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There are so many things about Tom Brady's 2020 season that are simply insane that I decided to try to write them all down.
EDIT: Added several missing things! And then some more!
- Tom Brady left the New England Patriots after a 12-4 season in 2019. The Patriots immediately crashed to 7-9 in 2020.
- Tom Brady went to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who went 7-9 in 2019 and were historically the losing-est franchise in NFL history by win % (.393). In 2020 he led them to a 11-5 record and a Super Bowl victory where he was named Super Bowl MVP.
- At age 43, Tom Brady scored 43 touchdowns (40 passing, 3 rushing). He was ranked #2 in completions, #2 in attempts, #3 in passing yards, #2 in passing touchdowns with a 102.2 passer rating. PFF rated him the #2 QB in the league in the regular season and FO had him rated #3 by DYAR if you prefer "advanced" stats.
- Down the stretch he led Tampa Bay on an 8-0 run (including the playoffs) where they scored less than 30 points only once.
- To get to the Super Bowl he had to beat teams led by Drew Brees (former SB MVP, all-time passing yards leader, HOF lock), Aaron Rodgers (current MVP, former SB MVP, HOF lock) and Patrick Mahomes (former MVP, former SB MVP, defending SB champ, alleged future GOAT)
- In Super Bowl 55 he became the first quarterback to complete at least 80% of their passes and 3 TDs in a half.
- Every touchdown in the Super Bowl was scored by players Tom Brady actively recruited to the team (2 to Gronk, 1 to AB, 1 to Fournette)
- He did all that in spite of having to learn a new offensive system while training camp was severely curtailed due to COVID.
- He had a torn MCL the entire time.
- In 2020 Tom Brady passed Drew Brees as all-time leader in career passing touchdowns with 581. The next closest active player (Aaron Rodgers) has 412.
- Thanks to his 4 playoff wins in the 2020 postseason, Tom Brady now has over DOUBLE the playoff wins (34) of the next closest quarterback (16, by Joe Montana)
- After the 2020 playoffs, Brady has thrown more touchdowns to a single player (Rob Gronkowski) in both the playoffs (14) and the Super Bowl (5) than any quarterback. Montana is #2 with 12 and 4 respectively to Jerry Rice.
- He's now the oldest player at any position to win a Super Bowl. #2 is kicker Matt Stover who was 42.
- First quarterback to win a Super Bowl played in his home stadium. To reach the home Super Bowl... he had to go 3-0 on the road.
- Tom Brady became the first quarterback to win Super Bowls played in 3 separate decades (2000s, 2010s, 2020s). Even if you are fussy about counting the decade as starting on the xxx1 year, it still counts because SB55 was actually played in 2021.
- In week 17 of the 2020 season, Brady broke the record (held by Brett Favre) for most total regular season starts in NFL history with 299.
EDIT: Added several missing things! And then some more!
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