Sean Payton has plenty of stories ranging from his decorated 25 years of coaching in the NFL, from his recruitment of to the (same alma mater) to his experience as an a sistant under Ray Rhodes, Jim Fa sel, and Bill Parcells before taking the job in 2006 -- and eventually winning the franchise a .When Payton was with the , he was in his first year as offensive coordinator before being asked a favor from his agent. with , Payton was asked by his agent to speak to a client he just signed.The client? Mike Piazza Jersey ."All right, so I'm in New York and my agent is Don Yee, and Don also represents Tom Brady," Payton said, . "Don would periodically call me with a client that he just signed, and he said, 'Hey will you call up Tom Brady? He's at Michigan and I've got him, and just help him out with things that would be important for him at the combine.'"Basically, I remember it being a half an hour phone call on what's important. Make a good impre sion, Yasmani Grandal Jersey be prepared to answer some football questions. The interviews were much more informal at that time." Payton didn't have enough pull in the Giants front office to actually convince the team to draft Brady, grading him as a late third or early fourth-round player. Longtime scout for the Giants to draft Brady, but he didn't have much fanfare in the room either."We were (scouting) Brady, now this is going around the room and everyone's seen Tom run the 40 at the combine. Everyone's seen, you know, you get the body, Yasiel Puig Jersey weigh in pictures, all of that," Payton said. "So, you have a guy who is not fully developed yet who was pretty much a one-year starter. You could tell Fernando Valenzuela Jersey that he needs the weight room. But Lloyd Carr (Michigan head coach) said this, I'll never forget it, he said he's the toughest player that he's ever coached. That meant something."The Giants didn't draft Brady, pa sing on him in favor of Ron Dayne, Cornelius Griffin, Ron Dixon, Brandon Short, Ralph Brown, and Dhani Jones. Five of those players played seven years in the league, so it wasn't a total lo s for the Giants.New York had Chris Taylor Jersey Kerry Collins at quarterback, who was starting his run at the comeback player of the year candidacy with the Giants. Collins led the Giants to Super Bowl XXXV in 2000, but that was the peak of his tenure with the franchise -- even if he revitalized his career in New York. The Giants backup quarterback was 34-year-old Jason Garrett, so there was room to add a backup like Brady (Garrett retired after the 2000 season). What could have been if the Giants braintrust listened to a young,yet unproven Payton.