2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Brady now has 13 career 400-yard passing games, tied for the third most such performances in NFL annals. Its his scheme. . What a hit by Neal on HillHill is a tough guy but he met his match.. Our defense played very well and has for many games this year. He used up less than two minutes of clock. Hit on Tayson Hill won that game. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. On Denver's next drive, the fumble-bug bit the Broncos for the second time when Montee Ball coughed up the ball deep inside his own territory at the 32-yard line. But it is funny how that works. That penalty pushed the Bucs back to their 15-yard line with just 16 seconds left in the game, making things a bit dicey. But the referees ruled that due to the "tuck rule," Bradysince his hand had moved forwardwas in the process of passing. All of which is to say that yes, teams need a number of breaks and bounces to go their way in order to complete the ride to a championship. Tom Brady isn't a stranger to playoff comeback wins. Both can be found at pro . By taking the Bucs from a deficit on the scoreboard to a win in the closing minutes, Brady also improved his numbers in two of the most meaningful categories of his career: fourth-quarter comebacks (4QC) and game-winning drives (GWD). None of the other 40-TD seasons (there are now 17 of them in total) were put up by a quarterback older than 33. You couldn't fault New England fans for their lack of optimism heading into a Week 5 matchup with the then 3-1 San Diego Chargers in Foxborough. The 45-year-old Brady made his 331st career start at quarterback, while the Cardinals were down to Trace McSorley in his first start. As a starting quarterback, his record is just 118-90 in the regular season. Brady was also the first quarterback ever to throw for 50 touchdowns in a season, which he did with the Patriots in 2007 when Randy Moss was running wild. And you've got to cherish these moments.". After another defensive stand, Brady's offense once again got the ball back with 1:13 to play. Gronkowski was targeted a team-high 10 times, which produced seven catches for 115 yards. Who are the washed up LOSERS now, see above!!! Lastly, he has 57,396 passing yards, averaging 258.5 per game . Peyton Manning 43 2. Brady has previously finished as the NFL's touchdown pass king four times (2002, 2007, 2010 and 2015) and has previously led the league in passing yards three times (2005, 2007 and 2017). December 6th, 2022 at 12:01 am 2023 Cable News Network. From his very first season to this past Sunday, here are the 10 greatest fourth-quarter comebacks of Tom Brady's career. Of all people, it was recovered by of kicker Stephen Gostkowski, which set up the Patriots at the Buffalo 31-yard line. The Patriots led for most of the game before the Chiefs took a 28-24 lead with 2:04 left in the fourth quarter. After 22 seasons, 365 games and seven Super Bowls, Tom Brady, who famously went from late-round draft pick underdog to NFL legend, is calling it quits . Not only does Brady have 44 fourth-quarter comebacks, but he has 56 game-winning drives - as well as 9 fourth-quarter comebacks and 14 game-winning drives in the playoffs. Just like we drew it up, was the 45-year-olds response when he arrived at the post-game press conference, prompting a ripple of laughter from those in attendance. He knows that at the end of the game, he wants the ball in the offense's hands and he demands us to go out there and make plays. Tom Brady leads yet another fourth-quarter comeback NFL season No. Rivers -- who stated plainly that he cannot say that he's better than Tom Brady (duh?) Not in this sport, especially. Brady joked after the game, "Just like we drew it up. Brady, who has the second . Despite seven fewer seasons played, Flacco has two more lost comebacks than Tom Brady, who began his playing career as a starter in 2001. . How far the 2013 Patriots will go remains to be seen, but this victory revived some of the old magic and gave the fans reason to believe again. He ran a 5.28 40, managed a 24.5 vertical, 99 broad jump, 7.20 three-cone and 4.38 shuttle, all of which remain to this day rank among the worst by quarterbacks in combine history, according to. From there, he completed 8 of 10 passes, with a 6-yard touchdown to rookie running back Rachaad White, who dove over the goal line with 8 seconds remaining to give the Bucs their first sweep of the Saints since 2007. But I always thought he was already one of the greatest of all time, but because they intercepted the pass, he's now the greatest of all time? Dont watch. That is tied for the most 100-yard games by a tight end in NFL history. Fire those cannons, baby! Brady had been 21-for-29 for 203 yards and two touchdowns through the first three quarters in that one. Brady scrambling is never a good thing. 3) Justin Herbert is tied for tops in the NFL with four fourth-quarter comebacks and four game-winning drives entering Week 10. At 24-0 by halftime, you could almost hear the collective sounds of millions of televisions going off. After all, the Pats only got to 2-3 with the win, but in retrospect, it was the start of something special. I was born in '99. Not sure if Clyde would really be the answer, who knows. (But hey, Oakland did get to the Super Bowl the following season). Tom Brady had 40 touchdown passes in his first 16 games with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which easily set a franchise single-season record and launched the 2020 team into the playoffs. August 3,1977 Brees is third, with 36 fourth-quarter . Its impossible even for the GOAT. 1 in passing yards allowed, No. With less than two minutes to play, Charles Woodson sacked Brady as he was bringing the ball back toward his chest, forcing what appeared to be a fumble. Obviously --obviously-- quite a bit more goes into winning football games than just the play of the quarterback. Hunters Crack Pipe you are correct sir, plus Brady is more likely to make adjustments even on plays that Leftwich calls since its crunch time. Tom Brady has pretty much owned the Bills in his career. "A lot of football." Do you have a sports website? Another unforgettable moment in Tom Brady's career came during Super Bowl LI in 2017. In the opening drive of the final quarter, Brady led the Patriots down to the Chicago 7-yard line but had to settle for a field goal to trim the Chicago lead to 27-19. He's gotten help. EEK, Belichick always coached, its a 60 minute game, play until the whistle. Tonights miraculous finish sure puts an extra spotlight on Bowles not trusting Brady to lead a Bucs comeback in the fourth quarter last week against the Browns. What if the Seahawks would've ran it in, and the Seahawks would've won? New England would not trail again and went on to a 24-20 road victory that prolonged its undefeated regular season. Brady made a little more Bucs history tonight, too. Leftwhich is still calling the plays when the Bucs go no huddle. Evans owns four of the top five seasons in team history in that category. Absolutely nothing to that point indicated a comeback in the offing. . He also threw for 410 yards on 34-of-50 passing, with one interception. But Bradyalready 6-3 against Manning by that pointwas destined to steal win No. The first, running no-huddle, came on a 91-yard drive that saw Brady complete passes to six different receiving targets and was punctuated by a 1-yard pass to rookie tight end Cade Otton in the corner of the end zone -- the same corner he secured the Bucs' come-from-behind victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Week 9. All these guys. It's a case of the best quarterback being the best in the biggest moment imaginable, seven out of nine times. Never nothing positiv to say There's always reason to believe. Listen, the Brady trolls are not Bucs fans theyre fans of other teams who troll different websites writing disparaging things about Brady. I think that loss caused Brady to retire and that same loss caused him to unretire. Only a select few end up getting that opportunity. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Why this worthless bum Leftwich still has a job tomorrow, its ridiculous. 40 for the G.O.A.T. once the playoffs start? When the Patriots came out of the half and went 80 yards in eight plays to cut the deficit to 24-7, they still had a lot of work to be done. Starting from his own 49-yard line, Brady completed three passesto Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth and Kevin Faulkthe last of whom caught a 13-yard touchdown for the lead. Brady has engineered nine fourth-quarter comebacks in the playoffs, just four of those at home. (TB12, Tom Terrific, Touchdown Tom, GOAT, The Pharaoh, Comeback Kid or Sir), Born: But it wasn't Adam Vinatieri this time, but Stephen Gostkowski who put the dagger in the Chargers' once promising season. Donovan Smith needs to pay for these penalties, each one after a certain amount he needs to pay for, we save up the money and buy his replacement. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Ranking the 10 Greatest 4th-Quarter Comebacks of Tom Brady's Career Kevin McRae November 27, 2013 Tom Brady's latest heroics improved him to 10-4 career against Peyton Manning. And I thought to myself, well I already thought he was one of [the best] -- I mean, how do you ever decide that? Hope the players can overcome these guys but thats very difficult to do. I love it. 37-for-56 (66%) In the process, he passed Peyton Manning for the most career fourth-quarter comebacks (44) in the history of the NFL. Brady and these players wont be able to overcome this lousy coaching staff . . When given that opportunity to help make or break the entire season while performing on the biggest stage in sports, suffice it to say Brady has acquitted himself quite well. He threw 40 touchdown passes at the age of 43 and now has another 40 at the age of 44. Deficit: Raiders 13, Patriots 3 (Start of fourth quarter), Final Score: Patriots 16, Raiders 13 (OT). (Rodgers could get a fourth with five scoring passes next Sunday.) He made the 41-yard kick and won the game. The Panthers (6-10) led 14-0 early and 21-10 after Sam Darnold's third TD pass of the day, 10 seconds into the fourth quarter. The Bears quickly matched with a field goal of their own to go back up by 11 points with 6:27 left to play. To a certain extent, Rivers' comments make sense. Tough to keep track. "I've been a part of plenty of 'em," said right guard Shaq Mason, who was part of the Super Bowl LI comeback when he was with the Patriots. Rivers and Marino would be among that group. It wasn't just stunning that the Pats had erased the deficit, but that they had done so in such rapid succession. Can we talk about the Cleveland missed time outs again? Including the playoffs, Brady has led 49 fourth-quarter comebacks and 63 game-winning drives, including the playoffs, according to Pro Football Reference. No huddle means Leftwich wasnt there to screw up everything. Who cares if we get into the playoffs or not, its gonna be a bloodbath once were there. On Wednesday, Tom Brady announced that he would be involved with a Porsche Hypercar entry at this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. In a video posted on Brady's account, he joked . In the process, he maintained his NFL lead in both touchdown passes and passing yards, with just one game to go. The next closest passers, Joe Montana and Steve Young, each had only half as many. The teams would then trade possessions, and with 2:06 remaining, Brady and the Pats would get it back and embark on a drive thatto this daygenerates vitriol and hatred amongst many NFL fans. The aforementioned dominance of the Seahawks, the steamrolling of the Falcons, the brutal efficiency against the Rams (twice) -- those are the types of performances that every quarterback dreams of havingonce in their career. Bowles will be soft, considering he will learn from his mistakes (i.e. Don't worry, Pats fansTom Brady's got this. Tom Brady has now completed his 44th come from behind win in the 4th quarter/OT. Most Career Touchdown Passes, Buccaneers History. But Brady had also just completed 13 of 15 passes for 124 yards and two touchdowns to mount a comeback from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter of a Super Bowl while facing a historic Seahawks defense that ranked No. This Bucs team may ultimately do nothing in January and February. "I've played a long time," Brady said with a chuckle when we reminded him of that number in the early Friday morning hours. Brady's 40th touchdown pass of the 2021 season was perhaps his most important one of the year, as he hit Cyril Grayson on a hysteria-inducing 33-yard completion with 15 seconds left on Sunday to turn a 24-20 deficit into a 28-24 win (after a two-point conversion). Even more improbable is this was the second time this season Brady has thrown a come-from-behind winning touchdownin the final 15 seconds of regulation. That pass was the capper of a nine play drive that covered 93 yards, all through the air, which is how Brady ended up north of 400 yards for the third time this season. The outlook may have been grim, but Brady kicked things into a gear that only he can reach. With just under nine minutes remaining in the contest, the Chargers jumped to a 10-point lead after Patriots punter Lee Johnson fumbled near the end zone and San Diego's Derrick Harris returned the ball six yards for a touchdown. If Bowles wasnt such a stupid, cowardly, gutless wonder last week and used his timeouts, the Bucs win that game, and theyre 7-5 right now, and on a 4 game winning streak, and people are lot more exciting about things. Teams over the past five seasons are 3-530 when down 13-plus points in the final four minutes of regulation, according to ESPN Stats & Information research, with the three wins being the Los Angeles Chargers at the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 15 in 2018, the New York Jets at the Cleveland Browns in Week 2 this season and now the Bucs over the Saints. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Caldwell again made his imprint with a key 49-yard reception to set up a game-winning field goal. Just to be able to be a part of that years later down the road, you just be grateful. The Bucs' odds to win were as long as 25-1 at Caesars Sportsbook when the team trailed 16-3. Manning would ultimately rally his team late in the fourth to force overtime, but the Broncos would come up on the short end of a 34-31 score. Ben Roethlisberger 39 That's a helluva list. But occasionally, it needs to be restated. TOM BRADY, IN FOURTH QUARTER OR OVERTIME OF SUPER BOWLS85-for-129 (66.0%) Everybody in this locker room has confidence in him when this time comes. Having announced his retirement earlier this year only to reverse the decision, the win was evidence the seven-time Super Bowl champion is not yet done on the football field. CNNs Jill Martin contributed to reporting. Brady has never ever had to deal with coaching this bad, and he seems reluctant to over rule the idiot calling plays, so we only see glimpses of what Brady really wants to be doing out there. Please enter valid email address to continue. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. But that wouldn't have been a very good ending to a storybook season, now would it? This game falls into something of a gray area, largely because most of the New England Patriots; epic comeback against the Denver Broncos this past Sunday night/Monday morning came in the third, rather than the fourth, quarter. You'd be hard-pressed to find many quarterbacks in NFL history who have been more clutch with the game on the line and more apt at putting their teams in position to win when the odds looked bleak than "Tom Terrific.". Ryan Succops extra point made the difference between the two teams, moving the Bucs to 6-6 on the season at the top of the NFC South while the Saints drop to 4-9. No, you wont catch Brady feeling like his record doesnt mean much. Tom Brady has now won four Super Bowl s, as well as three Super Bowl MVP awards. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Brady's touchdown to Otton against the Rams came with 13 seconds left. Especially given the ease with which the Rams had seized the momentum. Just hand them Arians playbook and say pick a random play. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Bryon leftwich is still hot garbage. Again, this wasn't a Super Bowl. Super Bowl LI vs. He has been sacked 527 times,. We could further that obvious point by saying that Brady didn't get a strip sack on Matt Ryan or push the Falcons out of field-goal range with another sack, and Brady didn't pick off Jared Goff late in Super Bowl LIII, just as he didn't successfully kick any field goals in the snow or in the Super Bowl, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Carl Nassib sacked Andy Dalton for a loss of 10 yards on second-and-7, and Keanu Neal made a tremendous play to jar a ball free from Tayson Hill on what what would have been a huge completion for the Saints on third down. Deficit: Bills 24, Patriots 13 (5:38 remaining). He was fired up after tonights win and praised the Bucs defense for giving him a chance, and he showed Todd Bowles love for punting on 4th-and-long early in the fourth quarter when Brady wanted to go for it. Staring down the barrel of a 1-4 start, Brady remained undaunted and led the team on the first of what would become his signature fourth-quarter comebacks. Reality is you dont know football. All that after trailing by 11 pointstwicein the final frame. He would complete the comeback with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Rachaad White. (College Stats), Weighted Career AV (100-95-): 184 (1st overall since 1960). Bowles will be *alright lol. A 400-yard performance in the Super Bowl would be considered pretty good. The 2003 version of the "Brady Bunch" arrived at Invesco Field at Mile High for Monday Night Footballon a four-game winning streak, and they faced a Broncos teamled by Clinton Portisthat had lost two straight. From there, he completed 8 of 10 passes, with a 6-yard touchdown to rookie running back Rachaad White, who dove over the goal line with 8 seconds remaining to give the Bucs their first sweep of the Saints since 2007. I'm lucky to get a second chance to be with him. Brady connected with both Mike Evans and Cameron Brate on four-yard scoring passes, padding the stats of two of the top three producers of touchdown receptions in team history. In a game that saw the Patriots trailing the Atlanta Falcons by 28-3 at halftime, Brady led his team on a remarkable comeback. It marked Brady's 44th . Down 13 points against the New Orleans Saints in the closing minutes, Brady steered the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to an improbable 17-16 win on Monday Night Football. After a. 921 yards Brady engineered the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history, hitting James White for a five-yard touchdown pass . (Nic Antaya/Getty Images) Article The aggravatingly suave career of Tom Brady continues. The browser you are using is no longer supported on this site. Does anyone think were gonna a threat to the Eagles, Cowboys, etc. Yet another record attributed to Bradys name. . Field Yates (@FieldYates) December 6, 2022. He's the greatest. You can see when he goes to the arm band to decipher the call from the sideline. I remember thinking when the Patriots beat the Seahawks, when they had the interception down there on fourth-and-1, and that gave them, what, their fifth championship? Not soft haha. And the Bucs' defense forced a Saints three-and-out in just 31 seconds. Super Bowl LIII vs. Rams: 4-for-5 (80%), 67 yards. XFL Week 3 preview: Can AJ McCarron, Battlehawks continue their fourth-quarter heroics? Tom Brady Sets NFL Fourth-Quarter Comeback Record December 5th, 2022 Peyton Manning is famous for a lot of reasons, but one is because he was slightly ashamed of his career fourth-quarterback comeback record that he held until Tom Brady's magic tonight. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. He had been 22-for-36 for 163 yards with no touchdowns and one interception prior to those two drives, and his patchwork offensive line appeared to have been breaking down as the game went on. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Tom Brady the New England Patriots starting Quarterback has orchestrated over 40 fourth quarter comebacks and 51 game winning drives, . Brady's 39 career fourth-quarter comebacks rank second all-time, behind Peyton Manning. Brady got to his 40 touchdown passes this year with three more in Sunday's thrilling win over the New York Jets in the Meadowlands. That was a great comeback win by THIS TEAM. December 5th, 2022 at 11:57 pm "I think it's experience and his mindset. . We've seen that time and time again. Weve got a lot games coming down to the end, some weve won, some weve lost, which is why were 6-6, Brady told reporters. After a Chargers punt, Brady went back to work from his own 40-yard line with just more than two minutes remaining and one timeout. On the NFL's biggest stage, the Patriots quarterback showed off his greatness by leading New England to a 34-28 overtime win over the Falcons in Super Bowl LI. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. We could talk about that forever, too. Find out more. Tbbucs3 Says: Photo by Tom Hauck/Getty Images Disputed loan at center of Commanders probe, Tom Brady leads record-setting comeback as Buccaneers take down Saints, Peyton and Eli welcomed Robin Roberts, Randy Moss and Dana White, Aaron Judge reps Mike Evans and more notable NFL Week 13 arrivals. Falcons**: 21-for-26 (80.8%), 246 yards, 1 TD He completed all nine of his passes for 61 yards and capped it off by running it in from six yards out to cut the lead to 13-10. Ill take it!!! What does it all mean? They were otherwise restricted to three field goals from Wil Lutz. Brady led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a stunning comeback win against the New Orleans Saints. But the Saints roared back and took the lead at 24-23 with just 3:35 to go in the game. Another thing about this defense is that they give so much cushion to the wideouts. Super Bowl XLII vs. Giants: 10-for-18, 91 yards, 1 TD Build your own custom leaderboards with Stathead Football. 32. Most Fourth-Quarter Comebacks by Quarterbacks, NFL History, Most Game-Winning Drives by Quarterbacks, NFL History. 2022 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Taking advantage of the call, Adam Vinatieri kicked a clutch 45-yard field goal to send the game into overtime, where Brady would get the ball first and complete all eight of his passes to set up another game-winning field goal. 36 Fourth-quarter comebacks led by Brady (resulting in win or tie) in 20 regular seasons at New England 37 Completions by Brady in a 28-24 win vs. Seattle in Super Bowl 39. Great bailout Brady to make up for the missed throws early on. Did you encounter any technical issues? Understandable.]. Dont be all punp up about Bucs going into playoffs. SUPER BOWL FOURTH QUARTER/OT STATS Tom Brady (9. After an incompletion, Brady connected on back-to-back strikes, for 23 yards to Troy Brown and eight to Jermaine Wiggins, to set up the game-winning field-goal try. Looking at the individual performances, you can see that in only one of his nine Super Bowl appearances was he asked to do very little in the fourth quarter. Oh Peyton, Tom Brady has been doing this to you for a long time. At the same time, every quarterback has gotten help at various points in their careers; none have managed to win as often as Brady. Thomas Edward Patrick Brady The words Tom Brady and fourth-quarter comeback are synonymous with each other. Denver only managed to net four yards on its ensuing possession and was forced to give the ball back to the Patriots with a chance to win or tie. It pisses me off that the Glazers value woke more than winning, Bowles is a good DC and COULD be a good HC if he was more emotional and led from the front.and played to win (instead of not lose). Years of losing to him in devastating fashion like last night, has caused him to think about him all day , long, sleepless nights , its a beautiful thing!! Tom Brady and the Patriots' first Super Bowl victory was one of the biggest upsets in football history. Just like we drew it up.". With under 10 minutes to play at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Brady trailed Manning by 10 points. Given his unique place in NFL history, Rivers made for a compelling subject to be asked about all-time quarterback rankings by Dan Patrick this week. Vinatieri did it again, connecting from 44 yards to win the game 29-26. You would have been hard-pressed to find manyoutside of hardcore Patriots homerswho werewilling to pick Brady and crew to score what would be one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history. You are a disgrace of a fan. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. The onus was now, once again, on Carolina not to fold under the pressure. Deficit: Saints 27, Patriots 23 (2:29 remaining). The Rams, known as "The Greatest Show on Turf," had finished the regular season with a 14-2 mark and had a bevy of offensive weapons led by Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, Isaac Bruce, Ricky Proehl and Torry Holt. You'd also find just onebadperformance, which came in the Super Bowl XLVI loss to the Giants. August 16, 2019 / 11:18 AM Most 100-Yard Receiving Games, Tight Ends, NFL History, Data Crunch: WR Chris Godwin set new single-game and single-season reception records for the Buccaneers on Monday night as part of Tom Brady's record 19th 300-yard passing game in the postseason, Data Crunch: In 2022, Tom Brady threw more passes and completed more of them than any other quarterback in NFL history, in the process breaking one of his own records, Data Crunch: While QB Tom Brady was busy padding his all-time NFL lead in many clutch-performance categories in Sunday's overtime win in Arizona, Chris Godwin surpassed James Wilder for second-place on the team's career receptions list, Data Crunch: Lavonte David passed an all-time Bucs great on the team's career sack list and Chris Godwin continued his streak of prolific pass-catching on Sunday against Cincinnati, Data Crunch: The Buccaneers' improbable late-game comeback in Monday night's 17-16 win over the Saints marked the 40th time Tom Brady has led his team back from a 10+-point deficit to get the victory, Data Crunch: On Sunday, WR Mike Evans became just the fifth player in NFL history to record at least 10,000 receiving yards and 75 touchdown catches in his first nine seasonsAlso Rachaad White now leads all rookie backs in receptions, Data Crunch: After getting two sacks Sunday to give him 20 in young career, ILB Devin White has accomplished something his first four seasons only matched since 2000 by Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher, Data Crunch: WR Mike Evans recorded the 32nd regular-season 100-yard receiving game of his career against Baltimore, while Tom Brady extended an impressive streak and Chris Godwin moved closer to a new milestone, Data Crunch: QB Tom Brady has an active streak of 271 consecutive passes without an interception, braking his own Buccaneer recordAlso, Cade Otton now at the top of the rookie TE receiving yardage chart, Data Crunch: Teams quarterback by Tom Brady have still never lost to the Falcons, as Brady's prolific first-half output led to a 21-15 Bucs victoryAlso Leonard Fournette accomplished something no Bucs back had since 2007, Data Crunch: Now the franchise's all-time leader in yards from scrimmage, wide receiver Mike Evans also moved up the Bucs' career scoring list on Sunday night in another sparkling performance, Data Crunch: The Buccaneers have allowed the fewest points in the NFL through three weeks, and are off to their best start on that side of the ball in more than 20 years, TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. : #NOvsTB on ESPN pic.twitter.com/r4t1nV3fnz. He re-emphasized that flair for the dramatic in a big way this past Sunday night/Monday morning, when Brady led his New England Patriots to an improbable and stunning come-from-behind victory over archrival Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos. Super Bowl XLVI vs. Giants: 6-for-15, 64 yards, INT (1 spike) Tom Brady found Kenbrell Thompkins from 17 yards out to stun the previously undefeated Saints in Foxborough. His coaches know it. Brady isn't far behind with 36. Meeting the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII, the Patriots were looking to secure their second championship in three seasons. Brady started the drive with five straight . Evans scored for the 12th time in 2021, matching the second highest single-season touchdown reception total in Buccaneers annals. Since taking over the reins of the New England Patriots from Drew Bledsoe in 2001, Tom Brady has owned the Bills to the tune of a 21-2 career record (with one more meeting this season at Gillette Stadium).