@Gustavo Fabregas I mean he did come in during the AFC Championship that year and beat Pittsburgh so I have no doubts he could have done a good job in the playoffs. Whether he could have gotten them there is a different story. But I do think that eventually Belichick might have chucked Brady in at some point, probably for the 2002 or even the 2003 season
Based on what enberg was saying "bledsoe wasn't injury related" even though he obviously was. Drew would have been benched soon after. He was playing like crap
Mo Lewis is paid by the Patriots. However it's paid in CASH, for reasons the ENTIRE country is aware of. And that "reason" has nothing to do with taxes, if you know what I mean.
Even though New England didn't score on that final drive, you could definitely tell Brady had a bit of a clutch gene from the start. Dude steps into the game on the final drive starting inside his own 20, and takes the offense right down the field in position to score. Man really is a different breed.
@@JustinStrife Oh definitely, but for him to come into a professional game fresh off the bench and nearly do the same thing, man, you can't teach that. It was like a preview of what to come.
@@TexasNationalist1836 Yes. And it is not just them that keep us safe. A lot of others do too from bus drivers to teachers to restaurant workers to wall st bankers to others. They're all heroes. People doing their jobs well and professionally are heroes.
Billy Bob yeah I mean I don’t see him winning 6 Super Bowls and if he does his first 2 will be won by Adam Vinatieri, his 3rd one will be won by Rodney Harrison, his 4th one will be won by an undrafted rookie free agent Malcolm Butler, his 5th one will be won by completing the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, and his 6th one will be won by a game winning drive in a low scoring defensive game
Matthew Joseph ... is this the same Vinatieri that misses two fgs in that second sb? And the same brady that threw for 971 yards in two Super Bowls? Threw for four tds and over 300 yards against the lob who was in the second year of their historic defense? The same brady who holds every post season record? Without having the same hof talent that most multiple sb winning qbs have? Those ones right?
@@matthewjoseph236 yea, a kicker got them into FG range on those drive. I didn’t know he played QB too. You should’ve been on the receiving end of that hit
Dolphins......, Bills......, Jets....., Patriots...…...Long Ago, the Four Teams lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when Mo Lewis attacked. Only the G.O.A.T, The master of all four Quarterbacks, could stop them, but when the Division needed him most, he vanished. A Couple of Weeks has passed and Bill Belichick and I discovered Our New Quarterback, an 6th Rounder named Brady. And although his Pocket skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he's ready to Win anything. But I believe, Brady can be the G.O.A.T
Actually, there were 5 Bills, Dolphins, Jets, Pats, and Colts. The league realigned after the 2001 season. Since the AFL/NFL merger in 1971, the Colts, Steelers, and Brown's became AFC teams switching conferences. The Colts (Then in Baltimore), joined the East, while the Steelers and Brown's joined the Central initially, and then was renamed the North when. other expansion occurred
Joe Andruzzi playing in this game must’ve been so hard, considering his 3 brothers were NYC firefighters and were at ground zero, and how many close friends they lost there
Generally you want to do something life-affirming since the sense of loss is over the loss of their ability to go on with their lives so they definitely wanted him to go on with his. To that extent hopefully the game was cathartic. Football is very important to many first responders so they are indirectly enriched by these "meaningless" athletes.
I'm two years late to this comment lol. I could be mistaken, but I think this was before 9/11. Like only days before. This game was Sunday, and 9/11 was the following Tuesday.
This game is famous for 4 reasons: 1. First game for the New York Jets after September 11, 2001. 2. The Patriots are the victims of the very same rule (the "tuck rule") that will be their savior in the playoffs. 3. Mo Lewis' hit on Drew Bledsoe. 4. The genesis of Tom Brady's remarkable Hall of Fame career.
Lmao no u idiots go ahead and look at the tom brady one this one is a good call. The one against my Raiders! He "tucked it" meaning he put the ball between his hips then with no intension to try and throw it! This one he did u can see it. B.s. call against the Raiders
Skull island Stop getting mad over something that happened almost 20 years ago. By the way you’re acting, it seems like you may not have even been alive for that game.
It was a good Jets team. This was the "You play to win the game" season where they went 10-6 and made the playoffs. Edwards would take his Jets to the playoffs 3 times in his 5 seasons.
@@matthewwalker9205 - They went 10-6 and made the playoffs in 2001, but ypu are right that his speech was 2002, when they also made the playoffs. The main point was the Jets had 3 playoff seasons in 5 years with Edwards and were not a bad team.
This video shows something that is forgotten by most. After that infamous hit, Bledsoe actually came back to the game. He was only pulled after another failed drive (that ended in a fumble). And when Brady took the field, the comment from the Patriots sideline was that the change was performance-related. Regardless of the injury (that turned out to be life-threatening in a couple of hours), Belichick had enough of Bledsoe that evening.
it's all on display here. forcing the ball into coverage, delay of game w/ no clue what shot clock was doing, innacurate throws, crushing picks in the endzone causing eruptions of booing, endless ball patting looking for someone to release downfield while the protection breaks down and everyone blames the O line for being terrible...you forget how bad he really was. And Kraft knew he was the only thing selling tickets and invested like half the cap on his contract -- then the biggest in NFL history. There was absolutely nothing gifted to Tom, there was tremendous pressure on him all season, he had to take control from the first snap. To this day he is known as a "game manager" for those early seasons....there were no superstar weapons. Troy Brown and Kevin Faulk were the greatest weapons on those teams. Try managing games and winning titles on a team where the consensus best player is the kicker. How many other guys are winning on that team? Mahomes? Elway? the answer is nobody. This team was ranked 32 out of 32 going into the season by SI. And somehow the story is Brady just relied on the team to carry him. They didn't carry Drew and he was the highest paid player in the league. If you don't think it helps a defense when the offense is getting first downs and controlling the game and scoring you are a moron.
Yeah didn't realize he stayed in until i watched this. Regardless of how injured he was BB was done with him, it's understandable considering the mistakes he made that veteran qb's shouldn't be making including that brutal endzone pick
@@Heb.2000I bet Mahomes could. He extends plays like a wizard. To say he couldn’t is just stupid. Brady really had nothing to lose considering New England was so bad, so in my opinion that took a ton of pressure off him. It would be different if Brady was the one who got hurt and Bledsoe had to fill in for him. That would be a ton of pressure.
@@shawnchristianson324Mahomes has an embarrassment of riches from GM on down. Andy Reid won't be around forever. Tom Brady turned scrubs into border line hall of famers.
"Bledsoe had suffered a hemothorax, and his abdomen was filling with blood. “Drew could have died,” says Gill. “He ended up having about three liters of blood in his chest. He had torn one of the blood vessels behind his rib that was then pumping blood into his chest. They got a CAT scan of his belly, and you can see the bottom of the lung fields and they could see that was filled with fluid. So then they extended the study up the chest and saw what the problem was. They were able to drain the blood out and immediately once that happened, he started feeling better, his breathing was under control, his blood pressure stabilized. But it was really dicey. I don't even think Drew knows how serious it was. But he really could have died.”
He was also monitored constantly so that whatever almost killed him didn't really have time to. It was scary but also testimony to why we have medical crews on standby at games.
What you talking about, don't you know that the NFL just pulled the tuck rule out their ass in the divisional round against the Raiders because they wanted the Patriots to win. And that is the only time the tuck rule ever occurred.
@@joshds123_3 This video actually proves you wrong. Many people believe what you say, but it actually isn't quite true. You can tell that that was the rule used in this game because the call had the exact same wording.
I can't believe there's not a single interview of Mo Lewis in the aftermath of Bledsoe's injury. I mean you really have to wonder what he's thinking today knowing he's responsible for the greatest NFL dynasty ever.
It's gotta suck being a Jets fan, knowing that your team is the main cause for the Patriots dynasty. Not only this game, but the opener in 99' when Vinny got hurt. If he doesn't get hurt and the Jets have a good season, maybe Parcells stays on for another year and keeps Belichick on his staff. Meaning that the Patriots would've hired someone else.
Think about this for a second, this was the first game post 9/11 and the team that colors resemble America had its franchise changing moment during this game.
Tom Brady is facing Vinny Testeverde who played for the Bucs from '87 to '92. And then he wins a Super Bowl for the Bucs 20 frickin years later. Amazing
I got a good story.....Growing up in the 90s......And watching Blesdoe struggle at the end of the decade...I thought this team is loyal to him.....He's going to be a QB there until 2008 (he retire in 2007)......I never thought he would ever be replace......Ever!!!
@@dragonfire1356 because it has absolutely no connection to this, and yeah dude...your mom wasted her time over there, pointless and I could care less along with a lot of other americans...so what now? Yeah, I guess jn this situation i do care about tom.brady way more than your mom
I'm here after he announced his retirement. I watched this game for some reason. I wasn't much into football back then, and only loosely kept abreast of the standings. The Patriots were and are my home team, so I've always been a fan; if you can call it that.
yeah but he took too many sacks and couldnt check down his receivers...decent arm but frustrating to watch honestly...i was defintely over it by the time he got injured.
Even though he didn’t win, he showed his ability to stand in that pocket and make clutch throws when he needs to. Belichick saw that. 15 years later he would lead the greatest comeback ever.
That team was a thousand times better with Brady, and everyone knew it. The offense was so bad in this game, and the Cincinnati game. Once Brady was entrenched, they started putting up some serious points, and taking care of the ball. Bellichik might have made the change mid-season, had Drew not gotten hurt, but it would have been too late for that season, and I have to believe that 2001 set the stage for Brady’s entire career. When Drew came in against the Steelers in late January, that was a much, much better team than he took the field with in September, thanks to Tom Brady.
Mo Lewis' NFL career will forever be remembered for the hit that would eventually sideline Drew Bledsoe & paved the way for the Patriots to call upon their young backup QB from the University of Michigan to be suddenly thrust into a starting role. Not sure what ever became of that youngster from Michigan but sure hope he was able to make it as an NFL QB......................................
What’s crazy about this is I’m thinking of those fans at the stadium who paid money to go to the game and were probably bummed out and upset that they had to watch the ending with no drew Bledsoe. Not realizing who it was and what was about to happen at that moment moving forward. Whole thing is eerie and unbelievable to think about
Amazing to watch TB12 in his first real NFL action, driving the length of the field @ the 2 min warning. High Pressure and of course he handled it ! 2 good throws to the end zone to end the game.
Lol I think that will be a bad taste since Bledsoe nearly died from that hit he's not a bad QB during the 90s even lead the Pat's to their second sb appearance in the 96 season. Not a Bledsoe fan I was too young at the time its like saying let's put a statue of carson wentz getting his leg tored up next to the philly special statue
@@Dirtnation2 lol but my point is Bledsoe wasn't a bad quarterback not saying he's on Elway, Montana, Farve, or P.Manning level to me a statue of someone who nearly died from a hit is overboard lol I know its football but idk about the whole butterfly effect universal change
An alternate reality where Bledsoe never got injured The Steelers probably would not have just 6 Super Bowls cause we all know there Kryptonite is Tom Brady
@@slimischillin7753 Mahomes is better than Brady right now, but Brady's easily #1 all-time. Mahomes will be great, but we'll have to see just how great he'll really be when all is said and done.
To all Raider's fans, please note at 07:00 the Testaverde "fumble" that was ruled an incomplete pass, as the rule was written at the time. Many other examples from other games are documented as well...... Truly a dynasty was born !!!
Let's be crystal clear about this - 3 and 4 wide receiver sets from a QB that never played a pro snap before? That's either completely insane or complete confidence in your QB
Bledsoe was a productive if inconsistent QB. I don't think the Patriots would have stuck with him long after age 30. He did at least get to play in the AFC Championship and get a Super Bowl ring as a backup.
The fastest I ever saw Brady run was that 15 yard(or so) scramble during the comeback against the Falcons. That's how much Adrenalin was pumping through him, he was actually fast
He was a commander from day 1. You can hear the intensity in his voice he wanted it so bad and he wasn’t gonna let go of the chance now that he had it. Brady deserves everything he has, the guy has never stopped working. I see that in Joey B and few others of this new crop of guys. Trevor doesn’t have it.
Who would've known Drew Bledsoe will be forgotten and Tom Brady will be remembered after this game. This game should be remembered as a landmark game in the history of NFL.Oh boy, GOAT really became merciless on Jets after this game for nearly 2 decades.💯💯💯💯
Think about looking at that stat…he started his GOAT QB career with 6 yards. 23 years later he holds almost every record, 7 SB victories and 10 appearances. A day nobody thought they should remember, but a day that changed ALL of Football forever.
13:27 people talk to him, ask if he is alright, he is walking around, looks shaken up but nothing too bad. He is internally bleeding and you dont see anything about that. A few hours later, he is close to death.
12:30 Jets fans may have been hyped with a 7 point lead 4th quarter hit like this. Little did they know 5:03 left in the 4th quarter was the final second before 20 years of misery.
Crazy hit on Bledsoe. Brady : "And I took that personally" and destroyed the Jets and esp the Bills the next 22 years on his way to 10 SBs and 7 rings. Insane.
Another factor in the myth of Brady is that is if 9/11 never happened- he might never have had the opportunity. Not that the Jets game was moved -but the Pats would've played what turned into the 1-15 Panthers in Week 2 and Bledsoe may have been sharper vs the Jets and wouldn't have needed to scramble. Bledsoe was horrible in the Red Zone in this game. Best move Belichick ever made.
I forgot that Curtis martin left the Patriots to play with what was supposed to be a superior team. I was mad as hell at him for that. I thought he really could have taken some pressure off Bledsoe. But as I see it the problem was Bledsoe didn't like to study
12 days after 9/11...I remember those games coming on and feeling at least for a few hours like the world was normal again. This nation needed that unity then as badly as we need it now, so sad to see us so divided after such a unification after tragedy
@@original6hockey402lol they got handed over by the tuck rule, and ironically lost the super bowl a few years later to the same team that would eventually house Tom Brady some decades later, the raiders couldn’t catch a break
Even back then, Bill not giving up any information. at 16.28 the Patriots tell the media it was a coaches decision to have Brady finish the game because Bledsoe was not injured.
So weird to hear Dick Enbergs voice on this telecast. Even though he was mainly a tennis commentator, he still did a good job with other sports. Rip 2017
bledsoe was a pretty tought guy... that kind of hit could kill a normal man and to go and play again after that... wow... my complete respect to bledsoe and brady was amazing to enter that game and put his team near to score...
Time marks forgetfulness, I had also thought that there was only about 10-20 seconds left when Brady came in and that he had completed only one pass maximum.
What if Drew stepped out before he got hit? Where would Brady’s career go
Gustavo Fabregas true. he probably wouldn’t of won the SB. but he may have gotten them to the playoffs
@Gustavo Fabregas I mean he did come in during the AFC Championship that year and beat Pittsburgh so I have no doubts he could have done a good job in the playoffs. Whether he could have gotten them there is a different story.
But I do think that eventually Belichick might have chucked Brady in at some point, probably for the 2002 or even the 2003 season
I think Brady would of still be the starter anyway in 2001 if the Pats continued to struggle with Bledsoe
Belichick gets fired and Brady goes somewhere else other than New England.
Based on what enberg was saying "bledsoe wasn't injury related" even though he obviously was. Drew would have been benched soon after. He was playing like crap
Mo Lewis takes out drew:
The entire AFC: "that move is gonna cost us 2 decades"
Lol
Word...
and costs many teams in the playoffs and super bowls
Legitimately stopped about 5 dynasties from forming/continuing:
Rams
Chiefs
Seahawks
Broncos
49ers
@@thedarkknight9153 how about the eagles with mcnabb and Owen's, the chargers with rivers and possibly the raiders with Gannon
Drew Bledsoe: Doesn’t step out
Mo Lewis: So you have chosen death
Tom Brady: No, YOU have chosen death
Underrated comment
Tom brady after winning 7 rings: this is my revenge for that hit you bit**
12:24 "A big play for the Patriots."
You have no idea...
A play that would torture the AFC for the next 2 decades
A move that punished us Jets Fans for the next two decades
Plus. He ain't gone yet.
Matthew Dowling any news?
This is the comment i was looking for.
at least the jets got the w
Not just the jets.
12:33 It was at this moment the Jets screwed the entire NFL
NickDaFootballGuy of course it’s the jets
Shaun Ellis screwed it all
Edit:and MO Lewis
Except Denver
you have to admit, messing up so bad in a game that it fucks them over for 19 years to come is probably the most jets thing they ever did
Yep of course the heat started it lol😂😂😂😂
MO LEWIS SHOULD GET A CHECK FROM THE PATRIOTS EVERY YEAR
Jets fans punching air rn
Yes, yes he should
@HVAC Quality Assurance pretty much the whole AFC East lmao..hell even the whole NFL 🤷
Mo Lewis is paid by the Patriots. However it's paid in CASH, for reasons the ENTIRE country is aware of. And that "reason" has nothing to do with taxes, if you know what I mean.
I TELL HIM THAT EVERYTIME I TALK TO HIM!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even though New England didn't score on that final drive, you could definitely tell Brady had a bit of a clutch gene from the start. Dude steps into the game on the final drive starting inside his own 20, and takes the offense right down the field in position to score. Man really is a different breed.
I agree.
He's always had that. He was doing it with Michigan too.
@@JustinStrife Oh definitely, but for him to come into a professional game fresh off the bench and nearly do the same thing, man, you can't teach that. It was like a preview of what to come.
Folks, the Jets were playing off the Patriot receivers on that final drive.
@@SmugTomato ur waifu Is from yuru Yuri?
RIP to all of the 9/11 victims🙏🏾
Rest In Peace to the 9/11 victims and God bless the great US military men and women who keep us safe
@@TexasNationalist1836 Yes. And it is not just them that keep us safe. A lot of others do too from bus drivers to teachers to restaurant workers to wall st bankers to others. They're all heroes. People doing their jobs well and professionally are heroes.
@@faniramaNo.
People forget that Bledsoe almost died. It's not like it was just any hit.
People also forget, or just don't know, that the only person from the Pats to visit Bledsoe in the hospital was his friend Tom Brady.
Ronnie Bledsoe weren't a half bad ball tosser but he just weren't never the brightest star in the solar shistims
Thank you! I hate when my fellow New Englanders say shit like "Mo Lewis is our all time MVP hurr durr"
Really? It was that bad?
@@brucekentallen Yes it was. Nobody knew it until days later. He tore a blood vessel in his chest and almost bled to death internally.
People complain Brady is slow... but Bledsoe made Brady look like Usain Bolt.
Jimmie Johnson 48 Champion uh, no. Brady would’ve never even gotten out of the pocket there.
True! Lol.
Nobody is complaining
The slowest Qb I've ever seen is Kerry Collins.
@@kevinburke6055 i would say peyton manning
Eh that Brady kid looked alright he’ll do until Bledsoe comes back not like I’m expecting him to win 7 SBs or anything tbh.
Billy Bob yeah I mean I don’t see him winning 6 Super Bowls and if he does his first 2 will be won by Adam Vinatieri, his 3rd one will be won by Rodney Harrison, his 4th one will be won by an undrafted rookie free agent Malcolm Butler, his 5th one will be won by completing the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, and his 6th one will be won by a game winning drive in a low scoring defensive game
Matthew Joseph ... is this the same Vinatieri that misses two fgs in that second sb? And the same brady that threw for 971 yards in two Super Bowls? Threw for four tds and over 300 yards against the lob who was in the second year of their historic defense? The same brady who holds every post season record? Without having the same hof talent that most multiple sb winning qbs have? Those ones right?
7 superbowls now!
and now 7
@@matthewjoseph236 yea, a kicker got them into FG range on those drive. I didn’t know he played QB too. You should’ve been on the receiving end of that hit
Dolphins......, Bills......, Jets....., Patriots...…...Long Ago, the Four Teams lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when Mo Lewis attacked. Only the G.O.A.T, The master of all four Quarterbacks, could stop them, but when the Division needed him most, he vanished. A Couple of Weeks has passed and Bill Belichick and I discovered Our New Quarterback, an 6th Rounder named Brady. And although his Pocket skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he's ready to Win anything. But I believe, Brady can be the G.O.A.T
kingike25319 underrated
Now it's the bills time to strike back
There's also the Colts. But like energy bending it was separated from the rest.
Bill didn't want to choose Brady, Erick was the one who convinced him to do so.
Actually, there were 5 Bills, Dolphins, Jets, Pats, and Colts. The league realigned after the 2001 season.
Since the AFL/NFL merger in 1971, the Colts, Steelers, and Brown's became AFC teams switching conferences.
The Colts (Then in Baltimore), joined the East, while the Steelers and Brown's joined the Central initially, and then was renamed the North when. other expansion occurred
Thanks for the dynasty Jets
The jets are the reason why the dynasty exsists
you're welcome
And the tuck rule
Your welcome
Can the jets do it again
The game where Mo Lewis became famous for all the wrong reasons.
For simply clean tackling a dumbass that didn't go out of bounds
@@ChrisV267 dude he almost killed bledsoe there was definitely unnecessary roughness
@UC8TVZM_3WH-5FdsgX5tf5Kw it’s a contact sport 💀 just don’t get a pussy
This is the epitome of the "you won the battle but lost the war" for the jets
Nah that would be us beating the Bills but losing Rodgers
It's funny you say that cause Marv said the same thing to Kevin in Home Alone 2 and I read your comment in his exact voice lol.
@@nintendostyle3500 yea but let’s be real he was never winning you a super bowl. This game unfurled 20 years of patriot dominance
Mo Lewis is like the time traveler who moved a chair and changed the course of history. That butterfly effect hit 😂
man what a tremendous idiot he must’ve felt like seeing the whole NFL getting wrecked by Tom Brady for the next 22 years
12:24 The Buttfumble that started Tom Brady's legendary career
A star was born
@@joshxmuhozi a death star if you would
@@knowbody6327 lol
Don’t forget that hit nearly cost Bledsoe his life
The Jets Organization itself is a big Buttfumble.
Joe Andruzzi playing in this game must’ve been so hard, considering his 3 brothers were NYC firefighters and were at ground zero, and how many close friends they lost there
Generally you want to do something life-affirming since the sense of loss is over the loss of their ability to go on with their lives so they definitely wanted him to go on with his. To that extent hopefully the game was cathartic. Football is very important to many first responders so they are indirectly enriched by these "meaningless" athletes.
I'm two years late to this comment lol. I could be mistaken, but I think this was before 9/11. Like only days before. This game was Sunday, and 9/11 was the following Tuesday.
@@freeguy2833 this game was on September 23rd
@@thetoptige8014 whoops, I got my games mixed up
This game is famous for 4 reasons:
1. First game for the New York Jets after September 11, 2001.
2. The Patriots are the victims of the very same rule (the "tuck rule") that will be their savior in the playoffs.
3. Mo Lewis' hit on Drew Bledsoe.
4. The genesis of Tom Brady's remarkable Hall of Fame career.
Should mention one of those planes flew out of Logan.
7:30..... The Tuck Rule called in favor of the Jets against NE. This is why Belichick challenged in the Raider playoff game. He knew he had a shot.
Exactly.
Lmao no u idiots go ahead and look at the tom brady one this one is a good call. The one against my Raiders! He "tucked it" meaning he put the ball between his hips then with no intension to try and throw it! This one he did u can see it. B.s. call against the Raiders
@@skullisland2214 I disagree. His arm was clearly going forward.
@@fluffshepnetwork7067 tom bradys??? Noooo go look back at it
Skull island Stop getting mad over something that happened almost 20 years ago. By the way you’re acting, it seems like you may not have even been alive for that game.
The jets beat the pats? This isn’t a game from the past- it’s a game from an alternate reality
It was a good Jets team. This was the "You play to win the game" season where they went 10-6 and made the playoffs. Edwards would take his Jets to the playoffs 3 times in his 5 seasons.
Paul Gaither nah that was the next year
@@matthewwalker9205 - They went 10-6 and made the playoffs in 2001, but ypu are right that his speech was 2002, when they also made the playoffs.
The main point was the Jets had 3 playoff seasons in 5 years with Edwards and were not a bad team.
From 1998 to 2002 the Jets were 7-3 against the Pats and were 5-0 in Foxboro
Strange to think that Tom is the only player from this game that’s still playing
@Shawn Brink Yeah, a more apt word would be "amazing"
This video shows something that is forgotten by most. After that infamous hit, Bledsoe actually came back to the game. He was only pulled after another failed drive (that ended in a fumble). And when Brady took the field, the comment from the Patriots sideline was that the change was performance-related. Regardless of the injury (that turned out to be life-threatening in a couple of hours), Belichick had enough of Bledsoe that evening.
it's all on display here. forcing the ball into coverage, delay of game w/ no clue what shot clock was doing, innacurate throws, crushing picks in the endzone causing eruptions of booing, endless ball patting looking for someone to release downfield while the protection breaks down and everyone blames the O line for being terrible...you forget how bad he really was. And Kraft knew he was the only thing selling tickets and invested like half the cap on his contract -- then the biggest in NFL history. There was absolutely nothing gifted to Tom, there was tremendous pressure on him all season, he had to take control from the first snap. To this day he is known as a "game manager" for those early seasons....there were no superstar weapons. Troy Brown and Kevin Faulk were the greatest weapons on those teams. Try managing games and winning titles on a team where the consensus best player is the kicker. How many other guys are winning on that team? Mahomes? Elway? the answer is nobody. This team was ranked 32 out of 32 going into the season by SI. And somehow the story is Brady just relied on the team to carry him. They didn't carry Drew and he was the highest paid player in the league. If you don't think it helps a defense when the offense is getting first downs and controlling the game and scoring you are a moron.
Yeah didn't realize he stayed in until i watched this. Regardless of how injured he was BB was done with him, it's understandable considering the mistakes he made that veteran qb's shouldn't be making including that brutal endzone pick
@@Heb.2000I bet Mahomes could. He extends plays like a wizard. To say he couldn’t is just stupid. Brady really had nothing to lose considering New England was so bad, so in my opinion that took a ton of pressure off him. It would be different if Brady was the one who got hurt and Bledsoe had to fill in for him. That would be a ton of pressure.
@@Heb.2000You think a guy that was given a 100 million was really bad? That's a pretty idiotic take. You don't think Brady had bad games?
@@shawnchristianson324Mahomes has an embarrassment of riches from GM on down. Andy Reid won't be around forever. Tom Brady turned scrubs into border line hall of famers.
"Bledsoe had suffered a hemothorax, and his abdomen was filling with blood.
“Drew could have died,” says Gill. “He ended up having about three liters of blood in his chest. He had torn one of the blood vessels behind his rib that was then pumping blood into his chest. They got a CAT scan of his belly, and you can see the bottom of the lung fields and they could see that was filled with fluid. So then they extended the study up the chest and saw what the problem was. They were able to drain the blood out and immediately once that happened, he started feeling better, his breathing was under control, his blood pressure stabilized. But it was really dicey. I don't even think Drew knows how serious it was. But he really could have died.”
That’s scary
He was also monitored constantly so that whatever almost killed him didn't really have time to. It was scary but also testimony to why we have medical crews on standby at games.
Wow he bled soe much
The Tuck Rule came into effect twice this game!
What you talking about, don't you know that the NFL just pulled the tuck rule out their ass in the divisional round against the Raiders because they wanted the Patriots to win. And that is the only time the tuck rule ever occurred.
@@joshds123_3 This video actually proves you wrong. Many people believe what you say, but it actually isn't quite true. You can tell that that was the rule used in this game because the call had the exact same wording.
@@fluffshepnetwork7067 I know, it was sarcasm, making fun of the people who actually believe it
@@joshds123_3 I'm so sorry about that.
@@fluffshepnetwork7067 nah it's fine haha. I know it can be hard to tell at times through text
I can't believe there's not a single interview of Mo Lewis in the aftermath of Bledsoe's injury. I mean you really have to wonder what he's thinking today knowing he's responsible for the greatest NFL dynasty ever.
It was because that was too grim of a subject to interview given the national sentiment at the time.
@@John572d4bro mo lewis really lucked out there huh
First game post-9/11 & Bledsoe gets hurt, Brady takes over and the Patriots win the Super Bowl. Kind of eerie.
Kind of *scripted* if you ask me
A bit suspicious also considering the tuck rule that happened
The day the 🐐stepped into the position he would hold for the next 20 years, dominating everything in his path along the way. Good luck in Tampa TB12!
The game one man single handedly opened Pandora’s box.
winning and at the same time fucking themselves over for the next 19 years is probably the most jets thing the jets ever did
20 years and 6 SB later I am still yelling “throw the ball Drew”
7 SB later***
lol meanwhile patriots and buccaneers fans are waving to the jets with “lol L thanks for the ride”
It's gotta suck being a Jets fan, knowing that your team is the main cause for the Patriots dynasty. Not only this game, but the opener in 99' when Vinny got hurt. If he doesn't get hurt and the Jets have a good season, maybe Parcells stays on for another year and keeps Belichick on his staff. Meaning that the Patriots would've hired someone else.
Think about this for a second, this was the first game post 9/11 and the team that colors resemble America had its franchise changing moment during this game.
It's just a coincidence theory
and the Jets took out drew bledsoe #11 11 resembling the twin towers?? pretty crazy coincidence…
Not just that, it was named for those who made our country free from Britain.
It was this very game that changed the landscape for the AFC East.
Imagine if the colts never left the AFC east during peyton manning era
Turned into the AFC Easy.
No, it changed the entire NFL
@@thenewjord50 fun fact
peyton finished his career 1 game below .500 against the afc least
@@angelenriqu1 Yet for some reason the AFC East has the most wins in the NFL since 2001. Hmmmm...... Maybe you're wrong.
You can see Gilette Stadium being built in the background in the beginning, that's pretty cool
The House that Brady Built
It symbolizes a new era for the Patriots.
Glad that Bledsoe helped the Patriots get to the superbowl that year, filling in well in the AFC championship game when Brady went off injured.
2021 and he's never played better football. amazing.
12:23 I think, “This is a big play for the patriots” is an understatement.
20 years today and still on the top 🔝 🐐
Tom Brady is facing Vinny Testeverde who played for the Bucs from '87 to '92. And then he wins a Super Bowl for the Bucs 20 frickin years later.
Amazing
I got a good story.....Growing up in the 90s......And watching Blesdoe struggle at the end of the decade...I thought this team is loyal to him.....He's going to be a QB there until 2008 (he retire in 2007)......I never thought he would ever be replace......Ever!!!
Brady giving the ol’ one-finger salute at 13:39
that's his index finger
I was born two years after 9/11 happened but my mother was a soldier that went on the battlefield after it so i highly respect my mother
I respect your mom, but she went yo war for the wrong reasons.
Ok and how does tom.brady fit into this
@@MarkSmithhhh is that all you care about this was also after 9/11 so i thought id say something about it
@@dragonfire1356 because it has absolutely no connection to this, and yeah dude...your mom wasted her time over there, pointless and I could care less along with a lot of other americans...so what now? Yeah, I guess jn this situation i do care about tom.brady way more than your mom
Anybody here after watching Tom win his 7th ring?!
I'm here after he announced his retirement. I watched this game for some reason. I wasn't much into football back then, and only loosely kept abreast of the standings. The Patriots were and are my home team, so I've always been a fan; if you can call it that.
People forget Bledsoe was a great quarterback for almost a decade leading up to this game. 5x pro bowler and an all
Pro
yeah but he took too many sacks and couldnt check down his receivers...decent arm but frustrating to watch honestly...i was defintely over it by the time he got injured.
Then Bledsoe goes to the Cowboys, gets hurt, and paves the way for Tony Romo.
@@edlawn5481 Yup went to Buffalo for three years then cowboys for two I think.
@@edlawn5481Then Romo paved the way for Dak!!
Even though he didn’t win, he showed his ability to stand in that pocket and make clutch throws when he needs to. Belichick saw that. 15 years later he would lead the greatest comeback ever.
Bill has said he almost made Brady the starter that year because he had a much better camp than Bledsoe.
That team was a thousand times better with Brady, and everyone knew it. The offense was so bad in this game, and the Cincinnati game. Once Brady was entrenched, they started putting up some serious points, and taking care of the ball. Bellichik might have made the change mid-season, had Drew not gotten hurt, but it would have been too late for that season, and I have to believe that 2001 set the stage for Brady’s entire career. When Drew came in against the Steelers in late January, that was a much, much better team than he took the field with in September, thanks to Tom Brady.
Pats record vs the Jets since this day: 31-8.
Mo Lewis' NFL career will forever be remembered for the hit that would eventually sideline Drew Bledsoe & paved the way for the Patriots to call upon their young backup QB from the University of Michigan to be suddenly thrust into a starting role.
Not sure what ever became of that youngster from Michigan but sure hope he was able to make it as an NFL QB......................................
What’s crazy about this is I’m thinking of those fans at the stadium who paid money to go to the game and were probably bummed out and upset that they had to watch the ending with no drew Bledsoe. Not realizing who it was and what was about to happen at that moment moving forward. Whole thing is eerie and unbelievable to think about
I was at that game with my dad I was a freshman in high school haha little did I know walking out distraught that everything was about to change haha
Bledsoe took that hit from Mo Lewis and then STAYED IN THE GAME FOR ANOTHER SERIES! That guy had balls of steel.
I miss Dick Enberg’s calls on NFL Sundays
Same here 😎🏈💯
KingsCountyNYC360 found his burner account😂
Enberg is good at letting the game do the talking and adding just enough to spice it up.
RIP Dick Enberg!!!
Amazing to watch TB12 in his first real NFL action, driving the length of the field @ the 2 min warning. High Pressure and of course he handled it ! 2 good throws to the end zone to end the game.
On the 20 anny of this game, Patriots should just add Mo Lewis on the Ring of Honor or have a statue made for him.
Lol I think that will be a bad taste since Bledsoe nearly died from that hit he's not a bad QB during the 90s even lead the Pat's to their second sb appearance in the 96 season. Not a Bledsoe fan I was too young at the time its like saying let's put a statue of carson wentz getting his leg tored up next to the philly special statue
@@thenewjord50 But if Mo Lewis doesn't hit Bledsoe, Carson Wentz maybe playing for St. Louis and not Philly in this butterfly effect timeline history.
@@Dirtnation2 lol but my point is Bledsoe wasn't a bad quarterback not saying he's on Elway, Montana, Farve, or P.Manning level to me a statue of someone who nearly died from a hit is overboard lol I know its football but idk about the whole butterfly effect universal change
It's ironic right before the play where Bledsoe got hit by Moe Lewis the announcer said "This is a big play for the Patriots" OH how right he was.
Yeah, understatement of the century.
An alternate reality where Bledsoe never got injured The Steelers probably would not have just 6 Super Bowls cause we all know there Kryptonite is Tom Brady
If Brady wasnt hurt in 2008 the Steelers probably wouldnt have made the SB lol
@@Tazer183 100% also if Denver hadn't handed Brady his first L in the playoffs Cowher probably wouldn't have an SB either
Now that you mention it
Completely agree... not sure they would’ve beaten Warner’s Rams that year though with Kordell Stewart
@@bobbywood8322They probably wouldn't even make Super Bowl 45 vs GB if the Pats didn't lose to the Jets too.
There will never be another Tom Brady
Or another Patrick Mahomes
SupremeJunk bruh everyone keeps saying that, but...Patrick Mahomes exists
@@colinbarlow6662 Let's see him win multiple rings first.
@@slimischillin7753 Mahomes is better than Brady right now, but Brady's easily #1 all-time. Mahomes will be great, but we'll have to see just how great he'll really be when all is said and done.
Mahomes fans are something else man.
Curtis Martin is awesome. Fitting I was born the year he led the league in rushing
It’s crazy and looking into the crowds seeing all the 11 jerseys
12:32 the play that would change Bledsoe’s & Brady’s life forever.
I remember watching this live thinking, awesome, Bledsoe is out a few weeks. We should be able to win division easy
12:32 the play that started a legend named Tom Brady career and the rest was history
My boy Tom Brady
Tom Brady: oh let's deflate the ball so we can win
@@RavenNation96 dude just drop it nobody gives a crap about that deflategate shit anymore
@@RavenNation96 Seek help kid.
To all Raider's fans, please note at 07:00 the Testaverde "fumble" that was ruled an incomplete pass, as the rule was written at the time. Many other examples from other games are documented as well...... Truly a dynasty was born !!!
EXACTLY!
I was at this game with my cousin. Being a Jets fan it was epic and sureal to think it changed the NFL and two teams trajectory over the last 20 years
Brady was moving in that pocket and throwing confident strikes already... I don't know how people missed on him.
Exactly. I watched this game and thought "the Pats will be OK without Bledsoe because this Brady kid can play."
Mo Lewis helped change the NFL for the next 20 years
Let's be crystal clear about this - 3 and 4 wide receiver sets from a QB that never played a pro snap before? That's either completely insane or complete confidence in your QB
I’m sure he saw that during practice, preseason and college! Lol
15:15 is when greatness began. The 2 decades of the GOAT started then..... so many minutes after the hit of the NFL
12:30 You're Welcome
nagoo81 wdym you’re welcome
nagoo81 if that hit never happened the pats dynasty would have never happened
@@MsKimba18 He meant either you're welcome for the time stamp or he is a Jets fan and that was the hit that took Bledsoe out and started Brady.
Notice the Tuck Rule being called AGAINST New England, several months before the Raiders playoff game?
Bledsoe was a productive if inconsistent QB. I don't think the Patriots would have stuck with him long after age 30. He did at least get to play in the AFC Championship and get a Super Bowl ring as a backup.
Had he stayed as their QB, they would have had another lousy season and Belichick would have been fired for sure.
i remember when Bledsoe got hit. my dad said "well, season over" lol. little did anyone know what was about to happen over the next 20 years
Young brady looked fast af lol
The fastest I ever saw Brady run was that 15 yard(or so) scramble during the comeback against the Falcons. That's how much Adrenalin was pumping through him, he was actually fast
Just realized that Brady has been QB of the Patriots longer than I've been alive...
15:16 the legend who would spend the next 18 seasons with the same team.
He was a commander from day 1. You can hear the intensity in his voice he wanted it so bad and he wasn’t gonna let go of the chance now that he had it. Brady deserves everything he has, the guy has never stopped working. I see that in Joey B and few others of this new crop of guys. Trevor doesn’t have it.
Two tuck rule plays for the Jets in this game
Who would've known Drew Bledsoe will be forgotten and Tom Brady will be remembered after this game. This game should be remembered as a landmark game in the history of NFL.Oh boy, GOAT really became merciless on Jets after this game for nearly 2 decades.💯💯💯💯
This is a certified hood classic
Think about looking at that stat…he started his GOAT QB career with 6 yards. 23 years later he holds almost every record, 7 SB victories and 10 appearances. A day nobody thought they should remember, but a day that changed ALL of Football forever.
NFL Throwback gonna be uploading every single game from Tom Brady’s career until the NFL Returns in August.
13:27 people talk to him, ask if he is alright, he is walking around, looks shaken up but nothing too bad. He is internally bleeding and you dont see anything about that.
A few hours later, he is close to death.
12:30
Jets fans may have been hyped with a 7 point lead 4th quarter hit like this. Little did they know 5:03 left in the 4th quarter was the final second before 20 years of misery.
Crazy hit on Bledsoe. Brady : "And I took that personally" and destroyed the Jets and esp the Bills the next 22 years on his way to 10 SBs and 7 rings. Insane.
I can’t belive how silent it was
Logan Arkels Here’s hoping the NFL never lives through the 2001 season again.
ericradford2142 definitely
Here's to hoping there will be no repeat of 9/11.
Fluffshep Network that too.
Never realized this was also the tuck rule game which set the precedent for later :O
The game after a week of absense after 9 11 and both new York teams would go on to win
God bless!!🙏🙏
Another factor in the myth of Brady is that is if 9/11 never happened- he might never have had the opportunity. Not that the Jets game was moved -but the Pats would've played what turned into the 1-15 Panthers in Week 2 and Bledsoe may have been sharper vs the Jets and wouldn't have needed to scramble. Bledsoe was horrible in the Red Zone in this game. Best move Belichick ever made.
I forgot that Curtis martin left the Patriots to play with what was supposed to be a superior team. I was mad as hell at him for that. I thought he really could have taken some pressure off Bledsoe.
But as I see it the problem was Bledsoe didn't like to study
Kraft didn’t open the checkbook for Martin, if memory serves. It was a natural for him to reunite with Parcells, who gave him his start.
12 days after 9/11...I remember those games coming on and feeling at least for a few hours like the world was normal again. This nation needed that unity then as badly as we need it now, so sad to see us so divided after such a unification after tragedy
"tuck rule was bullshit and made up for the patriots" - salty raiders fans conveniently missing it being called in this game
Bobby Wood How many time have Raiders been relevant in last 20 years🤪
@@original6hockey402lol they got handed over by the tuck rule, and ironically lost the super bowl a few years later to the same team that would eventually house Tom Brady some decades later, the raiders couldn’t catch a break
Even back then, Bill not giving up any information. at 16.28 the Patriots tell the media it was a coaches decision to have Brady finish the game because Bledsoe was not injured.
Good point. very true
15:12 the most iconic moment in Pats history
So weird to hear Dick Enbergs voice on this telecast. Even though he was mainly a tennis commentator, he still did a good job with other sports. Rip 2017
12:22 the play that started the Greatest dynasty in the NFL
12:22 the play that started the Greatest Tyranny in the NFL. Greetings.
bledsoe was a pretty tought guy... that kind of hit could kill a normal man
and to go and play again after that... wow... my complete respect to bledsoe
and brady was amazing to enter that game and put his team near to score...
I had no idea Bledsoe was walking around fine and came back in the game after his famous hit.
Time marks forgetfulness, I had also thought that there was only about 10-20 seconds left when Brady came in and that he had completed only one pass maximum.
That’s when the legend was born.
Do reactions when Patriots traded Bledsoe after the Pat's first super bowl win
Thank you, Mo Lewis!