Zman5
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Tom Brady most certainly did win the starting job during the 2002 season. When Drew Bledsoe was ready to return from his injury he never got his job back. Belichick decided to stay with the hot hand. Bledsoe was traded the following offseason. What happened with Brady/Bledsoe was exactly what happened with Romo/Dak. Virtually identical!
There is no gurantee Fitzgerald would have gotten his job back if he'd returned. In fact, most WFT teams wanted Heinicke to stay the starter at the time when we played them.
If you start 12 games, you are the starter until you lose your job. Heinicki still remained the starter after we crushed him.