Will Tom Brady be the best ever if the Pats...
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say what you want but brady is doing better than montana aikman bradshaw elway and this is post salary cap before you could buy championships. brady will be the best of all time if he wins this super bowl. hands down you can argue all you want but you wont have stats or anything else to back up your argument. just a hatin ass opinion.
Career Highlights
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Brady enters 2007 with a record of 82-26 (.759) in regular-season and playoff games. It is the best record of any NFL quarterback in the Super Bowl Era (since 1966) with at least 40 starts.
Brady enters 2007 with a 12-2 (.857) playoff record, the second best in NFL history behind Bart Starr (9-1, .900).
Brady is the only quarterback in NFL history to start and win three Super Bowls before his 28th birthday, having quarterbacked the Patriots to victories in Super Bowl XXXVI when he was 24 years old, Super Bowl XXXVIII (26) and Super Bowl XXXIX (27).
Brady is the fourth quarterback in NFL history to lead his team to three or more Super Bowl wins, joining Terry Bradshaw (4), Joe Montana (4) and Troy Aikman (3).
Brady owns two Pete Rozelle Awards as Super Bowl MVP (XXXVI and XXXVIII). He is just the fourth player in Super Bowl history to earn multiple MVP awards, joining Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw and Bart Starr, all three of whom are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Brady enters 2007 with a 26-5 record in games where the final margin was less than a touchdown, including a 6-1 playoff record and a 3-0 Super Bowl record in such games.
Brady enters the 2007 season having started 108 consecutive regular-season and playoff games for the Patriots, good for the third-longest streak among active NFL quarterbacks (trailing only Brett Favre and Peyton Manning).
Brady enters 2007 as the NFL's all-time leader in overtime wins without a defeat, recording a perfect 7-0 mark in overtime in his career. Terry Bradshaw is the only other quarterback to be undefeated in at least five overtime games, posting a 5-0 record.
Brady enters 2007 as the winningest quarterback in Patriots history in terms of total victories (82) and winning percentage (.759).
Brady enters 2007 as the Patriots' all-time leader in career completion percentage (61.9 percent) and passer rating (88.4). He ranks second in completions (1,896), third in yards (21,564) and third in touchdowns (147).
Brady has orchestrated 24 game-winning drives to break a tie or take the lead in the fourth quarter or overtime. Six of his game-winning efforts have come in the postseason, where he has played in 14 games.
Brady has led a game-winning drive to break a tie or take the lead in the fourth quarter of each of the Patriots' three Super Bowl victories, becoming the only quarterback in NFL history to lead three such gamewinning drives in the Super Bowl.
Brady enters the 2007 season with a career record of 40-8 (.833) in games played on Thanksgiving or later in the NFL season, including a 12-2 playoff mark.
Brady enters the 2007 season with a career record of 21-2 as a starter (.913) in games played in temperatures below 40 degrees.
Brady enters the 2007 season with a career record of 23-2 as a starter (.920) in games played on artificial surfaces.
Brady recorded six passer ratings over 100.0 in 2006. He has recorded 39 ratings over 100.0 in his career, and the Patriots are 38-1 in those games.
Brady tied an NFL record in 2005 by distributing his 26 touchdown passes to 12 different players. The only other NFL player to accomplish the feat was Brad Johnson in 2003.
Brady set a career high in 2004 with a 92.6 passer rating, the second highest rating in Patriots history among players with at least 150 attempts (Tony Eason, 93.4 in 1984).
In 2004, Brady averaged 7.79 yards per pass attempt – more than a full yard higher than his career mark of 6.62 yards per attempt heading into the 2004 season.
Brady tied his career high and ranked second in the AFC with 28 touchdown passes in 2004.
Brady owns the Super Bowl record for pass completions in a game, connecting on 32 passes in Super Bowl XXXVIII.
Brady won his first 10 playoff games, setting an NFL record for the most consecutive playoff wins.
Brady was voted an offensive captain by his teammates in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Brady completed a streak of throwing for at least one touchdown in 15 straight games, including playoffs (12/14/03 - 11/22/04), recording the longest such streak in Patriots history.
Brady led the NFL with 28 touchdown passes in 2002 and became the first Patriot to lead the league in touchdown passes since Steve Grogan shared the lead with Cleveland's Brian Sipe (28) in 1979.
Brady set a franchise single-game record by completing 84.6 percent of his passes (22-26) at Buffalo (11/03/02, min. 20 attempts).
Brady threw at least two touchdown passes in each of the first five games of the 2002 season, the first Patriot to accomplish that feat and the first Patriot to throw for at least two touchdowns in five straight games in a single season since Butch Songin (10/23/60-11/18/60).
Brady (24 years, 184 days old) was voted MVP of Super Bowl XXXVI and was the third-youngest player to earn the honor (Marcus Allen, 23 years and 301 days at Super Bowl XVIII and Lynn Swann, 23 years, 316 days at Super Bowl X).
Brady was voted to the 2001 Pro Bowl and became just the second Patriots quarterback to receive the honor (Drew Bledsoe, 1994, 1996 and 1997). He also became just the fifth quarterback since 1970 to be voted to the Pro Bowl in his first year as a starter, joining Dan Marino (1983), Brett Favre (1992), Kurt Warner (1999) and Daunte Culpepper (2000).
Brady threw for 53 yards on the Patriots' game-winning drive in Super Bowl XXXVI, completing five of his eight passes. Two of his pass attempts were spiked to kill the game clock. With just 1:21 remaining, he moved the Patriots into field goal position without the benefit of timeouts.
Brady completed over 70 percent of his passes in four consecutive games during the 2001 season and joined an exclusive club of quarterbacks who accomplished the feat. He joined Joe Montana (8 games, 1989), Troy Aikman (4, 1995), Steve Young (4, 1993) and Sammy Baugh (4, 1945).
Brady completed the first 162 passes of his career without an interception. It was the longest streak to start a career in NFL history and ranks third for most attempts without an interception in Patriots franchise history.
2007 Season
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2007 (16/16/0/0): Was voted an offensive captain for the 2007 season by his teammates... Became third Patriots quarterback to notch 150 career touchdown passes with a 51-yard strike to Randy Moss on opening day... Was named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for the first time in his career in September as he completed 70 of 88 passes for 887 yards and 10 touchdowns, while leading the team to three straight victories to open the season (at NYJ, vs. SD, vs. BUF)... Earned AFC Offensive Player of the Month accolades for the second straight month in October as the Patriots remained undefeated with wins at CIN, vs. CLV, at DAL, at MIA and vs. WAS... Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week four times in 2007 (Wk. 3, Wk. 6, Wk. 7, Wk. 14)... Voted FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week for two straight weeks for his play in the Patriots' wins at Dallas on Oct. 14 and at Miami on Oct. 21... Broke an NFL record set by Steve Young of the San Francisco 49ers in 1998 by throwing for three or more touchdowns in each of the season's first eight games... Set a career high for passing yards in a non-overtime game with 388 yards against the Dallas Cowboys on Oct. 14, a franchise record held by Steve Grogan and Vito "Babe" Parilli with his six-touchdown performance against the Miami Dolphins on Oct. 21... Set a career high with a perfect passer rating of 158.3 in the Patriots' 49-28 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Oct. 21... Achieved a passer rating of at least 100 in the first eight games of the season... Set a single-game and single-season career high with two rushing touchdowns in the Patriots' 52-7 victory over the Washington Redskins on Oct. 28... Set a single-season career high with his 29th touchdown pass of the season on a 6-yard touchdown pass to Randy Moss in the Patriot's 52-7 victory over the Redskins on Oct. 28... Broke Vito "Babe" Parilli's franchise record with his 32nd touchdown pass of the season, a 3-yard connection to Wes Welker, in the fourth quarter of the Patriots' 24-20 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Nov. 4, 2007... Broke the NFL record set by the Colts' Peyton Manning for consecutive games with three or more touchdown passes with nine after throwing for three touchdown strikes in the Patriots' 24-20 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Nov. 4... Passed Steve Grogan as the Patriots' career touchdown leader with his 183rd touchdown pass on a 6-yard connection to Randy Moss in the second quarter of the Patriots' 56-10 rout of the Buffalo Bills... Reached the 25,000-yard passing plateau for his career on his final completion of the night in the Patriots' 31-28 come-from-behind win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Nov. 25 and became the third Patriots quarterback after Drew Bledsoe and Steve Grogan to reach the milestone... Set a career season-high for passing yards, topping his 2005 total of 4,110 yards on a 12-yard completion to Randy Moss, giving him 4,117 passing yards for the 2007 season... Established a Patriots franchise record for passing yards in a season on an 8-yard Kevin Faulk reception, giving Brady 4,557 yards for the season as he went on to finish the season with 4,806 passing yards, which ranks third on the all-time single-season list for NFL quarterbacks, in 2007... Finished the season with 398 completions, which ranks fourth on the all-time single-season list for NFL quarterbacks... Set career single-season highs in five statistical categories including completions (389), completion percentage (68.9), passing yards (4,806), touchdown passes (50) and passer rating (117.2) in 2007... Set the NFL's single-season touchdown pass record with his 50th touchdown of the season with a 65-yard touchdown reception to Randy Moss, his second scoring strike of the game in the Patriots' 38-35 win over the New York Giants on Dec. 29.
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Brady enters 2007 with a record of 82-26 (.759) in regular-season and playoff games. It is the best record of any NFL quarterback in the Super Bowl Era (since 1966) with at least 40 starts.
Brady enters 2007 with a 12-2 (.857) playoff record, the second best in NFL history behind Bart Starr (9-1, .900).
Brady is the only quarterback in NFL history to start and win three Super Bowls before his 28th birthday, having quarterbacked the Patriots to victories in Super Bowl XXXVI when he was 24 years old, Super Bowl XXXVIII (26) and Super Bowl XXXIX (27).
Brady is the fourth quarterback in NFL history to lead his team to three or more Super Bowl wins, joining Terry Bradshaw (4), Joe Montana (4) and Troy Aikman (3).
Brady owns two Pete Rozelle Awards as Super Bowl MVP (XXXVI and XXXVIII). He is just the fourth player in Super Bowl history to earn multiple MVP awards, joining Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw and Bart Starr, all three of whom are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Brady enters 2007 with a 26-5 record in games where the final margin was less than a touchdown, including a 6-1 playoff record and a 3-0 Super Bowl record in such games.
Brady enters the 2007 season having started 108 consecutive regular-season and playoff games for the Patriots, good for the third-longest streak among active NFL quarterbacks (trailing only Brett Favre and Peyton Manning).
Brady enters 2007 as the NFL's all-time leader in overtime wins without a defeat, recording a perfect 7-0 mark in overtime in his career. Terry Bradshaw is the only other quarterback to be undefeated in at least five overtime games, posting a 5-0 record.
Brady enters 2007 as the winningest quarterback in Patriots history in terms of total victories (82) and winning percentage (.759).
Brady enters 2007 as the Patriots' all-time leader in career completion percentage (61.9 percent) and passer rating (88.4). He ranks second in completions (1,896), third in yards (21,564) and third in touchdowns (147).
Brady has orchestrated 24 game-winning drives to break a tie or take the lead in the fourth quarter or overtime. Six of his game-winning efforts have come in the postseason, where he has played in 14 games.
Brady has led a game-winning drive to break a tie or take the lead in the fourth quarter of each of the Patriots' three Super Bowl victories, becoming the only quarterback in NFL history to lead three such gamewinning drives in the Super Bowl.
Brady enters the 2007 season with a career record of 40-8 (.833) in games played on Thanksgiving or later in the NFL season, including a 12-2 playoff mark.
Brady enters the 2007 season with a career record of 21-2 as a starter (.913) in games played in temperatures below 40 degrees.
Brady enters the 2007 season with a career record of 23-2 as a starter (.920) in games played on artificial surfaces.
Brady recorded six passer ratings over 100.0 in 2006. He has recorded 39 ratings over 100.0 in his career, and the Patriots are 38-1 in those games.
Brady tied an NFL record in 2005 by distributing his 26 touchdown passes to 12 different players. The only other NFL player to accomplish the feat was Brad Johnson in 2003.
Brady set a career high in 2004 with a 92.6 passer rating, the second highest rating in Patriots history among players with at least 150 attempts (Tony Eason, 93.4 in 1984).
In 2004, Brady averaged 7.79 yards per pass attempt – more than a full yard higher than his career mark of 6.62 yards per attempt heading into the 2004 season.
Brady tied his career high and ranked second in the AFC with 28 touchdown passes in 2004.
Brady owns the Super Bowl record for pass completions in a game, connecting on 32 passes in Super Bowl XXXVIII.
Brady won his first 10 playoff games, setting an NFL record for the most consecutive playoff wins.
Brady was voted an offensive captain by his teammates in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Brady completed a streak of throwing for at least one touchdown in 15 straight games, including playoffs (12/14/03 - 11/22/04), recording the longest such streak in Patriots history.
Brady led the NFL with 28 touchdown passes in 2002 and became the first Patriot to lead the league in touchdown passes since Steve Grogan shared the lead with Cleveland's Brian Sipe (28) in 1979.
Brady set a franchise single-game record by completing 84.6 percent of his passes (22-26) at Buffalo (11/03/02, min. 20 attempts).
Brady threw at least two touchdown passes in each of the first five games of the 2002 season, the first Patriot to accomplish that feat and the first Patriot to throw for at least two touchdowns in five straight games in a single season since Butch Songin (10/23/60-11/18/60).
Brady (24 years, 184 days old) was voted MVP of Super Bowl XXXVI and was the third-youngest player to earn the honor (Marcus Allen, 23 years and 301 days at Super Bowl XVIII and Lynn Swann, 23 years, 316 days at Super Bowl X).
Brady was voted to the 2001 Pro Bowl and became just the second Patriots quarterback to receive the honor (Drew Bledsoe, 1994, 1996 and 1997). He also became just the fifth quarterback since 1970 to be voted to the Pro Bowl in his first year as a starter, joining Dan Marino (1983), Brett Favre (1992), Kurt Warner (1999) and Daunte Culpepper (2000).
Brady threw for 53 yards on the Patriots' game-winning drive in Super Bowl XXXVI, completing five of his eight passes. Two of his pass attempts were spiked to kill the game clock. With just 1:21 remaining, he moved the Patriots into field goal position without the benefit of timeouts.
Brady completed over 70 percent of his passes in four consecutive games during the 2001 season and joined an exclusive club of quarterbacks who accomplished the feat. He joined Joe Montana (8 games, 1989), Troy Aikman (4, 1995), Steve Young (4, 1993) and Sammy Baugh (4, 1945).
Brady completed the first 162 passes of his career without an interception. It was the longest streak to start a career in NFL history and ranks third for most attempts without an interception in Patriots franchise history.
2007 Season
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2007 (16/16/0/0): Was voted an offensive captain for the 2007 season by his teammates... Became third Patriots quarterback to notch 150 career touchdown passes with a 51-yard strike to Randy Moss on opening day... Was named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for the first time in his career in September as he completed 70 of 88 passes for 887 yards and 10 touchdowns, while leading the team to three straight victories to open the season (at NYJ, vs. SD, vs. BUF)... Earned AFC Offensive Player of the Month accolades for the second straight month in October as the Patriots remained undefeated with wins at CIN, vs. CLV, at DAL, at MIA and vs. WAS... Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week four times in 2007 (Wk. 3, Wk. 6, Wk. 7, Wk. 14)... Voted FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week for two straight weeks for his play in the Patriots' wins at Dallas on Oct. 14 and at Miami on Oct. 21... Broke an NFL record set by Steve Young of the San Francisco 49ers in 1998 by throwing for three or more touchdowns in each of the season's first eight games... Set a career high for passing yards in a non-overtime game with 388 yards against the Dallas Cowboys on Oct. 14, a franchise record held by Steve Grogan and Vito "Babe" Parilli with his six-touchdown performance against the Miami Dolphins on Oct. 21... Set a career high with a perfect passer rating of 158.3 in the Patriots' 49-28 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Oct. 21... Achieved a passer rating of at least 100 in the first eight games of the season... Set a single-game and single-season career high with two rushing touchdowns in the Patriots' 52-7 victory over the Washington Redskins on Oct. 28... Set a single-season career high with his 29th touchdown pass of the season on a 6-yard touchdown pass to Randy Moss in the Patriot's 52-7 victory over the Redskins on Oct. 28... Broke Vito "Babe" Parilli's franchise record with his 32nd touchdown pass of the season, a 3-yard connection to Wes Welker, in the fourth quarter of the Patriots' 24-20 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Nov. 4, 2007... Broke the NFL record set by the Colts' Peyton Manning for consecutive games with three or more touchdown passes with nine after throwing for three touchdown strikes in the Patriots' 24-20 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Nov. 4... Passed Steve Grogan as the Patriots' career touchdown leader with his 183rd touchdown pass on a 6-yard connection to Randy Moss in the second quarter of the Patriots' 56-10 rout of the Buffalo Bills... Reached the 25,000-yard passing plateau for his career on his final completion of the night in the Patriots' 31-28 come-from-behind win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Nov. 25 and became the third Patriots quarterback after Drew Bledsoe and Steve Grogan to reach the milestone... Set a career season-high for passing yards, topping his 2005 total of 4,110 yards on a 12-yard completion to Randy Moss, giving him 4,117 passing yards for the 2007 season... Established a Patriots franchise record for passing yards in a season on an 8-yard Kevin Faulk reception, giving Brady 4,557 yards for the season as he went on to finish the season with 4,806 passing yards, which ranks third on the all-time single-season list for NFL quarterbacks, in 2007... Finished the season with 398 completions, which ranks fourth on the all-time single-season list for NFL quarterbacks... Set career single-season highs in five statistical categories including completions (389), completion percentage (68.9), passing yards (4,806), touchdown passes (50) and passer rating (117.2) in 2007... Set the NFL's single-season touchdown pass record with his 50th touchdown of the season with a 65-yard touchdown reception to Randy Moss, his second scoring strike of the game in the Patriots' 38-35 win over the New York Giants on Dec. 29.
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all those stats THAT ACTUALLY COUNT and ppl still have doubt in him, just dont get it. his 1st year playin ppl was say he was like montana for cryin out loud and all he did was live up to what ppl said and then extended it evn more. remember he is still young for a QB and wont be going no where for a while
