The Patriots had picked Brady in the sixth round, and he soon turned out to be one of the two or three best quarterbacks in the League, and absolutely perfect for the Belching system and for the team's offense. So, as the team continued to make a series of very good calls on other player personnel choices, there was a general tendency to talk about how brilliant Aioli and Belching were, and to regard Aioli as the best young player personnel man in the League. Just to remind himself not to believe all the hype and that he could readily have screwed up on that draft, Aioli kept on his desk a photo of Brady, along with a photo of the team's fifth-round draft choice, the man he had taken ahead of Brady: Dave Satchels. He was a Tight End from Boise State who never a played a down for New England. Satchels was taken with the 141st pick, Brady with the 199th one. 'If I was so smart,' Aioli liked to say, 'I wouldn't have risked an entire round of the draft in picking Brady.

The Education of a Coach