Bob Kraft Recalls Tom Brady Telling Him ‘I’m the Best Decision Your Franchise Has Ever Made’ After 2000 Draft

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CRAFT: “It was near the end of training camp, and I was driving out and he was coming down the steps of our little building. And he had a pizza under his arm from the food service. And he came up to me and said, ‘Hi, I’m Tom Brady.’ I said, ‘I know who you are your sixth round draft pick from Michigan.’ He looked me in the eye and he said, ‘I’m the best choice your franchise — I’m the best decision your franchise has ever made.’ And I looked him in the eye, and you know, he just said it in a way now — now you — you got to understand, we just gave 100 million, the biggest contract to any quarterback to Drew Bledsoe just before this, a few months before, and he was number four in our depth chart. He came down and he really believed what he said.”
LEMON: “He certainly did.”
KRAFT: “And he was right.”