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THE LEGEND OF TOM BRADY

ou could start the Legend of Tom Brady at any of several moments: replacing Drew Bledsoe on September 23, 2001, after a vicious hit crumbled the All Pro starting quarterback. Or the infamous Tuck Rule Game, when the Patriots somehow beat the seasoned Raiders in a white-out. But for most of the world the Brady Experiment began on February 3, 2002, when a gangly backup QB led a perennially underachieving team to a most improbable place: Super Bowl XXXVI against the St. Louis Rams, fielding the most explosive offense the NFL had ever seen. The “Greatest Show On Turf” were the biggest Super Bowl favorites in decades; Kurt Warner and Marshall Faulk hoisting their second Lombardi Trophy in three years was all but assumed. All

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