Patriots quarterback Tom Brady wasn’t always the Tom Brady we think of today.  According to the man who’s job he took, they didn’t think Brady would be much more than a career backup.

Drew Bledsoe, who lost his job in 2001 to Brady when he went down with an injury, sat down with E:60 for something called “Better With Age.”  The retired NFL quarterback reveals his early thoughts on the greatest quarterback of all-time.

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Bledsoe really like Brady but said of him at the time, “he’s never gonna be a starter, he’s gonna be Jason Garrett.”

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