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Originally Posted by Starbucks Fan
Favre was picked 33rd, which would be considered the 1st pick in the 2nd round now a days.
Brees was picked 32nd, which would be considered the last pick in the 1st round now.
Brady was picked when the Pats already had a QB, picked in the first, starting.
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Tom Brady was picked up by the Pats in the 6th round, 199th pick overall - a compensatory pick. They didn't grab him because they were looking for a "QB of the Future" (they were satisfied with Drew Bledsoe as their starter) but more because they couldn't believe that he'd fallen that far in the draft. Brady was a damned good QB at Michigan. For a compensatory pick in the 6th, Brady was an absolute STEAL. Low (virtually NO) risk, high reward.