Most people consider the recently retired Tom Brady to be the greatest quarterback in the history of the NFL, and it is no wonder why.
He has seven Super Bowl championships, three regular-season MVPs, and five Super Bowl MVPs to his name, among numerous other accomplishments.
What may have sealed his fate at the greatest to ever do it is his longevity.
To illustrate how incredible Brady’s longevity was, analyst Doug Farrar pointed out the fact that he threw more touchdown passes in his 40s than he did when he was in his 20s.
Tom Brady threw more touchdown passes in his 40s than he did in his 20s. https://t.co/3fxaKfcOcU
— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) June 26, 2023
Brady became an NFL starter in 2001, his second season, when he was 24 years of age, and it was a Cinderella season for him as he led the New England Patriots to their first of six world championships.
Although he won three Super Bowls in his first four seasons as a QB1, some felt he wasn’t that great and that he was more of a “system quarterback” and a beneficiary of head coach Bill Belichick.
But as Brady got older, he got even better.
He didn’t win his first regular-season MVP award until the 2007 campaign when he was 30, and he set his career-high in passing yards with 5,316 in 2021 when he was 44 years of age.
Brady owes his longevity to the “TB12 Method,” a system based around muscle flexibility that is intended to reduce the risk of injury.
If anyone doubted he was the greatest ever, he proved it beyond a shadow of a doubt when he led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl ring in 2020, his first season with them, at the age of 43.
Such productivity and success at that age is unheard of for a pro athlete.
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