One of the reasons Tom Brady is widely considered the best player in NFL history is the level of success he was able to maintain during his 23 years in the league.
About the latest episode let’s go On the podcast (starting at 23:30), Brady expressed doubts that any current quarterback can match what he did in the NFL.
“People have to do it for a long time. I’ve been doing it for a long time. When you look at my career, I’ve been able to do it basically every game every year. … Every game isn’t perfect, but every game is really good. … If someone does do it, as long as I do it and get to the point where I’m successful, then I’m going to give them a lot of respect. Give them a lot of respect. To do that would be an incredible achievement.”
Brady holds at least 17 league records between the regular season and playoffs. He leads in wins (251), completions (7,753), attempts (12,050), passing yards (89,214), passing touchdowns (649), Super Bowl appearances (10), Super Bowl wins ( 7) and the Super Bowl, ranking first in history. MVP awards (five).
The only quarterback with at least 80,000 yards passing and 550 touchdown passes is Drew Brees (80,358 yards, 571 touchdowns). Of the 21 non-Brady players who have played in at least five Super Bowls, eight were teammates with him on the New England Patriots.
Patrick Mahomes looks to be Brady’s top challenger for at least some of the milestones. The Kansas City Chiefs star has reached the AFC Championship Game as a starter every year of his career, winning two Super Bowls in three of those games.
Through his first 86 starts, Mahomes has more than 6,000 more passing yards (from 25,974 to 19,782) and 70 more passing touchdowns (from 207 to 137) than Brady has in his first 86 starts. ).
At just 28 years old, Mahomes has the potential to break most, if not all, of Brady’s records by the end of his career. But due to the vagaries of sports, we can’t predict when this will happen.
Brady didn’t fully become the player we imagine him to be now until he acquired Randy Moss during the 2007 season, and four years later in 2011, the pass rush took over the NFL in full force.