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First 3,000+-Yard Season Howdoyoufollowyour first season(2001)as thestartingquarterbackforanNFL franchise after winning eleven of your fifteen starts and leading your teamto their first NFL Championship in club history (Super Bowl XXXVI)? By coming back the following season to post 3,764 yards on 373 completions out of 601 attempts with 28 touchdowns and a QB rating of 85.7. The 2002 seasonwas the first time Brady passed for 3,000 yards or more in a season, a significant benchmark used to measure NFL quarterbacks. Brady has thrown for at least 3,000 or more yards in

fifteen of the eighteen seasons he has played through 2017. He has also reached the 4,000- yardpassing plateau in eight of his eighteen seasons.

Tom Brady completes a first quarter pass in a September 29, 2002, game against the San Diego Chargers.

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Chapter 1: Greatest Moments