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A Boston businessman with the name, Billy Sullivan Jr, had with a strong sports promotional background and acquired an AFL (American Football League) franchise on November 22, 1959. In Keeping the New England heritage, the nickname, “Patriots” was selected by an assembly of Boston sportswriters in a contest to pick the name. The Patriot defeated the Buffalo Bills in the first AFL pre-season game on July 30. The Patriots lost to the Denver Broncos in their first ever regular season game on September 9th. .During the Patriots ' first ten years, finding a convenient playing home in the Boston area was almost as vital as putting a competitive team on the field. The Patriots played at Boston University Field in 1960 and 1961 and at Harvard in 1962 …show more content…

Veteran coach Bill Parcells in charge and the successful stockpiling of awesome talent through the NFL draft, the Patriots won the AFC Championship in 1996 and earned a trip to their second Super Bowl but lost to the Green Bay Packers 35-21. In 2001, the Pats hired a new head coach, Bill Belichick. The 6th round pick, Tom Brady replaced Drew Bledsoe who got injured by a jets playing hitting him hard and decleating him. Lucky for that Patriots, Tom Brady became a rising star while completing the season winning Super Bowl XXXVI 20-17 by a winning field goal by Adam Vinatieri. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady have created a present-day dynasty in New England. The powerful pair of Brady and Belichick have lead the Pats to six Super Bowl appearances and won half of them. Their most recent SUper Bowl appearance was Super Bowl XLIX in 2014, conquering the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 with a game winning goal line interception by a cornerback Malcolm Butler. Tom Brady’s favorite target to pass to is probably. Julian Edelman. The Pats selected him as a 27th round pick. On his first career punt return, he returned the ball 75 yards for the touchdown. The Pats drafted Rob Gronkowski, a tight end in the second round (42nd overall) of the 2010 draft. He turned out to be one of the greatest if not the greatest tight ends of all

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During those years Aaron has learned to be better at not throwing interceptions, not fumbling the ball and to rush more yards as a quarterback than Tom Brady. Tom Brady has fumbled 107 times. That’s 37 more times than Aaron Rodgers who has fumbled just 70 times. One might say that Tom Brady has had a longer career than Aaron Rodgers but that doesn’t let him take the 11th place for the most fumbles for a quarterback. Ever.

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“He [Don Huston] retired holding 18 different NFL records an incredible 488 catches and 99 TDs” (“All Decades” 2). Don was able to be the first star receiver with the coming f the passing game. Receivers were a second option and there were no stars at the position until Huston laced his cleats up and became a star. “Herber quickly formed the first truly great passer receiver combos in the NFL [with Don Huston] and paved the way QBs, like Sammy Baugh and Otto Graham to take passing to a new level” (NFL QB 90). Herber recreated the way teams build their teams.

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Why the Packers are an Elite Team The start of the 2015 NFL season has been anticipated all year. Since the end of last season, many fans, analysts, and teams have been counting down to the start of the regular season, proclaiming that this year is, “our year.” One of those team that has a gratifying chance of having “their year” is the Green Bay Packers. The Packers are one of the present day elite teams in the NFL.

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He played in the college football National Championship, and won in 1997. He fought hard and ended up as the starting quarterback in 1998. He was a sixth round picked, drafted in the NFL for the New England Patriots in 2000. He has being a backup quarterback in college to winning five super bowls. Tom Brady is the best quarterback of all time.

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Brady is one of the most charitable players in the league. Hosting many events, and donating to various charities, Tom Brady has a huge heart, along with a huge will-power. Which brings me to his next admirable quality. Tom Brady has great perseverance, and will to achieve. Overcoming many adversities, he is used to never quitting until he wins.

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I would love to meet Tom Brady in real life. I would love to meet him in Gillette Stadium. He is the starting Quarterback for the New England Patriots, My favorite team. Some people consider him as the Greatest of all time also known as a Goat. He was drafted In the late 6th round of the draft and started as a 2nd string.

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For the first time since 1990, the New York Giants are the reigning Super Bowl champions. Their thrilling victory over the 18-0 New England Patriots is already being called one of the greatest football games every played. Even casual football fans found themselves following the ups and downs of Big Blue last season. It all started when bookie Tim Mara bought the New York Giants in 1925 for a whopping $500 and then almost went bankrupt when they lost their first three games. Six years later, Mara passed team ownership to his sons Jack and Wellington.

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After that Tom Brady went to 5 other Super Bowls, and won 3 of them. Tom Brady also holds many records like most wins in a season, most touchdowns, and etc. That’s why Tom Brady is the greatest player in NFL history. Tom Brady has led his to

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Joe it was Joseph Clifford Montana and he had a lot of fun but when came to game day he was focused and ready. He didn’t always play football he also played basketball and baseball. When he got into high school his coach said that he was meant to be a quarterback and that he was a gift from god but he at first he was seventh string.

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In the year of 2000 the University of Michigan went to the Orange bowl to play the University of Alabama (“Tom Brady” 2). His third step to complete his dream was to get into the NFL. In the 2000 NFL draft pick Tom Brady was the 199th pick to the New England Patriots (“Tom Brady” 2). On September 23, 2001, during the second game of the season the starting quarterback got hurt, so they put Tom Brady to starting but the Patriots ended up losing that game (“Tom Brady” 2).

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" It’s not like every player gets to win 5 Super Bowls. Tom Brady is on my team, the New England Patriots so it might look like I’m biased toward them, but I’m telling you now, if I were cheering for any other team, I would still think that Tom Brady is the greatest player ever. There are

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As Tom going into the starting role shortly after brought his team to the 2002 xxxvi super bowl down in New Orleans. Tom and his team played very well against the St.louis Rams and securing the victory. Tom getting his first ever Super Bowl ring and his first ever Super Bowl MVP.Shortly after Tom and his team go undefeated all the way to another super bowl winning that super bowl Tom signs a 6 year contract but as the season starts they still a plowing through the teams until October 31. When the patriots are on the longest win streak in NFL history. The pittsburgh Steelers were the ones to end it but didn’t go to the super bowl that season.

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I can't believe that my beloved Patriots have been playing pro football for 50 years now. While I haven't been here to see them all, I've learned as much as I can about the days of the past. I'll be sharing five articles in this series, where each will cover ten years of Patriots football. Let's start with the beginning.

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On top of that New England head coach Bill Belichick and the rest of the team knew and didn’t care. Later though Brady would serve a four game suspension for this scandal. Unfortunately the Patriots would beat the Colts in this game 45-7 and would go on to win Super Bowl XLIX against the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 because of this

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Tom Brady is known as one of the best Quarterbacks of all times. When he was a kid, he looked up to Joe Montana, the San Francisco 49ers Quarterback. Brady has three sisters. His whole family are sports fanatics, just like mine. When he was a kid, he was a great jump roper.

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