Brady didn’t just author an astonishing comeback for what was then his fifth Super Bowl win, he kept defying time for six more seasons, winning two more (and appearing in a third)
But even though he was still absurdly competent for a 45-year-old in this past NFL season, it was then that the limits appear to have been hit. The numbers will forever look shockingly good for someone in his 23season — almost 4,700 passing yards, 25 touchdowns and nine interceptions — but it was a months-long slog of checkdowns and dump-offs and the occasional down-field pass.
In his first full season in 2001, on the way to his first Super Bowl, Brady threw for less than 200 yards per game. Under Bill Belichick, the idea was to not screw up. Even through back-to-back 14-2 seasons a few years later, Brady was 10Advertisement 5By 2007, Belichick finally dropped the guardrails and Brady, with Randy Moss added to his options, exploded for more than 4,800 yards and 50 touchdowns.
So he went to Tampa, had a bunch of weapons again, and went nuts. Brady threw for more touchdowns in his first season with the Buccaneers than he had in any of his previous dozen seasons in New England, and won the Super Bowl. He threw for 43 the following season and led the league in passing yards. At 44. In a career that overflows with wild statistical accomplishments, that might be the craziest of them.
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