Tom Brady announces retirement after 23-year NFL career
Tom Brady announces retirement after 23-year NFL career. Tom Brady says he is retiring “for good” from football after 23 NFL seasons – 20 in New England and 3 in Tampa Bay. Here are some Tom Brady Fun Facts you may not be aware of.
Brady Fun Facts
Tom Brady holds the record for the most Super Bowl wins by a player with 7 titles, and he is one of the 7 quarterbacks in the Super Bowl era to hold the all-time lead in both Pass TD and Pass yards. The other 6 quarterbacks on the list have a combined total of 5 Super Bowl wins.
1st player to win NFL championship in 3 different decades (ELIAS)
1st QB to start and win Super Bowl for a team in both conferences
1st player in NFL history to win multiple titles after turning 40 (ELIAS)
4th player in NFL/MLB/NHL/NBA history to win multiple titles after turning 40 (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Enos
Slaughter, Jack Quinn)
2nd QB to win Super Bowl in 1st season with team (2000 Trent Dilfer)
Tom Brady has won 7 Super Bowls, more than any franchise all-time, including the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers who have 6 each, and the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys who have 5 each.
In addition, Brady has 35 career postseason wins, more than 27 active NFL franchises, leaving only the Patriots, Steelers, Green Bay Packers, 49ers, and Cowboys with more.
Brady went 18 years between his first and most recent championship round MVP, the longest span in the MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, WNBA and NWSL.
Playoffs and Other Stuff
96 different players caught a touchdown from Tom Brady including playoffs. That’s the most different targets on touchdowns in NFL history. His 1st NFL completion was a 4-yard pass to TE Rod Rutledge on November 23, 2000
(Thanksgiving at Lions). His most recent NFL completion: 12 yards to WR Cameron Brate on January 16, 2023
(NFC Wild Card vs Cowboys).
Brady has a 35-13 career playoff record (.745 win pct), more than twice as many wins as any other quarterback in NFL history (Joe Montana 2nd with 16). He’s also nearly matched the playoff production of any franchise in NFL
history.
BETTING ANGLES
Brady finishes his career with a 190-136-7 record ATS (regular season only).
Brady was a home underdog in a playoff game for the 1st time in his career this season against Dallas. He was 11-2 ATS and 9-4 outright as a home underdog in the regular season. More coming up later today on Shemon and Sheppard 2-6pm.
