NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS By Quantrel Williams THE START
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS By: Quantrel Williams
THE START v In 2000 Bill Belichick was made the head coach of the New England Patriots. v After becoming head coach Bill made one of the luckiest decisions of his career. v Bill drafted Tom Brady in the 6 Th round as the 199 TH pick.
BILL BELICHICK v Born April 16, 1952 Nashville, Tennessee, USA v Began his pro-football coaching career as a gofer and film-reader with the Detroit Lions in 1976. v First head coaching job was with Art Modell's Cleveland Browns 1991 -5 v Coaching record with the Patriots including playoffs stood at 50 -25. With three Super bowl titles by 2004. v His reached 124 regular-season victories, more than any head coachquarterback combination in N. F. L. history, and their fifth Super Bowl together, another N. F. L. record.
TOM BRADY v Born on August 3, 1977, in San Mateo, California. v Went to Junipero Serra High School where he played baseball and football. v Attended University of Michigan where he played football but spend much time on the field in his first two college seasons. v Drafted 199 th in the 6 th round in the 2000 draft. v Has won three super bowls. He has played in 5. Only quarter back to lead his team to an undefeated season.
BACK TO BACK v The New England Patriots are one of 7 teams to win back to back Super Bowl. v They won Super Bowl XXXVIII against the Carolina Panthers. For his efforts, he won his second Super Bowl MVP Award. v The very next year they went on to beat the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXVIIII
UNDEFEATED v In 2007 the Patriots defied the odds and had an undefeated regular season 16 -0 v Tom Brady set the NFL record for most TD’s in a season with 50 v This took them to the Super Bowl where unfortunately they lose to the Giants. v This was Tom Brady’s fourth Super Bowl in only 6 seasons.
THE WORST v The year after the undefeated season Tom is injured. v Turned out to be his ACL. v This sidelined him for the whole season. v Some wondered whether the injury would be a careerender.
2010 SUPER BOWL FAVORITES v The Patriots where the super bowl favorites in 2010. v Tom Brady threw only 4 interception all season setting an NFL record. v The Patriots didn’t have a single turnover for 9 straight games setting an NFL record. v Only lost 2 games all season.
BACK ON TOP v The Patriots had the #1 offense in the league this year. v They only lost 3 games all season. v Tom Brady broke Dan Moreno's record of 5000 passing yards in a season. v Had the top WR and the top TE. v Lost the super bowl to what I call our kryptonite the Giants.
FUN FACTS v In 2007 Patriots games where the most watched shows on all of broadcast television so far this season. v An astounding 34. 5 million people watched the Pats' finale against the Giants. v Was chosen as one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2002. v Hosted the popular comedy show, Saturday Night Live, in 2005. v Brady married model Gisele Bündchen in February of 2009. v Brady is a happy father of two young boys.
WORKS CITED v Gregory, Sean. "Parsing The Patriots Paradox. " Time 171. 2 (2008): 52 -54. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Apr. 2012. v " Tom Brady. " 2012. Biography. com 10 Apr 2012, 08: 04 v BISHOP, GREG. "Win the Most? They Do. " New York Times 05 Feb. 2012: 9. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Apr. 2012. v http: //www. nfl. com/superbowl/history
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