42 Facts About Tom Brady For His 42nd Birthday
1. Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr. was born August 3, 1977, in San Mateo, California.
2. He was selected in the 18th round of the 1995 MLB draft as a catcher by the Montreal Expos.
3. Like Michael Jordan, he did not start as a freshman in high school. The key to long term success is being mediocre when you’re 14.
4. Despite attending Michigan, beating out one of the highest recruited high school multi-sport athletes in Michigan history, and then beating Alabama in the Orange Bowl, no one in the NFL really gave a shit.
5. He ran a 5.28 40-yard dash at the NFL combine. I now see why the NFL didn’t really give a shit. He’s off my draft board.
6. He was drafted in the sixth round, as a compensatory selection, with the 199th pick by the New England Patriots. It was Bill Belichick’s 48th birthday. A quarterback out of Hofstra was drafted before him. Like WAYYYY before him. Honest to God, Hofstra!
7. Chad Pennington, Giovanni Carmazzi, Chris Redman, Tee Martin, Marc Bulger, and Spergon Wynn all caught the eyes of scouts, general managers, and head coaches alike moreso than Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr. did.
8. Again try to imagine a world where Michigan beat Alabama in a football game. That would be headline news for months in the here and now. And Brady did that in real life. Like the last game he played as a collegiate athlete was a win in which he faced two separate 14-point deficits and still won over ‘Bama. Nearly undrafted. What a world.
9. Tom Brady knows Randy Moss personally. Has his phone number and everything. Pretty good.
10. Tom Brady has beaten the Buffalo Bills 30 times. No quarterback has even beat another team more times. The next closest: Tom Brady has hung 27 dubs on the Jets. I see why those people do not care for him very much.
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11. Jerry Rice and Tom Brady are the only players in NFL history to have a reception in their age 41 season.
12. is the number he wears. I probably could have coincided all of these numbers with a stat or fact, but we’re in too deep at this point. Maybe next year.
13. In 13 of his 17 seasons played, Tom Brady has AT LEAST made the AFC Championship. I’ve watched all of these seasons and even still this doesn’t compute in my brain. What are you talking about. That’s just silly.
14. The Tuck Rule was called correctly as per letter of the law. A real shame that call was made once and only once. A real shame indeed.
15. Tom Brady averages 48 yards per punt in the postseason.
16. Tom Brady is .500 against the AFC East in the playoffs. He is 29-9 against the other 28 teams in the playoffs.
17. Tom Brady and Bill Belichick went 17 years between their first and most recent title, surpassing Gregg Popovich and Tim Duncan who saw 15 years pass by between their first and last ring together.
18. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots went 18-0 in 2007. They were so good everyone just agreed there was no reason to play the Super Bowl that year. To the best of my knowledge, that title remains vacant.
19. Bill Belichick carried Brady as the fourth quarterback on the roster during the 2000 season. How he ever beat out Michael Bishop head into 2001, I’ll never understand, but that remains one of the more impressive feats in Brady’s career.
20. Fuck Bernard Pollard.
21. The New England Patriots are 135-21 at home with Tom Brady under center.
22. Tom Brady has 13 career game-winning drives in the postseason (6 in the Super Bowl). Since 1970, John Elway has the second most game-winning postseason drives with six total.
23. Michael Jordan also has six rings. Pretty neat little parallel there.
24.Tom Brady is the only quarterback in NFL history to throw 500 TDs with one team.
25. Tom Brady set the record for passing yards in a Super Bowl and then broke it the year after. He went 1-1 in those games. What a dumb sport.
26. The New England Patriots have been favored heading into 250 games of Tom Brady’s career, including a 67-consecutive game stretch – the longest of the Super Bowl era.
27. Tom Brady is 32-21 in his career when the Patriots were the underdog.
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29. Heirloom tomatoes? Not even once.
30. Tom Brady has won 92 career road games, most all time by a quarterback. Always needs that home field advantage, though. Whatever will he do without home field advantage.
31. Tom Brady’s the only person in America I’ve ever seen wear both Red Sox and Yankees hats who doesn’t identify as a rapper. Never heard of anyone confronting him about it either. That’s a special level of power many will never achieve.
32. Tom Brady has won 32 games in which the Patriots have trailed by double digits.
33. Tom Brady only being a 3x All Pro is what has bothered me the most while reading over all of his stats and facts during the process of writing this blog. Like what the fuck does that even mean? Has whoever decides All Pro read through all these facts? Cause it doesn’t seem like they have. You mean to tell me, dead serious, that the best quarterback of all time was the best at his position THRICE and ONLY thrice? The first unanimous MVP in NFL history was only good enough to be All Pro THREE TIMES??? P U.
34. Kevin Youkilis is Tom Brady’s brother-in-law. Feels like this doesn’t get talked about enough. What a family of Champions. Boston royalty through and through.
35. Upon meeting Robert Kraft in 2000, Tom Brady introduced himself as, “The best decision this organization has ever made.” Really hate to see these young guys challenge authority with such boastfulness. He’s a bad seed Skip, you’ve gotta cut him and move on.
36. Tom Brady beat the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI.
37. Tom Brady beat the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII.
38. Tom Brady beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX.
39. Tom Brady beat the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX.
40. Tom Brady beat the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI.
41. Tom Brady beat the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII.
42. Tom Brady beat the ________________ in Super Bowl LIV.
