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GamePlan: What Past Patriots Quarterbacks Can Teach Us About Tom Brady Vs. Bill Belichick

It’s been 18 years, but Drew Bledsoe remembers Sept. 7, 2003, as if he just threw that seven-yard touchdown pass to Dave Moore. As if that Bills’ defense just picked off Tom Brady four times. As if Lawyer Milloy were just cut by the Patriots and signed by Buffalo last week.

Absolutely, yes, that experience—Bills 31, Patriots 0—sticks with him.

“I only beat them one time,” Bledsoe said this week, from the road, on business running his wine company in the Pacific Northwest. “But that one time felt awfully damn good, man. You can downplay it all you want.