Brady's Best: GOAT Retires with Stranglehold on Patriots Records
Emmitt Smith's 18,355 rushing yards. Cy Young's 749 complete games. Wilt Chamberlain's 50.2 single-season scoring average. Rafael Nadal's 14 French Opens. Wayne Gretzky's 1,963 career assists.
Tom Brady's seven Super Bowls.
When we were treated Wednesday to our second annual Feb. 1 announcement of a Tom Brady retirement - this time "for good" - it made us ponder what unbreakable records he is taking with him. While he will also has a firm grip on the marks for career passing yards and touchdowns, it's Brady's implausible standard of winning that sets him apart.
No one, not even 27-year-old Patrick Mahomes, is going to flirt with Brady's seven titles. Let's face it, the guy authored three separate Hall-of-Fame careers: in his 20s (three Super Bowls), 30s (two) and 40s (two).
While Brady's retirement is the first domino that has 14 NFL teams scrambling to figure out who their starting quarterback will be in Week 1 of the 2023 season, the New England Patriots are set. With Mac Jones under center. And with Brady owning franchise records that will likely never be broken.
Through 20 seasons and 285 games, Brady's legacy is eternally cemented in Foxboro:
*74,571 passing yards - No one else has reached 30,000; Jones hasn't yet hit 7,000.
*541 TD passes - Steve Grogan is No. 2 a cool 359 behind; Jones has 36.
*219 Wins - And this doesn't count another 30 in the postseason; Jones is at 16.
There a couple categories where Jones can hold his own against the GOAT: Mac has a better completion percentage (66.5-63.8) and has only been sacked 62 times compared to Brady's almost unfathomable 500.
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