BIG GAME PREVIEW | QUARTERBACKS
Tom the Terrific (Again)
T
om Brady has defied the odds — he is now 40 years old — to become arguably the
greatest quarterback in the history of the National Football League. While that
topic is a hotly contested debate, Brady’s postseason records speak for themselves.
To add to his illustrious
career, Brady was named MVP
of the league by the Pro
Football Writers Association in
January.
Brady finished the season
with 4,577 total yards, 32
touchdowns and eight inter-
ceptions. His passer rating was
102.8, and the Patriots had the
No. 1 offense in the NFL.
This is the third PFWA MVP
award, and he has won the
Associated Press MVP award
twice.
Check out some of Brady’s
most impressive statistics from
his Hall of Fame career:
• More playoff wins by him-
self (27) than 28 NFL franchises
do in their entire history,
including Oakland (25), New
York Giants (24) and
Washington (23).
• Eight comebacks and three
other fourth-quarter or
game-winning drives in the
postseason. Eli Manning is the
next-closest quarterback with
five.
• Started two more Super
Bowls (seven) than any other
quarterback in history. (John
Elway had five starts.)
• Won a record five Super
Bowls, one more than Terry
Bradshaw and Joe Montana.
• More playoff starts than
Peyton Manning and Johnny
Unitas combined.
• More passing touchdowns
in the Super Bowl (15) than all
but 25 quarterbacks have in
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their entire playoff careers.
• Four Super Bowl MVP
awards (Super Bowls XXXVI,
XXXVIII, XLIX, and LI), the
most ever by a single player.
• Selected to 13 Pro Bowls.
• Led his team to more divi-
sion titles (15) than any other
quarterback in NFL history.
• At the end of the 2017 regu-
lar season, Brady was fourth
all-time in career passing yards,
tied for third with Drew Brees
in career touchdown passes.
• Brady has never had a los-
ing season as a starting quar-
terback and his combined reg-
ular-season and postseason
wins are the most of any quar-
terback in NFL history.