Former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady will retire this offseason and bring a conclusion to the most impressive career in NFL history, with Brady logging seven Super Bowl rings and five Super Bowl MVPs in nine appearances.
He is the greatest player ever to play at his position — and, perhaps, any position — and will finish his career with 11,317 passes for 7,263 completions (64.2%) and 84,520 passing yards with 624 touchdowns and 203 interceptions. And that’s just the regular season. In his postseason career, he was 35-12 while completing 62.8% of his passes for 13,049 yards, 86 passing touchdowns and 39 interceptions. His postseason quarterback rating was 90.4.
Brady entered the NFL as a sixth-round pick out of Michigan and spent a season backing up Drew Bledsoe, a quarterback who helped turn around the Patriots franchise, which had been one of the NFL’s worst. In 2001, Brady stepped in after Bledsoe suffered an injury — and Brady propelled the Patriots to a Super Bowl win in that same season. His persona — from trash talk at practice to genuine introductions with every teammate — is larger than life.
7 Super Bowl Rings.
5 Super Bowl MVPs.
3 League MVP Awards.
22 Incredible Seasons.
Thank you for it all, @TomBrady. pic.twitter.com/GcJDqTt9fj
— TB12sports (@TB12sports) January 29, 2022
Brady remained the Patriots’ starter until 2020 when he joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In his first year with Tampa, he won the Super Bowl. He and the Bucs fell short of the Super Bowl in 2021, with the team losing the Los Angeles Rams in the divisional round of the playoffs.
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