Tom Brady’s dominant start by the numbers
Tom Brady has never started a season so hot.
The 38-year-old, fresh off a Super Bowl victory, is on-point with his favorite targets in Rob Gronkowski, Julian Edelman, and Danny Amendola, along with newcomers like Scott Chandler and Dion Lewis. He’s accurate, intentional, and has owned the middle of the field. In his wins over the Steelers, Bills, and Jaguars, he has thrown a touchdown pass to six different players.
Here are seven stats that capture his spellbinding three-game streak.
72.1: Brady has completed 96 of 133 passes (72.1 percent) in the 2015 season. That’s a higher percentage than his career-high (68.9 percent) in 2007.
9: Brady’s nine touchdowns have gotten him over 400 career touchdowns on 7,282 passing attempts, a faster pace than any quarterback in NFL history, according to NFL Network’s Gil Brandt.
1,112: Brady has thrown for 1,112 yards, which is 225 more yards than he had through three games in 2007. Matt Ryan has the second-most passing yards in the NFL with 946 yards.
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24: Brady completed 24 of 25 passes (96 percent) between painted numbers against the Jaguars. No quarterback with 20 attempts or more has been that efficient on throws of that type in the last decade, according to ESPN Stats and Info.
119: The Patriots have scored the 119 points through three weeks, the most in Brady’s career.
50: Against the Jaguars, Brady posted 50 or more points against an opponent for the eighth time in his career. He has done so more times than 19 NFL teams, according to Boston Herald’s Jeff Howe.
3: The Patriots have started the season 3-0. That’s the number Brady seems to care about most.
Tom Brady Career Timeline
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