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March 2022

The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports

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MARCH 2022 THE WOLVERINE 25 21 Passing touchdowns in the Super Bowl for Brady, with the second-highest on the all-time list being Joe Montana with 11. Brady also has the most completions (277) and passing yards (3,039) in the history of Super Sunday. 25 Games started at Michigan, with a 20-5 record. He completed 61.9 percent of his passes for 4,773 yards and 30 touchdowns. He won three Big Ten championships and was part of the Wolverines' 1997 national title-winning squad. 44 Years old was Brady's age when he was a legitimate contender for the league's MVP award, after he led the NFL with 5,316 passing yards and 43 passing touch- downs during the 2021 season. 49 Percent of Tom Brady's life was spent in the NFL. He had 8,292 days between his birth and the day he was drafted, and 7,961 days between his draft day and his retirement. 83 Passing touchdowns with the Tampa Bay Bucca- neers, which is the second-most in franchise history despite Brady playing only two years with the organization. His six playoff starts are the most of any Buccaneer, and he has the most postseason passing yards (1,662) and passing touchdowns (13) in team history. 90 Different players caught a touchdown pass from Brady in the regular season. He threw scores to 34 different receivers in the postseason. — Clayton Sayfie victories presently — at one. That list includes such names as Rodg- ers, the aging gunslinger, and Pat- rick Mahomes, a much younger QB who has yet to prove consistent in the biggest of the NFL's big games. "Who's going to get to seven Su- per Bowls?" Flannelly asked rhe- torically. "I heard Aaron Rodg- ers is going to win a million Super Bowls. Does anybody think he's going to win any more? Pat Mahomes was the new flavor of the month. He lost at home to the new hot guy, Joe Burrow. " Yo u n e v e r k n o w what's going to hap- p e n . B e n R o e t h l i s - berger is another one. He ate his way out of Super Bowls, on a team of dysfunction, and there was a lot of silliness, always, on that team. "Tommy always tried to put himself in the best position to win. When it wasn't a priority to him …" Brady also put others in position to win, by his mere presence. He led the Patriots through their two-decades of domi- nating the NFL. When the Patriots finally proved willing to let him walk away, Brady proved another point. While he won last year's Super Bowl with the Buccaneers, the Patriots and Belichick watched the playoffs at home. Tampa Bay welcomed Brady — and his ability to make everyone bet- ter — with open arms. "The primary care physician on the team is a good friend of mine," Flannelly offered. "The janitors, the kitchen people, the equipment guys — they all raised their game. 'Holy cow! Tom Brady's here. We're big- time now! We're the Buccaneers!' "It just cracks me up. He comes in and he elevates everybody in the room. He just makes everybody else better. It's just so funny to see. The guy in the laundry room thinks he's a big deal now, because Tom Brady's his quarterback. It's fun to see." It will be seen no more, in the foot- ball arena. But every time an NFL quarterback achieves success over the next 50 years, he'll be looking up at the mountain Brady climbed. ❏ PHOTO BY JIM MAHONEY/COURTESY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

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