New York Times bestselling sportswriter Michael Holley takes readers behind the scenes of the relationship that transformed the Patriots from a middling franchise to the envy of the NFL.
Despite that, with Belichick\'s deft and brilliant strategy in the draft year in year out and Br.
As their legends have grown, so have their critics, with some of those critics operating from NFL headquarters.
Draft picks were lost, suspensions given, lawsuits filed.
Together, the odd couple somehow rose above controversies and tragedies.
Belichick, with his trademark cut-off hoodies, was the opposite of a fashion plate.
The handsome Brady became a star, wearing hand-tailored suits, appearing in movies and on magazine covers, and marrying a supermodel.
And when Bledsoe was injured in 2001, Brady took the job and vowed to never give it back.
Like Belichick, though, he lived for football, and he knew the playbook as well as Drew Bledsoe, the franchise quarterback.
The lowest of the four quarterbacks on the team\'s depth chart, he appeard to be just one of the guys.
Meanwhile, buried down in the 2000 NFL draft, the 199th overall pick was a skinny kid from the University of Michigan named Tom Brady who many scouts thought would never succeed at a professional level.
His bold, calculated approach had fans up in arms, sportswriters questioning his intelligence, and players wondering how long They would last on the team.
Upon his controversial arrival in Foxboro, though, he quickly began to remake the team at every level--scouts, coaches, and players.
Belichick, a genius as a defensive coordinator, had been a five-year flop as head coach of the Cleveland Browns.
And now Holley takes us inside their relationship, dissecting how these men and their team came to dominate football.
They have won four Super Bowls, six AFC championships, and thirteen division titles.
No head coach-quarterback pair has been more successful in NFL history than Bill Belichick and Tom Brady of the New England Patriots.
New York Times bestselling sportswriter Michael Holley takes readers behind the scenes of the relationship that transformed the Patriots from a middling franchise to the envy of the NFL
