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There Goes Tom Brady, the Best Who Ever Lived
Cold, Hard Football Facts for Feb 05, 2015
(Ed. Note: Tom Brady Hating runs deep through American football culture and explains much of the joyful glee surrounding his DeflateGate suspension, being appealed June 23. And Brady's historic domination of the NFL explains the source of the animosity, a mind-blowing compendium of unchallenged statistical superiority we outlined below after New England's win over Seattle in Super Bowl XLIX.)
Tom Brady is now the greatest quarterback in NFL history. Prepare your fragile little eggshell mind for a tsunami of Cold, Hard Football Facts that will overwhelm the opposition and prove the obvious.
Water is wet. Snow is cold. Brady is the greatest.
If you're an ESPN analyst like Tim Hasselbeck, clinging to a palm tree of opinion and trying to resist the overwhelming ocean of facts, you must at least admit that the New England Patriots quarterback is, indisputably, the most accomplished quarterback in history.
The debate is no longer Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning, which should have been settled long ago. It's now Brady vs. Any Legendary QB.
Boston hometown boy Hasselbeck is the only person left in the world who would take Manning's resume over Brady's, as he stated throughout the season and again this week on sports radio WEEI in Boston.
Back here where we're not tripping on bad acid, the Cold, Hard Football Fact of the matter is that Brady now holds just about every single record in both postseason and Super Bowl history, whether we're talking individual stats or team accomplishments.
He's no slouch in the regular season, either. After 13 years as a starting quarterback, Brady is the winningest quarterback of all time and ranks in the Top 5 of every single major individual stat. He'll likely end his career in the top 3 in every major measure of individual accomplishment, maybe even higher depending on how long he plays. He already holds all the records in the playoffs and in the Super Bowl, and nobody alive is close to catching him.
So no matter how you cut it, stats or team accomplishments, Brady usually ends up on top by one of those meaures, and usually by both.
Perhaps most importantly, Brady consistently comes up huge in the clutch and wins games that appear lost, as he did twice in the 2014 postseason, against both Seattle in the Super Bowl and Baltimore in the divisional round.
The Patriots twice trailed the Ravens by 14 points, but scored 21 second-half points to win 35-31. New England won despite just 14 yards rushing, the fewest ever in a postseason victory. New England also won despite the fact Brady passed the ball 50 times -- usually the sign of defeat. He passed the ball 50 times again in the Super Bowl XLIX win over the Seattle Seahawks, and again with virtually no running game (57 total rush yards).
In one of the most incredible stats in all of sports history, Brady's Patriots are now 4-1 in the playoffs when he passes the ball 50+ times. Every other QB in history has combined to go 3-27 in that situation. Brady can carry a team in the clutch unlike any other QB in history. He's lapped the competition in carrying a team in the clutch.
Super Bowl XLIX was one of his finest hours: the Patriots became the first team in history to overcome a double-digit deficit in the second half of a Super Bowl. Every other team trailing by 10+ in the second half of a Super Bowl had combined to go 0-29 before Sunday.
Brady and the Patriots produced two fourth-quarter touchdown drives. And they did it against the best defense in football, a team that had surrendered just 15.9 points per game all year long – let alone 14 points in crunch time of the biggest game of the year.
More amazing Cold, Hard Football Facts: The Brady Patriots have produced 52 points in six Super Bowl fourth quarters. That's the equivalent of 34.7 PPG – typically against the toughest defenses of the year, and in the biggest moments of the season.
The Patriots have scored an incredible 28 points in the final 3 minutes of those six Super Bowls, including another touchdown against the mighty Seattle defense on Sunday.
We listed every single Brady individual and team record below, in the postseason, in the Super Bowl itself, and then listed where he stacks up in the regular season.
It's a tsunami of stats that offer and obvious conclusiion: There goes Tom Brady, the best who ever lived.
A TSUNAMI of STATS
Here is our look at how Brady stacks up against the greatest quarterbacks of all time in the postseason, in Super Bowls, and in the regular season.
POSTSEASON: All-Time Quarterback Leaderboard
Most postseason games
Brady – 29
Brett Favre – 24
Peyton Manning – 24
Joe Montana – 23
Most postseason victories
Brady – 21
Montana – 16
Terry Bradshaw – 14
John Elway – 14
Most postseason game-winning drives (source profootballreference.com)
Brady – 9
Elway – 6
Montana – 5
Eli Manning – 5
Most postseason fourth-quarter comebacks (source profootballreference.com)
Brady – 6
Montana – 5
Eli Manning – 4
Elway – 4
Bradshaw – 4
Best postseason win percentage (min. 10 games)
Bart Starr – .900 (9-1)
Jim Plunkett – .800 (8-2)
Terry Bradshaw – .737 (14-5)
Troy Aikman – .733 (11-4)
Eli Manning – .727 (8-3)
Brady – .724 (21-8)
Best postseason win percentage (min. 20 games)
Brady – .724 (21-8)
Montana – .696 (16-7)
Elway – .667 (14-7)
Favre – .542 (13-11)
Peyton Manning – .458 (11-13)
Most division championships
Brady – 12
Most conference title game appearances
Brady – 9 (6-3)
Montana – 7 (4-3)
Bradshaw – 6 (4-2)
John Elway – 6 (5-1)
Roger Staubach – 6 (4-2)
Most postseason games, 50+ attempts
Brady – 5 (4-1 record)
Jim Kelly – 3 (0-3)
Drew Brees – 2 (0-2)
Jeff George – 2 (0-2)
Dan Marino – 2 (0-2)
Warren Moon – 2 (0-2)
Most wins in postseason, 50+ attempts
Brady – 4 (4-1)
Dan Fouts - 1 (1-0)
Bernie Kosar - 1 (1-0)
Eli Manning - 1 (1-0)
No other quarterback has won a postseason game passing 50+ times. Combined record: 0-27.
Most postseason passing yards
Tom Brady – 7,345
Peyton Manning – 6,800
Brett Favre – 5,855
Joe Montana – 5,772
Most postseason TD passes
Brady – 53
Joe Montana – 45
Brett Favre – 44
Peyton Manning – 38
Dan Marino – 32
Most postseason pass attempts
Brady – 1,085
Peyton Manning – 935
Brett Favre – 791
Most postseason completions
Brady – 683
Peyton Manning – 598
Brett Favre – 481
Most postseason rush TD by a quarterback
Steve Young – 8
John Elway – 6
Steve McNair – 6
Brady – 5
SUPER BOWL: All-Time Quarterback Leaderboard
Most Super Bowl appearances:
Brady – 6
Elway – 5
Most Super Bowl victories:
Brady, Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw – 4
Most Super Bowl MVP awards:
Brady, Montana – 3
Most Super Bowl attempts
Brady – 247
Elway – 152
Jim Kelly – 145
Most Super Bowl completions
Brady – 164
Peyton Manning – 90
Montana – 83
Warner – 83
Kelly – 81
Most Super Bowl passing yards
Brady – 1,605
Warner – 1,156
Montana – 1,142
Elway – 1,128
Most Super Bowl TD passes
Brady – 13
Montana – 11
Bradshaw – 9
Staubach – 8
Most completions in a Super Bowl
Brady – 37 (Super Bowl XLIX)
Peyton Manning - 34 (Super Bowl XLVIII)
Brady – 32 (Super Bowl XXXVIII)
Drew Brees – 32 (Super Bowl XLIV)
Jim Kelly – 31 (Super Bowl XXVIII)
Kurt Warner – 31 (Super Bowl XLIII)
REGULAR SEASON: All-Time Quarterback Leaderboard
Most 500-point seasons
Brady – 4 (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Kurt Warner - 3 (1999, 2000, 2001)
Drew Brees - 2 (2009, 2011)
Peyton Manning - 2 (2004, 2013)
Most consecutive victories (including playoffs)
Brady's Patriots – 21 (2003-04)
Most wins in the regular season
Brady's Patriots – 16 (2007)
Most wins over two seasons (including playoffs)
Brady's Patriots – 34 (2003, 2004; 34-4 record)
Winning percentage (min. 100 games)
Brady – .773 (160-47)
Staubach – .746 (85-29)
Montana – .713 (117-47)
Peyton Manning – .699 (179-77)
Bradshaw – .677 (107-51)
Win-Loss Differential
Brady – +113 (160-47)
Peyton Manning + 102 (179-77)
Favre – +74 (186-112)
Montana – +70 (117-47)
Elway – +66 (148-82)
Most wins by a starting quarterback
Favre – 186
Peyton Manning – 179
Brady – 160
Elway – 148
Marino – 147
Highest average points per game by starting QB
Aaron Rodgers – 28.5 PPG
Brady – 28.1 PPG
Pass completions
Brett Favre – 6,300
Peyton Manning – 5,927
Dan Marino – 4,967
Drew Brees – 4,937
Tom Brady – 4,551
Pass attempts
Favre – 10,169
Peyton Manning – 9,049
Marino – 8,358
Brees – 7,458
John Elway – 7,250
Brady – 7,168
Passing yards
Favre – 71,838
Peyton Manning – 69,691
Marino – 61,361
Brees – 56,033
Brady – 53,258
Passing touchdowns
Peyton Manning – 530
Favre – 508
Marino – 420
Brees – 396
Brady – 392
Passer rating
Aaron Rodgers – 106.0
Tony Romo – 97.6
Peyton Manning – 97.5
Steve Young – 96.8
Brady – 95.9
Interception percentage
Rodgers – 1.6%
Brady – 2.0%
Game-winning drives
Peyton Manning – 52
Marino – 51
Brady – 46
Elway – 46
Favre – 45
Fourth-quarter comebacks
Peyton Manning – 41
Marino – 36
Brady – 35
Elway – 35
Montana – 31
BRADY on the BIGGEST STAGE
It''s the crunch time scores that really sets apart his career from every other. Former Cold, Hard Football Facts contributor Scott Kacsmar and the folks at ProFootballReference.com track the comebacks and game-winning drives for every quarterback in history.
Brady, as noted above, tops the list with six fourth-quarter comebacks and nine game-winning drives in the postseason, ahead of legends like Montana (five comebacks) and Elway (six GWD).
Here's a little way to put Brady's record six fourth-quarter comebacks and nine game-winning drives in the playoffs in perspective: consider that Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers has produced a total of eight fourth-quarter comebacks and 12 game-winning drives, total, in all games in his career, including the regular season.
BRADY in SUPER BOWL CRUNCH TIME
Here's a quick look at Brady's Super Bowl fourth quarters. The Patriots have scored 52 fourth-quarter points in six Super Bowls. That's the equivalent of 34.7 PPG, usually against the best defenses in football.
Super Bowl XXXVI (Patriots 20, Rams 17) – 5 of 8 for 53 yards in final 81 seconds of fourth quarter to lead only walk-off scoring drive in Super Bowl history, capped by Adam Vinatieri's 48 yard field goal
Super Bowl XXXVIII (Patriots 32, Panthers 29) – Led three fourth-quarter scoring drives (18 points total) to lead Patriots to victory, capped by Vinatieri 41-yard field goal with 9 seconds to play. Brady final two drives: 10 of 13, 104 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT.
Super Bowl XXXIX (Patriots 24, Eagles 21) – Patriots score 10 fourth-quarter points against the No. 2 defense in the NFL (16.25 PPG) to capture victory in a game tied 14-14 after three periods.
Super Bowl XLII (Giants 17, Patriots 14) – Must substandard and disappointing performance in both Patriots and Brady history, as 18-0 team fell to heavy underdog Giants. But Brady had lifted Patriots to 14-10 lead with 2:45 to play by leading monster scoring drive: 8 of 11, 71 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT.
Super Bowl XLVII (Giants 21, Patriots 17) – A near mirror image of previous loss to Giants. In this case, the Patriots failed to produce a single fourth-quarter point in six Super Bowls.
Super Bowl XLIX (Patriots 28, Seahawks 24) – Probably Brady's finest hour in a career filled with them. The Patriots score 14 fourth-quarter points to erase 24-14 deficit in greatest comeback in Super Bowl history.
Brady is the all-time leader in postseason game-winning drives and fourth-quarter comebacks. But this last performance against Seattle was no garden-variety victory.
Seattle had fielded the No. 1 scoring defense in football for three straight seasons. Some called it one of the best defenses of all time. Brady skewered this unit, epecially twice with the game on the line:
The 4 TD passes by Brady were the most against the Seahawks defense since Week 16 2010.
The 320 net passing yards by the Patriots were the most against Seahawks defense since Week 4 2013.
The Patriots scored consecutive touchdowns on their final two drives of the fourth quarter to steal the win. The Seattle defense had not surrendered consecutive fourth-quarter TD drives since Week 12 2012.
Brady in the fourth quarter against this defense: 13 of 15, 86.7%, 124 yards, 8.3 YPA, 2 TD, 0 INT, 140.7 passer rating.
By Kerry Byrne
Cheers. BostonTim
