Before Tom Brady seized his first slice of NFL history—before one ring, before seven, pre-immortality—few considered former pick No. 199 capable of, well, making any history at all. That group included Brady himself. (Sort of.)
“Early in my career, I wasn’t thinking about collections; I was just trying to make the team,” writes Brady to Sports Illustrated, in an email exchange last week. He follows that sentence with a crying/laughing emoji. He knew. Even then.
