Tom Brady matched the hyperbole again in 2021 as the National Football League found its way through the COVID-19 pandemic and grappled with off-field controversy.
After winning his seventh Super Bowl in February — when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers became the first team to clinch the title at home — the immortal 44-year-old Brady has decimated his competition this season, routinely outperforming quarterbacks half his age on his relentless march into the history books.
He led the league with 4,134 passing yards and 36 touchdown passes through Week 14, amassing more than 4,000 passing yards for the 13th time in his record-smashing career.
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