when did tom brady join the patriots?
2001 NFL season
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 Led by quarterback Butch Songin , Saban 's Patriots posted a 5 – 9 record in their first season . The following April , Saban brought in quarterback Babe Parilli , who formerly played for the Browns and Green Bay Packers , as a backup in the AFL 's biggest @-@ ever trade at the time . Five games into the season , however , with the Patriots at 2 – 3 , Saban was fired and replaced by assistant Mike Holovak . Patriots owner Billy Sullivan said the decision was made by a majority vote of the team 's board of directors , who " just simply felt all the talent on our team had not been used and felt Mike was the man who would be able to use the talent we had to the extent that it is capable of performing . " 

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 " Patriot Games " was written by Mike Henry and directed by Cyndi Tang , and guest starred Jay Leno , Tom Brady , Carol Channing , Bob Costas and Troy Brown as themselves . The episode received positive reviews from critics , and finished as the 55th most @-@ watched program of the week . 

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 In 1982 , the United States Football League formed as a spring league , and enjoyed moderate success during its first two seasons behind such stars as Jim Kelly and Herschel Walker . After its spring 1985 season , the league , which lost a considerable amount of money due to overspending on players , opted to gamble on moving its schedule to fall in 1986 and filing a billion @-@ dollar antitrust lawsuit against the NFL and its television partners in an effort to stay afloat . When the lawsuit only drew a three @-@ dollar judgment days before the fall 1986 season was to begin , the USFL folded . 

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 " Patriot Games " was written by Mike Henry and directed by Peter Shin , Pete Michels and Cyndi Tang . The episode aired on January 29 , 2006 , a week before Super Bowl XL . Actress Carol Channing made a guest appearance as herself in a scene in which Brian loses a $ 50 bet on a boxing match between her and professional boxer Mike Tyson , though Tyson did not voice himself . Sportscaster Bob Costas also voiced himself in a short scene in which he interviews Peter and Brady . Much of the episode was scripted with Patriots coach Bill Belichick in mind , but Tom Brady was chosen to replace him . After numerous requests for Brady to voice himself in the episode , he eventually agreed . Comedian Jay Leno voiced himself in two short scenes that show him , respectively , threatening and attempting to kill Brady . 

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 The selection of University of Miami quarterback Bernie Kosar in 1985 's supplemental draft ushered in a new , largely successful era for Cleveland . With Schottenheimer , Kosar and a cast of talented players on offense and defense , the team reached greater heights than Rutigliano and Sipe ever did . Though they became consistent playoff contenders in this era , the Browns did not reach the Super Bowl , falling one win short three times in the late 1980s . 
