History Creator / TomBrady

* ArchEnemy: Depicted as this to Creator/PeytonManning, however the rivalry is fairly one-sided. Overall Brady is 11-5 against Manning (though they're even in the playoffs, 2-2). Brady has a much better postseason record, and has four Super Bowl wins to Manning's one. However, Brady and Manning are usually seen at the two best quarterbacks in the league at any given time, have always played in the [=AFC=] (meaning they would likely have to play in the playoffs to go to the Super Bowl) and are usually on teams favored to go to the Super Bowl every year.

* JerkJock: Fairly disliked outside of his New England fanbase. Whether it's jealousy of his success, his good looks, his supermodel wife, or his aloof nature; a lot of people plain don't like the guy. He '''is''' the stereotypical good-looking, popular quarterback who married a model, so that's probably part of it. Success also breeds contempt. Or you know, the cheating mentioned above, and the fact he got away with it.

* JerkJock: Fairly disliked outside of his New England fanbase. Whether it's jealousy of his success, his good looks, his supermodel wife, or his aloof nature; a lot of people plain don't like the guy. He '''is''' the stereotypical good-looking, popular quarterback who married a model, so that's probably part of it. Success also breeds contempt.

After playing college football for the University of Michigan, Tom Brady was drafted by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft. He became the starter when perennial Pro-Bowler Drew Bledsoe was injured, tallying an 11-3 record and winning the Super Bowl that year. Brady has been the starter in New England ever since. In Brady's 13 full seasons as a starter (he missed nearly all of 2008 with a torn ACL), the Patriots have earned six trips to the Super Bowl, winning four. Brady has won three Super Bowl MVP awards, two league MVP awards, has been selected to ten Pro Bowls, and has led the Patriots to more division titles than any other quarterback in NFL history, with twelve. Brady is fifth on the all-time list for career passing yards and fifth for career touchdown passes. His career postseason record is 21–8; his playoff win total is the most in NFL history. He helped set the record for the longest consecutive win streak in NFL history with 21 straight wins over two seasons. He also set the record for most consecutive playoff wins with 10, and in 2007 led the Patriots to the first undefeated regular season since the institution of the 16-game schedule. He has thrown for more passing yards and touchdowns than any quarterback in NFL postseason history, and has the sixth highest career passer rating of all time (95.9) among quarterbacks with at least 1,500 career passing attempts.

** This one's not even close to settled yet. In the 2015 [=AFC=] Championship Game, the Patriots were accused of using underinflated balls to give Brady a better grip on the ball in the cold, snowy weather. The NFL's investigation found that two Patriots employees "more probably than not" did illegally deflate footballs, and Brady "more probably than not" knew about it. The Patriots were fined $1,000,000 and had two draft picks taken away, and Brady was suspended for the first four games of the subsequent season. That said, the NFL's investigation is being scrutinized, and Brady is currently appealing the penalty in court.

Tom Brady has been a popular spokesman for several brands including Gillette, Dodge and Citizen watches. He has made guest appearances on ''FamilyGuy'' and ''{{Entourage}}''. Additionally he had a cameo as himself in ''Film/{{Ted 2}}'', directed by Patriots Fan SethMacFarlane and starring frequent Patriots owner's box guest Creator/MarkWahlberg. He also had a small speaking role in ''StuckOnYou'' with another Patriots Megafan Creator/MattDamon.

Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr. (born August 3, 1977), is one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.

** This one's not even close to settled yet. In the 2015 [=AFC=] Championship Game, the Patriots were accused of using underinflated balls to give Brady a better grip on the ball in the cold, snowy weather. The NFL's investigation found that two Patriots employees "more probably than not" did illegally deflate footballs, and Brady "more probably than not" knew about it. The Patriots were fined $1,000,000 and had two draft picks taken away, and Brady was suspended for the first four games of the subsequent season. Brady is currently appealing the penalty in court.

* JerkJustifications: How many viewed his comments after the aforementioned playoff game against Baltimore. Even more felt that his comments involving the deflated were this.

** In 2007 The Pats were caught videotaping signals at the New York Jets' home opener in 2007 (a game New England won 38-14). The league eventually determined that the team illegally videotaped opponents from 2002 to 2007. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell fined the team $250,000 for that incident, and stripped New England of a first-round draft choice. Coach Bill Belichick was fined $500,000, the largest financial penalty against a coach ever.
** In a 2015 playoff game, Baltimore coach Jim Harbaugh accused New England of using an "illegal type" of formation. Harbaugh said that his defense wasn't given enough time to figure out who the eligible and ineligible players were after New England's players reported into the game. "Because what they were doing was they would announce the eligible player and Tom [Brady] would take it to the line right away and snap the ball before [we] even figured out who was lined up where," Harbaugh said. "And that was the deception part of it. It was clearly deception." [[LoopholeAbuse While the formation was within the rules, some questioned whether it was within the spirit of the rules and fair competition.]] Either way, the NFL deemed the play legal. The rule was changed in the offseason to prevent the loophole from being exploited again.
** In the 2015 [=AFC=] Championship Game, the New England Patriots were found to be using under-inflated balls which gave Brady a better grip on the ball in the cold, snowy weather. In the offseason, after an extensive investigation in which Brady refused to cooperate, it was deemed that Brady was complicit in the doctering of the balls. The Patriots were fined $1,000,000 and had three draft picks taken away. Brady was suspended for the first four games of the 2015-2016 NFL season for his involvement.

** Suffered a torn [=ACL=] and missed the 2008 season.

* JerkJustifications: How many viewed his comments after the aforementioned playoff game against Baltimore. Even more felt that his comments involving Deflate-gate were this.

* ObviousRulePatch: After the shenanigans in the 2015 playoffs with eligible receivers declaring themselves ineligible to fool the defense; the rule was changed to disallow any offensive player with and eligible receiver's jersey number (1-49 or 80-89) to report as ineligible and line up outside of the tackle box.

** Done in Super Bowl [=XXXVI=] when his Patriots defeated the St. Louis Rams. The Rams had been 14-2 and had set records three straight years as the most prolific offense in the league. They came into the game with two-time [=MVP=] quarterback Kurt Warner after going largely unchallenged in the playoffs. Meanwhile the Patriots had a then-unproven backup (Brady) and a team which had needed to rely on close plays at the end and field goals from Adam Vinatieri to get to the Super Bowl. The coverage leading up to kickoff largely treated the outcome of the game as a foregone conclusion, and a coronation for Warner and Marshall Faulk. But the Patriots won 20-17 on a last-second Vinatieri field goal.

** Done to his team in Super Bowl XLII. The Patriots came into the game undefeated, the first team to do so in 35 years since the 1972 Dolphins. New England had acquired all-pro wide receiver Randy Moss from the Minnesota Vikings as well as signed free agent receiver Wes Welker from the Miami Dolphins. With Moss and Welker, Brady had two all-pro receivers to work with, and the Patriots set the record for most prolific offense in NFL history in terms of yards and points. They hadn't been challenged much all season, or the playoffs, coasting into the title game with relative ease. The Giants, by contrast, had started the year poorly, but managed to get hot late into the season, qualifying for the playoffs the final week with a 10-6 record. Largely winning games on the strength of their defense with a heavy pass rush, the Giants weren't thought to have the "firepower" to challenge the Patriots. However their line, particularly emerging star Justin Tuck, played fabulously and harassed Brady all day. Brady was held to a season-low 266 yards, the Patriots were held to a season-low 14 points and the Giants won 17-14.

* ArchEnemy: Depicted as this to Creator/PeytonManning, however the rivalry is fairly one-sided. Overall Brady is 11-5 against Manning (though they're even in the playoffs, 2-2). Brady has a much better postseason record, and has four Super Bowl wins to Manning's one.

Tom Brady has been a popular spokesman for several brands including Gillette, Dodge and Citizen watches. He has made guest appearances on ''FamilyGuy'' and ''{{Entourage}}''. Additionally he had a cameo as himself in ''Film/Ted2'', directed by Patriots Fan SethMacFarlane and starring frequent Patriots owner's box guest Creator/MarkWahlberg. He also had a small speaking role in ''StuckOnYou'' with another Patriots Megafan Creator/MattDamon.

* TheAce: One of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. One of only three (Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana) to win four Super Bowls. The first quarterback to throw 50 touchdowns in a season.

Additionally, Tom Brady has been a popular spokesman for several brands including Gillette, Dodge and Citizen watches. He has made guest appearances on ''FamilyGuy'' and ''{{Entourage}}''. Additionally he had a cameo as himself in ''Ted2'', directed by Patriots Fan SethMacFarlane and starring frequent Patriots owner's box guest Creator/MarkWahlberg. Additionally he had a small speaking role in ''StuckOnYou'' with another Patriots Megafan Creator/MattDamon.

Additionally, Tom Brady has been a popular spokesman for several brands including Gillette, Dodge and Citizen watches. He has made guest appearances on ''FamilyGuy'' and ''Series/Entourage''. Additionally he had a cameo as himself in ''Ted2'', directed by Patriots Fan SethMacFarlane and starring frequent Patriots owner's box guest Creator/MarkWahlberg. Additionally he had a small speaking role in ''StuckOnYou'' with another Patriots Megafan Creator/MattDamon.

* PrettyBoy: Very handsome, near model looks. Has dome some modeling and is routinely on "Sexiest Men Alive" lists from many publications.

Additionally, Tom Brady has been a popular spokesman for several brands including Gillette, Dodge and Citizen watches. He has made guest appearances on ''FamilyGuy'' and ''Series/Entourage''. Additionally he had a cameo as himself in ''Ted2'', directed by Patriots Fan SethMacFarlane and starring frequent Patriots owner's box guest Creator/MarkWhalberg. Additionally he had a small speaking role in ''StuckOnYou'' with another Patriots Megafan Creator/MattDamon.

** Done to his team in Super Bowl XLII. The Patriots came into the game undefeated, the first team to do so in 35 years since the 1972 Dolphins. New England had acquired all-pro wide receiver Randy Moss from the Minnesota Vikings as well as signed free agent receiver Wes Welker from the Miami Dolphins. With Moss and Welker, Brady had two all-pro receivers to work with, and the Patriots set the record for most prolific offense in NFL history in terms of yards and points. They hadn't been challenged much all season, or the playoffs, coasting into the title game with relative ease. The Giants, by contrast, had started the year poorly, but managed to get hot late intot he season, qualifying for the playoffs the final week with a 10-6 record. Largely winning games on the strength of their defense with a terrific line, the Giants weren't thought to have the "firepower" to challenge the Patriots. However their like, particularly emerging star Justin Tuck played fabulously and harassed Brady all day. Brady was held to a season-low 266 yards, the Patriots were held to a season-low 14 points and the Giants won 17-14.

** Done to his team in Super Bowl XLII. The Patriots came into the game undefeated, the first team to do so in 35 years since the 1972 Dolphins. New England had acquired all-pro wide receiver Randy Moss from the Minnesota Vikings as well as signed free agent receiver Wes Welker from the Miami Dolphins. With Moss and Welker, Brady had two all-pro receivers to work with, and the Patriots set the record for most prolific offense in NFL history in terms of yards and points. They hadn't been challenged much all season, or the playoffs, coasting into the title game with relative ease. The Giants, by contrast, had started the year poorly, but managed to get hot late intot he season, qualifying for the playoffs the final week.

* PrettyBoy: Very handsome, near model looks. Has dome some modeling and is routinely on "Sexiest Men Alive" lists from many publications.

** In the 2015 [=AFC=] Championship Game, the New England Patriots were found to be using under-inflated balls which gave Brady a better grip on the ball in the cold, snowy weather. In the offseason, after an extensive investigation in which Brady refused to cooperate, it was deemed that Brady was complicit in the doctering of the balls. The Patriots were fined $1,000,000 and had three draft picks taken away. Brady was suspended fro the first four games of the 2015-2016 NFL season for his involvement.

* ArchRival: Depicted as this to Creator/PeytonManning, however the rivalry is fairly one-sided. Overall Brady is 11-5 against Manning (though they're even in the playoffs, 2-2). Brady has a much better postseason record, and has four Super Bowl wins to Manning's one.

* ArchRival: Depicted as this to Creator/PeytonManning, however the rivalry is fairly one-sided. Overall Brady is 11-5 against Manning (though they're even in the playoffs, 2-2). Brady has a much better postseason record, and has four Super Bowl wins to Manning's one.