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The wonder of it all: it's no longer so hard to figure out how Tom Brady keeps winning. With a stronger skill set to enhance his off-the-chart intangibles, Brady is emerging as the best quarterback in the NFL
Sporting News, The, Oct 11, 2004 by Paul Attner
TALE of the TAPE
The comparisons are inevitable. After all, Joe Montana was Tom Brady's
boyhood hero. But they really aren't similar in style or in their
physical stature. Still, with Brady already halfway to equaling
Montana's four Super Bowl rings, and with Brady gaining a reputation
for fashioning Montana-like comebacks, the link between the two will
grow.
TOM BRADY VS. JOE MONTANA
6-4/225 HEIGHT WEIGHT 6-2/200
No--parents resisted PLAYED YOUTH FOOTBALL Yes--father insisted
Michigan COLLEGE Notre Dame
Round 6 (199th), 2000 DRAFT ROUND Round 3 (82nd), 1979
(OVERALL), YEAR
Chad Pennington, QUARTERBACKS PICKED Phil Simms, Jack
Giovanni Carmazzi, AHEAD OF HIM Thompson, Steve Fuller
Chris Redman, Tee
Martin, Marc Bulger,
Spergon Wynn
51 GAMES PLAYED 192
2 SUPER BOWL RINGS 4
2 SUPER BOWL MVPS 3
24 years, 184 days AGE WHEN WON FIRST 25 years, 227 days
SUPER BOWL
None NFL PASSING TITLES 1987, 1989
2002 SEASONS LEADING NFL 1982, 1987
IN TD PASSES
76 REGULAR-SEASON TO 273
PASSES
61.8 CAREER COMPLETION 63.2
PERCENTAGE
64.0 CAREER SUPER BOWL 68.0
COMPLETION PERCENTAGE
86.4 CAREER PASSER RATING 92.3
95.4 CAREER SUPER BOWL 127.8
PASSER RATING
7 300-YARD PASSING 39
GAMES
1 400-YARD PASSING 7
GAMES
2001 PRO BOWL SELECTIONS 1982, '84, '85, '86,
'88, '90, '91, '00
The Tuck "THE" MOMENT OF The Catch
DESTINY
1/19/02: In a MOST FAMOUS COMEBACK 1/22/89: In Super Bowl
divisional playoff 23 against the
game against the Bengals--with John
Raiders--during a Candy watching. He
snowstorm. Down 13-3 directs a 92-yard
in the fourth, he drive in 11 plays, the
leads two drives to last being a go-ahead,
force overtime, where 10-yard TD pass to
he is 8-for-8 on the John Taylor with 34
winning drive. seconds remaining.
11/10/02: Trailing BIGGEST MARGIN OF 12/7/80: Trailing 35-7
27-6 in the third COMEBACK at halftime against
quarter against the the Saints, he throws
Bears, he throws a career-high 55
three touchdown passes, completing
passes that produce a 36. He rallies the
33-30 victory 49ers to a 38-35 win,
the greatest
regular-season
comeback in NFL
history.
Field-goal range FAVORITE TARGET Jerry Rice--55
for kicker Adam regular-season TD
Vinatieri connections, 13 in
postseason games.
Pro Football's Greatest Quarterbacks is available at newsstands or by
calling 800-825-8508.
--Mike Kilduff
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