Robert Kraft spent more money to buy a team than anyone had in NFL history, and the Patriots he bought were a perennial loser in desperate need for a new stadium. (“We dreamed of the NFL mattering in New England,” Jonathan Kraft quipped at Sunday’s Super Bowl LIII rally, “because it didn’t matter back then.”)
That team put together arguably the most dominant, improbable dynasty in modern American sports, in large part because it chose Tom Brady, a 199th overall draft pick, to lead it long-term over Drew Bledsoe, a No. 1 overall draft pick.