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Bill Belichick revealed why thought Tom Brady was special in his rookie year, despite not playing

Bill Belichick new right away he thought Tom Brady was special.

Tom Brady and Bill Belichick have had quite an amazing run together, winning six Super Bowls and staking their claims as the best QB to ever play the game and the best coach in NFL history.

Brady, as we all know, wasn’t picked until the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He then only appeared in one game during his rookie season and didn’t make his first start until the next year when Drew Bledsoe got injured.

The rest, of course, is history.

But on Friday night during the airing of the NFL Network’s “NFL Top 100” show, in which the top 10 QBs were named, Belichick explained how Brady did something special every day in practice that led the coach to think the QB could be special once he got on the field:

Brady and Belichick also had fun during the segment talking about their working relationship over the years and breaking down some key moments from their run:

Now that is some great stuff between two legends who have seen it all together over the years.

Here’s the complete list of QBs, too, from the Top 100 Team:

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4 Broncos squads make NFL’s list of 100 greatest teams

John Elway and Peyton Manning quarterbacked the four Broncos squads that made the NFL’s list of 100 greatest teams in league history.

In celebration of the league’s 100 years, the Associated Press created a list of the 100 greatest teams in NFL history and NFL Network put together a countdown series based on the list.

Four Denver Broncos teams made the cut.

Coming in at No. 86 on the list is the 2013 Broncos, a team that smashed offensive records in the regular season but suffered an embarrassing loss in the Super Bowl.

Denver’s 2015 team is ranked No. 58, which many Broncos fans would say is too low. It’s a fitting number, though, given that outside linebacker Von Miller wore No. 58 when he earned MVP honors in Super Bowl 50.

Just nine spots up in the rankings from the 2013 squad, Denver’s 1997 team is ranked No. 50. Again, many Broncos fans probably feel that’s too low.

It’s no surprise that Denver’s highest-ranked squad is the 1998 team, which started the year 13-0 on the way to a convincing Super Bowl win. That team is ranked No. 14 on the list.

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The 1972 Miami Dolphins are ranked No. 1 on NFL Network’s list. To view our list of the 100 greatest players in Broncos history, click here.

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