. >> reporter: when patriots quarterback drew bledsoe went down with season-ending injury in 2001, formeradam vin teatieri was there. >> that moment when drew bledsoe went down and brady stepped up, were you nervous? >> absolutely. young guy, hadn't had much experience. we didn't know exactly what we had in tom brady. >> leaps and bounds every single game, he just showed his boys. even though he was a young guy, first time stepping on the field. just watching how calm and cool, and he had all the plays, and he just made it look easy. >> reporter: brady took over, and they won their first super bowl in cinderella fashion. and the rest is history. brady would go on to lead the patriots to an unprecedented six super bowl wins. >> he became a superstar in new england. an icon, a legend. like bill russell or larry bird or bobby orr. and then he went on to become a legend in tampa, helping to lead that franchise to a super bowl victory. >> reporter: over the past 22 years, teams moved cities, players hung up their cleats, and the game itself changed. but brady remained constant. just how unusua

ricocheted in his car with right with the private security companies had the sensitivity of a vent, bledsoe, civilians would often not always get quotient correspond with what government is done because they will do 2 things at once. you fight and you win hawks and minds. private industry company didn't do much company on the ground opening fight. they were very, very noticeable. they would play rock music, but you know, this was not, there was no subtlety. this was not a, even the military were more discreet than the prob, security companies. what they was, they were very, very public slap in the face for the average iraq, you on a daily basis with a real problem for the military. so we fill the contractor presence in iraq in particular, but afghan too was becoming contrary to what the mission was for the armed forces. therefore their presence was more dangerous than it was hell. what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy, even foundation, let it be an arms race is on offense. very dramatic development. only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that

. >> the idea that you can take brian bledsoe is a black coach, and has a hard time getting the job,rnish his reputation and to low which is probably going to be his only shot because black coaches have a hard time getting that second opportunity, so that you can get a draft pick is unethical, and despicable. >> so he's putting a lot on the line here, and there are lots of calls for other people to stand up for him. would you think? will that happen? >> i mean a thing about it is if we can acknowledge the courage that it takes for them to do this whether or not you think that brian florez is correct is completely separate for the fact that he has put this all on the line at the very least you can question whether or not he believes appeared like this is a dude on the verge of being out of the league, still 40 years old there is a reason to think he could get a job on coming along those lines did he decide to put this on the line outer how many people it's reasonable to expect to be willing to make the same sort risk that brian florez is but i think that we will probably hear from som

he told the general manager said -- he was third string his third year and took over for drew bledsoe and the rest is history. >> sandra: great to have you here today. i'm sandra smith. >> i'm trace gallagher. "the story" stars right now. >> martha: good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. this is the big story. we're watching this pentagon briefing. no world on strong language today from vladimir putin who has accused the united states and its allies of ignoring his demands for nato to withdraw from his sphere. >> principle rush concerns were ignored. >> martha: those are very tall orders, all of those things. it's a very difficult situation between the united states and russia and our allies of course. the president of russia saying he's open for the possibility that more talks might get each side somewhere. national security correspondent jennifer griffin reporting live from the pentagon. hi, jennifer. >> those three issues that putin mentioned at his first press briefing in a month are nonstarters for nato. tony blinken said that if russia is ser

player chosen, but just a year later, the 24-year-old later stepped in for injured quarterback drew bledsoest is sports history. in 20 dominating seasons with the patriots and two more with the tampa bay buccaneers, brady led the league in super bowl appearances with seven titles and i've m.v.p. awards. he was the league m.v.p. three times may 15 pro bowls and finished his career third in an fl history in touchdown passes, overall completions, and guards. he had an uncanny ability to see the field and rise to the moment. >> there's moments where you got to make the critical play. someone, when they look in my eyes at critical moments, they can believe in me. they know that i can get the job done. there were controversies. most famously, deflategate. jeffrey: but there were highlights, among the tops, super bowl li, when brady led the patriots to an overnight -- overtime when against the falcons -- overtime win against the falcons. >> is a just a great way to finish. to celebrate with my teammates and see my family, it is just a night i will never forget. >> he makes the catch. he is able to

university of michigan, and he worked his way up, methodically, became the back-up quarterback behind drew bledsoenity and once he got that opportunity, he ran with it with arguably the best career in nfl history. >> john berman, you never really told me all that stuff about brady. you just talked about how cute he was. >> well, it's all true. it's not mutually exclusive. i just want to be clear about that. and damien woody knows, he hit on the thing what's most amazing about brady. he was the 199th pick. he was 199th pick in the nfl draft. every nfl team passed on him five times. imagine how they felt every day for the last 22 years. like, oops. five times? we had a chance to pick that guy. and we didn't do it. it really is amazing, and the other thing, just in terms of new england and boston, what he meant, and damian can speak to this because he was on some of those great teams but also was there when they were struggling a little bit. if you were a boston fan, red sox, patriots, you were kind of used to it all going belly up at the end. things went wrong. and then all of a sudden, starting wit

but, just a year later, the 24-year-old brady stepped in for injured quarterback drew bledsoe, and thes history. in 20 dominating seasons with the patriots, and two more with the tampa bay buccaneers, brady rewrote the record book-- ten super bowl appearances, seven titles and five m.v.p. awards. he was the league m.v.p. three times, made 15 pro-bowls, and finished his career first in n.f.l. history in touchdown passes, overall completions and passing yards. he had an uncanny ability to see the field and rise to the moment. >> certainly on the field, there's a lot of pressurized moments. there's a lot of moments where you've got to make the critical play, you got to do the right thing at the right time. i think that's what i always wanted to be to my teammates-- someone that, when they look in my eyes at the critical ments, they know that they can believe me and they know that i can get the job done. >> brown: there were controversies, most famously“ deflategate,” but overall, a brady highlight reel would take more than our hour. among the tops? >> patriots win the super bowl! >> brown

he told the general manager said -- he was third string his third year and took over for drew bledsoet to have you here today. i'm sandra smith. >> i'm trace gallagher. "the story" stars right now. >> martha: good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. this is the big story. we're watching this pentagon briefing. no world on strong language today from vladimir putin who has accused the united states and its allies of ignoring his demands for nato to withdraw from his sphere. >> principle rush concerns were ignored.