a Patriots fan. I never gave a crap about the draft. Now I understand why Fan gets so excited about it. I have been watching videos on the top three quarterbacks every day for like the past two months. It’s addicting lol. For the past 22 years, I never cared about the draft at all.
It was hard to get excited for the draft when Bill was drafting guards in the first round from some school you never heard of or two kickers or another offensive weapon draft bust. I love Bill the coach but as a GM not so much.
It's different levels as a fan. I played sports my whole life, not football, so my fandom has been a way to satisfy my brain with something I enjoy doing already. Analyzing tactics, scouting, roster building, and all the stuff they do behind the scenes is part of what I enjoy with sports in general.
I welcome you all to the obsession now that you have a reason to be interested yourselves. It isn't even about being right or wrong in terms of predicting picks it just helps you separate the positions from the results and understand the small things that make a WR/QB/whoever "good".
On that topic for all the good Mac did with his arm he was never going to overcome his lack of fundamental footwork that pocket QBs need, and our scouts missed that in the draft.
Notice how curren does not give belichick credit for carrying 4 qbs…or for sticking with Brady when Bledsoe returned
They hated BB because according to Ernie Adams the sports media are full of shit lol
becuase they are full of shit lol @@pauljones33
Why should he? That wasn't relevant to this conversation
Because I’m sure Brady looked great in practice in 2000 so was probably pretty easy decision to think he could be a future starter and didn’t want to just cut him
@@davis2k1234 never an easy decision to carry 4 qb
Phil Perry, Michael Holley & Tom Curran did a great job. The first two episodes really are excellent. Can't wait for the rest.. I'm sorry but this is SO much better than The Last Dance.
It's funny how we glorify 20+ years of greatness and crucified Bill over a mediocre season and a single losing season. Bill deserved another chance at finding his QB just like he found Brady first time around, as well as to rebuild his coaching and administrative staff.
Over 1 mediocre season? Were the hell have you been since brady left? You do realize 3 of the last 4 seasons were losing seasons or are you that thick headed?
@@dayman5417you acting like it’s been a decade already 😂😂
Literally 3/4 losing seasons if you took ur blindfold off
@@jet0819 but the guy won you 3 or maybe 4 out of the 6 superbowls you got lol
@@ElChema0719 um what?
Seeing Tom Brady house he brought from Law was crazy!!! That’s exactly how your rich friends house look like during that time. 😂 man so amazing.
The problem with Tom curren is that he no longer objective , he had a hard on for Belichick…probably would vote against him fir HOF
Bill is a washed up old man move on
@@jet0819 that’s not the issue it’s that curren wants to stick a knife in him
@@jet0819we have
But we can appreciate the greatness coach, quarterback, and dynasty of all time
@@RodSwapI agree but Bill did some really crazy things. Tom has his best SB ever against the Eagles and Bill keeps Butler on the bench while his defense gets torched. Drafting two kickers, not bringing in a veteran QB after Tom left or letting Tom walk and having no plan. It’s actually endless. Good coach terrible GM.
Those aren't "crazy things" you're just repeating exaggerated media narratives. Seabass Janikowski had almost an identical rookie year stat line to Ryland, you jamokes would have run him out of town before he became a HoF kicker. Lower your standards the team is developing talent over multiple years we are not an elite franchise any longer, you guys have been delusional thinking kicker draft picks kept us from that status. @@mtadams2009
man, NBC gave y'all some crappy chairs
Everyone knows when Belichick drafted Garropolo that's when Brady felt betrayed..
Why would he feel betrayed? Every top QB that's ever lived has seen his coach draft a replacement. Rodgers. Montana. Steve Young. Hell, Tom saw Bill do it to Bledsoe! What do you want him to do - wait till he drops off a cliff and then try and find one? Belichick had NO reason to believe Brady could do it until his mid 40s. You know how I know this? Because NOBODY has. The only people who feel "betrayed" are those who don't know the business or are lying to themselves.
@@deaddropholidayHe should have drafted someone after Jimmy G left. He let Tom walk and Bill had no one and no plan. You see what Cleveland did this year when their starter went down. Bill just let Mat and his backup stink up the field.
@@mtadams2009 They'd already drafted a QB. Two rounds higher than Brady. He didn't work out. Nothing is certain. And don't forget - the Patriots are CHEAP. One of the lowest salaries in the NFL. You get what you pay for and the owner sets the budget.
I don't think "everyone" knows that. You have inside info?
@@deaddropholidayBrady NEVER fell off the cliff. Even in his last season o line decimated by injury under duress all season long he had more than respectable numbers. Especially for a 45 yr old qb. Lol
Great coaches at all sports have an innate ability to force an athlete to dig down deep and commit mentally physically and emotionally to perform at the peak of their skill level . They will risk alienating athletes to acheive their objectives. Belichick seems to be the master of being obtuse to motivate his players. At the end of many athletes career, many will reflect and say," That Coach drew out the best one had to give in their respective athletic endeavor.Having been fortunate to witness and vividly recall the first great Super Bowl dynasty in the 60s, Vince Lombardi had those same innate skills. Certainly he is deserving of being the namesake on the SB trophy. Coach Belichick's duration of excellence is what is so fascinating and surreal. Great work on this documentary. Boston Strong is a real thing. God Bless the long term cultures and enduring entertainment value of the Patriots, Celtics, Red Sox & Bruins
Ah, the kids. Pats dynasty is amazing, but the Celtics had this championship run...1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969. Crazy!
less parity
@basedkez Actually there was MORE parity in the NBA back then. Fewer teams meant only the cream made the NBA. There wasn't room for a G-league, you either made the NBA on your own via college or you didn't make it. 1960's NBA played a FAR MORE SKILLED GAME than today's heaving 3-pointers do. Russell's Celtics would have RUN the current Celtics right out of TD Garden! Just keepin' it REAL.
Teams looked like a YMCA league
What the hell happened in '58 and '67? What a bunch of bums. JK. LOL 😆
Drew was an above-average, good QB, but he was NOT a QB who could carry a team.
When he had Curtis Matin at running back, Drew didn't have to carry the team. Martins 23 TDs made Defenses play for the run game rather than blitz Drew. That took pressure off Drew and he threw 24 TD and got to the Super Bowl.
When Martin left for the Jets with Parcells, Drew had no running back to force defense to play for the running game and his output fell, 19 TD to 21 interceptions in the first year post Martin, and 17 TDs in the second year.
When Bill arrives in year 3 after Martin's departure, Drew was declining. He couldn't keep the team in the game without a good running back, and he didn't have one.
Teams need balance, and NE had none after Martin left. That was more the HC fault, but Drew and the Offensive Coordinator needed to shift Drews game to a 3-step fast release to stop the blitz, and they didn't.
Drew led the Pats to a victory against the Steelers in a AFC championship
is episode 3 out yet or do we have to wait for every friday
Fridays, they dropped 2 to start and now 1 every week on Fridays.
@@donywahlberg incorrect. They drop 2 episodes every Friday with it concluding on Fri March 15th
Bill was always all about the team and would throw away any player including Brady if he thought they could win without them. But Mac.....He kept bringing him back every week like a hot ex girlfriend that you can't get enough of 🤣
Kraft interfered with Mac
Stuff like this is why folks don't like the media because there's no reason to dump on Bledsoe 20yrs later. You folks are acting like Bledsoe was some bum, he's the 2nd best Qb in franchise history. Amazing that Phil and Curran stayed on the Mac Jones bandwagon when he was clearly poop but yeah let's dog pile Drew Bledsoe.
BB had no loyalty for Bledsoe, can't blame him for behing unhappy at being usurped. BB was never graceful, and despite nearly dying from his on-field injury, and despite Brady's weak arm (yes weak - he was one of the few QB's who's arm got stronger as his career went on), I don't think BB ever showed Drew any genuine recognition for the player he was. Look at career stats of Bledsoe and HOF'er Elway - they are very similar.
Idk about that buddy lmao if he treated Brady the way he wht makes you think he would’ve treated Bledsoe differently lol he never won anything and Brady had a strong arm maybe not as strong but he still had a strong arm coming in that’s why he got drafted in the MLB
Bradys arm wasn't weak. Even in scouting reports the gave him average to above average arm strength very accurate and despite not the strongest of arms could still make every throw on the field get your facts straight bruh. Watch Lloyd Carr interview at Michigan Brady had a good arm. Not great. Not a cannon. But good enough. And yes you're right it got stronger as his career went dude was posting videos in off-season at 43 yrs old showing velocity at same speed of Mahomes velocity around 66 67 mph and throws to wr in drills where ball traveled 60 plus yds in air so no armstrength was a misnomer. Dude worked tirelessly to improve any weakness he had and even his best attributes his knowledge n mind n feel for the game by studying endless days upon days of film.
@@ElChema0719exactly spot on. Arm not problem. Dude could have been major league catcher and he was well known throwing out dudes trying to steal. He'd put dimes on the catcher as an outfielder in theowout drills in baseball practice too. He could have played either sport. I think he made right decision tho. Lol
I sit correct, thanks!@@scottowens8474
@@ElChema0719 Brady won his starting job. Both were competing with each other
"The greatest dynasty, especially over a compressed period, in the history of American sports.".??? Is this man really this ignorant?? That's not even true of BOSTON sports history! Is he unaware that the Celtics won 11 NBA titles in 13 seasons from 1957-1969? As for a longer time period, the hated New York Yankees won 20 World Series titles in a 40-year period from 1923-1962. What the Patriots did is amazing, winning 33% of the Super Bowls in an 18-year period, and playing in 50% of them. But those Celtics won a lot more titles in less time, and the Yankees won 50% of the World Series over 40 years (and played in 66% of them from 1921-1964). No need to make outlandish statements that are simply not true.
This Belichick revisionism is now reaching sickening levels. And nobody ever talks about the loss of Ernie Adams.
So tired of Tom Curran sh*tting all over Drew.. The region absolutely was not looking for Drew to be gone..
I still think Drew goes on that run when the Patriots FINALLY gel in week ten.
I have NO IDEA where things would have gone after that, but I'm certain Bledsoe beats the living CRAP out of the Rams and the Super Bowl had he got the start.
People forget the offensive line only came togather as the unit it would be around week ten.
Drew NEVER saw that kind of protection in his entire career in New England.
The idea of Drew was cooked is RIDICULOUS.
He broke 13 single-season records in Buffalo in 2002. It took until just last year for Josh Allen to eclips Drew's numbers..
Curran is a joke
Curran is shit
Take it from Ernie Adam
Michael Holley: "Brady was a college superstar"
Reality: Brady split time with Drew Henson as Michigan QB1.
Brady was never a great player, but rather developed into one.
You might want to look at his statistics while he was at Michigan.
He was a great player. He just didn't play. He didn't get the chance to.
He started two seasons and 25 total games at Michigan and became their 3rd all time statistically ranked QB while winning the Citrus Bowl and Orange Bowl. You hit your head man? @@JasonBuckman
@@donywahlberg
I said he was a great player...
What I meant be him not having a chance to was him being toyed around with Drew Henson.
He split time bc of politics. He was far better than Henson