When Gillette Stadium first opened in 2002, it had a natural grass field. In addition to the Patriots, they let a bunch of high school teams play on it too. It became such a mud pit that the NFL threatened to move games out of Foxborough if they did not replace the field (in violation of NFL rules). After switching to turf, they brought in Randy Moss and Wes Welker…

Being convinced to draft Johnny Football by a homeless guy….