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Glauber's NFL Hot Reads

Newsday's Bob Glauber goes the extra yard for the inside scoop on the NFL.

Brady to Kraft: Best decision ever

Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots.

Photo credit: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots. (Getty Images)

Patriots owner Robert Kraft recalled the first time he met quarterback Tom Brady shortly after he was drafted in 2000 out of Michigan.

"We already had three quarterbacks, and he was a skinny beanpole," Kraft said. "He had a pizza box under his arm, and he came over and introduced himself to me and said, 'I'm Tom ...' I said. 'I know who you are. You're Tom Brady, our sixth-round...

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