Answer: 30-17
Brady did not start in 1996 or 1997, accumulating a 0-1 touchdown-interception ratio in this time. In his first year as a starter at Michigan in 1998, he threw 14 touchdown passes, but still threw ten interceptions in this time period. His last year at college was his finest, throwing 16 touchdowns to the tune of just six interceptions. He also had three rushing touchdowns in his college career.
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Answer: Sixth round
Apparently a diamond in the rough, Tom Brady was not selected until the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft! In fact, six other quarterbacks were drafted ahead of Tom, including Chad Pennington (first round, New York Jets), Giovanni Carmazzi (third round, San Francisco 49ers), and Chris Redman (third round, Baltimore Ravens).
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Answer: Michigan Wolverines
Tom Brady recorded a 20-5 record as a two year starter for the Michigan Wolverines. During his college career, he accomplished 442 completions in 710 attempts, collected 5,351 yards, 35 touchdown passes, and a 62.3 completion percentage. He also served as a backup to Brian Greise during the Wolverines National Championship season.
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Answer: 6
The 2000 NFL Draft was considered one of the weakest classes for quarterbacks ever, and the analysts were correct to an extent. Chad Pennington was the first quarterback taken, going to the New York Jets with the 18th pick. The next quarterback to go was Giovanni Carmazzi, taken 65th by the San Francisco 49ers. Chris Redman also went in the third round, with the Baltimore Ravens using the 75th pick on him.
With a compensatory fifth round pick, the Pittsburgh Steelers took Tee Martin. Also, the New Orleans Saints took Mark Bulger with the 168th pick while Spergon Wynn went to the Cleveland Browns with the 183rd selection.
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Answer: Sixth
Tom Brady was drafted 199th overall in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He was also drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft. He also majored in organizational studies while at Michigan.
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Answer: Ron Rutledge
The 2000 season was a tough one for Brady and the Patriots. Brady started camp as the team's fourth-string quarterback, behind Bledsoe and backups John Friesz and Michael Bishop. However, Patriot fans still got their first glimpse of their future Hall of Famer, with Brady completing one out of his first three passes in a game against the Detroit Lions. Brady's only completion was to tight end Rutledge, who only caught 27 passes in his NFL career.
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Answer: Drew Bledsoe
Tom was the backup quarterback for Drew Bledsoe in the 2001 season when Bledsoe was injured in week 2 during the first NFL game played after the 9/11 attacks. Ironically, Bledsoe was acting as Brady's backup later that season when Tom was injured in the AFC Championship game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Bledsoe led the team to victory in that game to send the Pats to Super Bowl XXXVI, where Brady took back his command of the offense and brought the franchise its first Super Bowl victory.
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Answer: San Diego Chargers
The Patriots were trailing the Chargers by a 26-16 score in the fourth quarter. Brady led the Pats on two scoring drives to tie the game heading into overtime. In overtime, he set up a game-winning field goal. Brady's performance that day saw him win the AFC Offensive Player of the Week award for the first time.
Interestingly, the game in question took place in 2001, but it was clutch drives against the Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams in that year's playoffs that established Brady's clutch reputation.
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Answer: Bridget Moynahan
John Edward Thomas Moynahan is Brady's first child. Some fans have speculated Bridget chose the name so Tom's son would forever have the initials "JET" - as in the Patriots' divisional rivals the New York Jets - out of spite due to his breakup with the actress. However, this may simply be coincidence as John's name is a mixture of Tom's own first and middle names (Thomas and John) along with Bridget's father's first name (Edward).
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Answer: California
Thomas Brady was born in San Mateo, California on Augest 3rd, 1977. He was a Prep Football Report and a Blue Chip Illustrated All-American selection at Serra High School in his hometown. He also added all-state ans All-Far West honors as the team's Most Valuable Player.
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Answer: 3rd
Brady led the Patriots to a 14-2 record, throwing 23 touchdown passes throughout the regular season. He received eight votes for MVP, behind co-winners Peyton Manning and Steve McNair, who both received 16 votes. Running backs Jamal Lewis and Priest Holmes, alongside linebacker Ray Lewis, also received votes.
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Answer: The St. Louis Rams
Brady's first appearance in a Super Bowl was in SB XXXVI against the St. Louis Rams in 2002. The game was played in the New Orleans Super Dome with the Patriots considered underdogs versus a Rams' offense dubbed "The Greatest Show on Turf".
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Answer: 3,457
Tom Brady threw for 3,457 yards in 2003 with a 60.6 completion percentage. During the 2003 season, Brady completed 301 passes on 497 attempts. He has thrown for over 10,000 during the first four seasons of his NFL career.
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Answer: catcher
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Answer: Eli and Peyton
Eli Manning led the New York Giants to victories over Tom and the Patriots in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI. Peyton Manning has led both the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos in numerous matchups against Brady's AFC rival Patriots, including memorable games in both the regular season and conference playoffs. Both Eli and Peyton are sons of former Pro Bowl quarterback Archie Manning.
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Answer: 23
Tom Brady threw 23 touchdown passes and only 12 interceptions in 2003.
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Answer: W, 44-13
THe Patriots blew out the Colts in Brady's first start.
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Answer: Drew Bledsoe
After replacing Drew Bledsoe, Brady ended up starting 14 games for the Patriots that season and completed 264 out of 413 passes and piled up 2,843 yards. He later won the the Super Bowl last year.
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Answer: 11-3
The Patriots started 0-2 behind Bledsoe. Then Brady took over and won 11 of the next 14 games.
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Answer: Deion Branch
Deion Branch was named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXXIX for his performance against the Philadelphia Eagles. He received the award for tying the then record of most receptions in a Super Bowl, with 11 catches.
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Answer: Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins defeated the Patriots 30-10 in Brady's second start. The Pats got their revenge in Week 16, beating Miami and securing a playoff berth.
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Answer: Gisele Bundchen
Brazilian Super Model Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady married in February 2009. They announced their divorce in October 2022. Actress Bridget Moynahan and Brady dated for a number of years and have a child together, but they never wed. Actress Tara Reid and Brady have been linked romantically in the past, however, wedding bells never chimed for the pair.
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Answer: New England Patriots
Tom Brady played for the New England Patriots throughout the first four seasons of his NFL career, leading them to two Super Bowl Championships.
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Answer: 364
He accomplished this in an overtime game against the San Diego Chargers. The Patriots won 29-26.
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Answer: Bill Belichick
While all of the coaches listed are well known for being half of a Coach/QB power tandem; it is Bill Belichick who pairs with Tom Brady. Belichick and Brady were the first pair to reach 5 Super Bowl appearances together, and they raised the bar in 2015 with a sixth trip to the big game. While it's easy to debate which coach or which quarterback or even which pair is the greatest ever, one cannot deny that those debates can't at least be held without mentioning the Brady/Belichick combo.
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Answer: 37
Brady completed 37 out of 50 passes for 328 yards and four touchdowns to two interceptions. His top receiver in the game was Julian Edelman, who caught nine passes for 109 yards and a touchdown. Brady's other touchdown passes were caught by Brandon LaFell, Rob Gronkowski and Danny Amendola. Brady would break his own record two years later in Super Bowl LI with 43 completions.
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Answer: 7
James White broke the record for most receptions in a single Super Bowl with 14, breaking Deion Branch's Super Bowl XXXIX record of 12, which was also set while catching passes from Brady. Danny Amendola caught eight catches for 78 yards while rookie wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell made six catches for 70 yards in what was unexpectedly the last game of his short career.
Julian Edelman and Martellus Bennett both caught five balls while Chris Hogan had four. The other remaining reception was caught by running back Dion Lewis, who had a single two yard catch.
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Answer: Indianapolis Colts
The feat was accomplished in Week 5 of the 2018 season. Brady's 500th TD saw him launch a deep ball into the end zone that was caught by Josh Gordon, the 71st player to catch a touchdown from Brady. The Patriots won the game 38-24 and went on to win their sixth Super Bowl in the following February.
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Answer: David Patten
Patten caught an 8 yard touchdown pass in the second quarter.
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Answer: 6
The first NFL MVP to suffer a loss to Brady was 2001 winner Kurt Warner, who lost Super Bowl XXXVI to Brady's Patriots by a 20-17 score line. The 2003 joint MVPs Peyton Manning and Steve McNair both lost twice to Brady during the 2003 season, losing regular season and playoff games to the Patriots. Manning also lost twice to Brady during his 2004 MVP season, losing a regular season game to Brady in his 2013 MVP campaign as well.
2006 MVP LaDainian Tomlinson's San Diego Chargers lost 24-21 to Brady's side in the Divisional Round. In addition, Matt Ryan lost Super Bowl LI to the Patriots after winning the 2016 MVP. As previously mentioned, Mahomes lost twice to Brady in his 2018 MVP season.
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Answer: 6
He was taken with the 199th pick. Ironically, he's proven to be one of the most valuable members of that draft class.
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Answer: Fourth
Brady finished at his lowest in this time period in the 2012 and 2013 lists, won by Aaron Rodgers and Adrian Peterson respectively. He was runner-up in 2016, losing out to 2015 NFL MVP Cam Newton. He came top of the poll in 2011, 2017 and 2018. Brady's first finish outside of the top four came in 2019, when he was placed in sixth.
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