NFL great Kurt Warner talks about Tom Brady's first Super Bowl title and what he saw from the former New England Patriots quarterback.
LAS VEGAS – Pro Football Hall of Famer Kurt Warner was on the losing end of Tom Brady’s first Super Bowl championship with the New England Patriots.
It kick-started the great career the quarterback would go on to have as he racked up seven rings in 10 appearances.
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Patriots quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady reacts following New England's upset victory over the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans on Feb. 3, 2002. (Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Warner told Fox News Digital he didn’t think anybody really saw how great Brady would become from that moment. Warner pointed to Brady’s performance in the playoffs before Super Bowl XXXVI, which didn’t really scream future Hall of Famer.
But where Warner saw a glimmer of something was Brady’s game-winning drive that ended with an Adam Vinatieri 48-yard field goal as time expired.
"Maybe if there was one inkling that he was special – the last 2-minute drive. We had just tied the game up, less than 2 minutes to go. We punt it back to them. They could’ve easily handed it off went into overtime, whatever.
"But instead, they put it in his hands. He drove the team down and set him up for that Adam Vinatieri field goal to win the game. So if there was one glimpse that you maybe saw, OK, the best big-game, big-moment quarterback we ever seen – that was his first big moment. And he came through just like he always did.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady chats with St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner, on Feb. 3, 2002, at the
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