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Success in pro football is sometimes the result of simply being in the right place at the right time and making the most of an opportunity.

Tom Brady was selected by the New England Patriots in the sixth round (199th overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft and was a backup until the second week of the 2001 season, when starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe was injured. Brady stepped in and has been the No. 1 QB ever since, leading the Patriots to six Super Bowl championships.

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Which brings us to Alouettes QB Vernon Adams Jr., who will make his third straight CFL start Saturday in Ottawa against the Redblacks (4 p.m., TSN1, RDS, TSN 690 Radio) after Antonio Pipkin suffered an ankle injury in a season-opening 32-25 loss to the Eskimos in Edmonton.

The Alouettes lost 41-10 in Hamilton in Adams’s first start, before beating the Tiger-Cats 36-29 in a rematch last week at Molson Stadium. Adams was 14-of-24 for 173 yards in the first game with one TD pass and one interception, and was 14-of-25 for 202 yards with no TDs or interceptions in his second start.