Peter King, the Peter Gammons of football writers, writes in this week's Monday Morning Quarterback:
"In the windowless Gillette Stadium office of New England vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli is a 2000 Fleer football card with the "New England Patriots Rookie Stars'' of that season. On one half of the rectangular card is Boise State tight end Dave Stachelski, the 141st pick in the draft, a fifth-round choice. On the other half is Michigan quarterback Tom Brady, the 199th pick in the draft, a sixth-rounder. The 2000 draft was the first New England draft run by Bill Belichick and Pioli.
Stachelski never played a down for New England. Brady is Brady.
Just a little reminder for Pioli: When he starts thinking how brilliantly the Patriots' draft room has been run over the years, he can think back to the day his team chose a no-name tight end who never got out of training camp 55 picks before they picked one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time."
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