What was your favorite Tom Brady moment?

[BigSoxFan]

Didn’t make this a poll since there are a million possible answers. But curious what everyone thinks. Can be a singular play, a moment after a game, interview, off field interaction, etc. Anything is fair game.

I’ll start. His reaction after the Butler INT knowing that he finally reached Montana status after a decade of painful close calls and after the horseshit DFG stuff. Just a great moment.

 

[cornwalls@6]

There are just so many, but I'll go with the long pass to Gronk against the Rams in the super bowl 3 years ago, that set up the lone touchdown of the game. An absolute dime, and his last, real, OMG moment for us.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWsqqkPz-sA

 

[P'tucket rhymes with...]

I'll go with the OT drive against ATL in the Super Bowl. It was a total fantasy with a hint of inevitability thrown in when they won the coin toss, and he went out and did the Full Brady.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Him throwing his helmet off while celebrating after the walkoff TD during the 2018 AFCCG in KC.

https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Patriots-Brady2-1.jpg

In a career of special moments, this is the first that popped into my head. Some of that is recency bias, of course.

His reaction to the Butler pick was in the same vein.

 

[cshea]

It might be recency bias, but the 2018 AFCCG against the Chiefs I think is my favorite. That was supposed to be the passing of the torch from Brady and the Pats to Mahomes and the Chiefs. Brady didn't let it happen. Two got-to-have-it TD drives in the 4th quarter, followed by the three 3rd and 10 conversions in overtime en route to the game winning touchdown. He was a fucking asassin.

 

[Dahabenzapple2]

Me likey the OT drive versus the Chiefs with the 3-4 3rd & 4th & 10 completions

 

[tims4wins]

Me likey the OT drive versus the Chiefs with the 3-4 3rd & 4th & 10 completions

There was no fourth down.

Personally I’m going with the 2014 divisional vs the Ravens, and specifically the go ahead TD to Jojo LaFell. That game made believe once again that they could win another ring.

 

[Dahabenzapple2]

There was no fourth down.

Thanks / yes 3 3rd & 10’s.

 

[IdiotKicker]

It might be recency bias, but the 2018 AFCCG against the Chiefs I think is my favorite. That was supposed to be the passing of the torch from Brady and the Pats to Mahomes and the Chiefs. Brady didn't let it happen. Two got-to-have-it TD drives in the 4th quarter, followed by the three 3rd and 10 conversions in overtime en route to the game winning touchdown. He was a fucking asassin.

This is mine. The OT drive was the ultimate in gotta-have-it situations where he repeatedly came up big.

For single plays, I think that the opening game against the Jets in 2007 where he threw to a triple-covered Moss on a post for a TD is up there, just because it set the stage for how good that offense was going to be that year.

 

[jezza1918]

 

[Laser Show]

The coin toss and OT drive against Atlanta. There was no way he was losing at that point and I was giddy with what that was going to mean for him and for the Pats.

 

[begranter]

Not him in the game but his reaction 7 years ago today is still burned into my brain:
View: https://youtu.be/XVT07Avfr0Y

 

[johnmd20]

On the road, in KC, at age 41, completing three 3rd and longs to win the game.

There were a lot of great moments, obviously. But that one is something I don't think any other QB pulls off.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Candidates for me and I'll take out the SB victories and the Tuck Rule game because those are easy
--2018 AFCCG 4th quarter and OT
--2014 AFC Divisional Round vs. Baltimore
--2006 AFC Divisional Round at San Diego
--2007 regular season game vs. Pittsburgh(Anthony Smith game and my first at Gillette)
--2004 AFC title game at Pittsburgh
--2013 last drive vs. New Orleans(Kenbrell Thompkins game)
--2014 regular season game vs. Denver
--2008(?) opener vs Buffalo when they came back down 2 scores late in the 4th

 

[E5 Yaz]

The Seattle sideline celebration for non-playing moment

Playing moment? It's in here somewhere

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqrIJ65oUVE

 

[Ralphwiggum]

If you need some inspiration/reminders. Some of the moments above are covered here (trigger warning, there are a couple of Bucs moments in there):

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqrIJ65oUVE

 

[MillarTime]

Candidates for me and I'll take out the SB victories and the Tuck Rule game because those are easy
--2018 AFCCG 4th quarter and OT
--2014 AFC Divisional Round vs. Baltimore

These two + 49 and 51

 

[ManicCompression]

Definitely this:


I would watch the Patriots every Sunday throughout the 90s with my Dad, even when they sucked. The Bledsoe super bowl against GB was something we knew they couldn't win, and then obviously they got the shit kicked out of them. Still, we returned every Sunday during the Carroll years, hoping they could make it back. Guys like Robert Edwards would get injured, Terry Glenn would get caught up in extracurricular activities. The Pats would, reliably, be mediocre or bad or, worse, boring. We kept watching anyway.

Then Bledsoe got injured. I was a freshman in college. My dad and I talked later that day and he said "This kid Brady came in, he wasn't bad. Maybe that'll turn the season around." They were 0-2. We didn't expect much. Then they kept winning and winning. I came back home to watch the Super Bowl with my dad, neither of us believing that the tuck rule happened, or that we'd just dominated the Steelers in all three facets of the game. Surely they couldn't win the Super Bowl, right?

We watched together on the edge of our seats, waiting and waiting for the Patriots to choke, as had been their MO since my childhood. It never came. We were stunned. We both looked like Brady in this picture. This was before the Sox won and it was the first Boston title in my memory (too young for the 80s Celts). We hugged for a while in celebration and felt insane amounts of joy from such a silly sport. It was such an awesome feeling and such a cool moment to share with him. I was so happy I'd taken the bus back from NYC.

He died a few years later, after we'd gotten to see them win a couple more, but the first one is the one I'll cherish the most and the memory - that Sunday, on the couch with him, eating Nachos, focused on the game, talking about all of the possibilities - will stick with me until I go. That is the reason to love sports and it's all neatly summed up in the picture above.

 

[Jnai]

The best moment, and it is not even close, is the spike to end The Drive in Superbowl 36.

 

[reggiecleveland]

The first SB drive. Maddan is saying it was a mistake, The Bledsoe controversy had gone on all week. His entire rep was a guy who just didn't make mistakes, and just a game manager for a great team, but nothing special. Then we know what happened.

 

[macal]

Didn’t make this a poll since there are a million possible answers. But curious what everyone thinks. Can be a singular play, a moment after a game, interview, off field interaction, etc. Anything is fair game.

I’ll start. His reaction after the Butler INT knowing that he finally reached Montana status after a decade of painful close calls and after the horseshit DFG stuff. Just a great moment.

This is also my favorite Brady moment. It also ties in perfectly with my favorite BB moment. While there is chaos everywhere and people screaming for a timeout, BB is calmly walking down the sidelines, staring at the Seattle sideline and not letting them off the hook with the chaos they were showing.

 

[Bowhemian]

Sure there are a lot of great moments in big games...

But I am partial to the Urlacher juke.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Here is the problem with this thread and its the best kind to have. Each post highlights why THAT moment is my favorite. But then someone else posts another and I agree with them.

I move to make the topic plural!

 

[BigSoxFan]

Here is the problem with this thread and its the best kind to have. Each post highlights why THAT moment is my favorite. But then someone else posts another and I agree with them.

I move to make the topic plural!

Motion granted…

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Motion granted…

Thank you for starting it. I will now live here for the next few weeks.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Thank you for starting it. I will now live here for the next few weeks.

You're just saying this because you share a birthday with him

 

[Ralphwiggum]

For the first Dynasty I'd go with the game winning drive in XXXVI. After the Rams had come back to tie it, every Boston fan was thinking the same thing, we just never win those games. And then we did. Completely redefined what it meant to be a Boston sports fan in a way that endured for 20 years.

For the 2nd Dynasty I'll go with the comeback against the Falcons, but more specifically the drive to tie the game. The Edelman catch was iconic but more Julian than Brady as that throw could have been picked, but he made several other completely ridiculous throws on that drive, including picking up that first first down on a 3rd and 10 from near the goal line on a throw to Amendola that was just utterly stupid.

 

[slamminsammya]

This is probably not my favorite but I will bend the rules to add another great moment to the conversation. 2013 against the Saints Brady had been having a kind of shitty year up to that point and some people were wondering if he was on the famous "decline phase". Sure enough Brady leads the Pats downfield in the final minute and hits Kenbrell Thompkins in the final seconds for a game winning touchdown.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LAWd0Q13Tg&ab_channel=andylie

 

[BernieRicoBoomer]

The best moment, and it is not even close, is the spike to end The Drive in Superbowl 36.

As long as someone mentioned this I am happy.

 

[Mooch]

The bomb to Randy Moss for his 50th TD of the 2007 season against the Giants. Might be the most beautiful pass he ever threw:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hloF_xE4ZzM

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

You're just saying this because you share a birthday with him

Its about the only thing we share besides both of us being carbon based life forms. Here is the thing about Brady - its entirely possible that we might get more favorite moments from him too as the OC this year. "If Tom calls another draw on third down..."

 

[E5 Yaz]

Its about the only thing we share besides being carbon based life forms.

I've only got one of those

 

[8slim]

The next one.

In all seriousness, it's this...

Definitely this:
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I'm from Foxboro, and never thought the Pats would ever win a single Super Bowl. To get one, in this manner, under those circumstances, was almost beyond belief. Tom's reaction on the podium was all of us who endured this franchise's ups and downs.

 

[Hector Salamanca]

For a moment that hasn't been mentioned yet (in a loss to boot), the 4th-and-10 throw to Gronk to keep the game/season alive against Denver in the 2015 AFCCG. Epitomized to me no matter how far down the chips may look there was always a chance and that if there was, he'd pull through.

 

[Import78]

So many options, he played for so long and even if you do something arbitrary like eliminate the entire playoffs (or the entire regular season) you still have so many to choose from. Hell even if you limited it to Super Bowls only you'd have plenty of choices.

I'll throw out the 4th quarter vs the Legion of Boom. Struggling for most of the game and when crunch time hits against an incredibly good passing defense he turned it up to 11 and got the job done. I recall the Seahawks had won 49 in a row when up by 10 in the 4th. Brady went 13/15 for 124 and 2 tuddies. Damn.

 

[Toe Nash]

Personally I’m going with the 2014 divisional vs the Ravens, and specifically the go ahead TD to Jojo LaFell. That game made believe once again that they could win another ring.

This game was my first thought because I fucking hated that Ravens team. You thought that you were done with them after Lewis and Reed retired but they found a way to stay competitive with Flacco, Suggs and finding ancient guys like Steve Smith to contribute.

That game had multiple sacks of Brady where they roughed him up, the famous eye poke of course, and when it looked like the Pats were getting the upper hand Tom threw an uncharacteristic INT in the two-minute drill before the half. Then Flacco got a DPI on a duck to Revis (if he had just looked up he should have picked it), the Ravens scored and then Gronk was mauled on an uncalled third down throw to end the next Pats drive. This was just typical bullshit watching those teams because Gronk was so strong that he was held on every play and they never called it, while little guys like Smith would just fall down on an underthrown ball and Flacco would get bailed out. Then the NEXT drive Flacco got another DPI on 4th down on an underthrown ball.

I respect teams that outplay the Pats but that stretch of Ravens teams in particular wasn't that talented and got really far by pushing the rules, holding, hands to the face, every chance they got. Thank God they got that comeback.

 

[Kliq]

The Atlanta comeback was more spectacular but to me, the final two drives in the Seattle game were perfect. There was no margin for error, he needed to put together two perfect drives in the biggest spot, without any running game and staring down one of the greatest defenses of the last 20 years, a team that had just manhandled the record-setting Broncos offense in the Super Bowl the year before. And he did it in very undramatic, surgical perfection. In my mind, it put him clearly above anybody else and was the day he truly became the GOAT.

I was in elementary school for the first three super bowls, I liked it when they won but I was too young to understand just how special they REALLY were. By the time I was 10-11 and could really start to remember and appreciate the moments as they were happening, the Pats had a bunch of postseason disappointments. The Seattle Super Bowl I was in college for, and really could drink it all in and appreciate it.

 

[Sille Skrub]

The interview at one of the Super Bowls when he talks about his dad being his hero.

 

[Bongorific]

There was no fourth down.

Personally I’m going with the 2014 divisional vs the Ravens, and specifically the go ahead TD to Jojo LaFell. That game made believe once again that they could win another ring.

This was a beauty.

Another non-Super Bowl one. The 60 yard bomb to Branch in the 2004 AFCCG.
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View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-_x9EUHA-kg

 

[Silverdude2167]

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For a moment that hasn't been mentioned yet (in a loss to boot), the 4th-and-10 throw to Gronk to keep the game/season alive against Denver in the 2015 AFCCG. Epitomized to me no matter how far down the chips may look there was always a chance and that if there was, he'd pull through.

This whole drive is it for me.

He was getting killed the entire game and yet basically willed the team to a TD when they had to have it. If only he saw Gronk in the back of the endzone in the 2pt try that game would be near the top of his best games.

 

[BaseballJones]

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This is the one that first came to my mind.

Think about this for a minute. We weren't sure that Brady and the Pats would ever win another one. "No ring since Spygate..." blah blah blah. But...it was true.

Then they won this game.

And after that win, Brady would go 9-3 in the playoffs with the Pats, including three more trips to the Super Bowl and two more Lombardis. Then he'd go 5-1 in the playoffs with the Bucs, including another Lombardi.

So from this point on ^^^, Brady would go 14-4, with four more trips to the Super Bowl, and three more Lombardis.

Absolutely frigging RIDICULOUS.

 

[wonderland]

Not the biggest play but I’ll always remember this play:
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=em1OcE4eDh0


after his first couple years, Brady learned to protect his body so well by avoiding big hits. But on this sneak he knew what was on the line and laid himself out for the victory.

 

[Pandemonium67]

I'll throw out the 4th quarter vs the Legion of Boom. Struggling for most of the game and when crunch time hits against an incredibly good passing defense he turned it up to 11 and got the job done. I recall the Seahawks had won 49 in a row when up by 10 in the 4th. Brady went 13/15 for 124 and 2 tuddies. Damn.

That Seattle D had not allowed a 4th quarter point in the previous six games. Then the Pats get two TDs.

 

[Jungleland]

There's no way it's the best - if anything the 2nd and 3rd super bowls feel like a completely different set of stakes than anything that happened 2007 or beyond - but I come back to the rainbow to Branch against the Steelers in the AFC Championship as the moment that the skills finally got their proper due. Like the birth of "Tom Brady, best QB in the league (let alone ever)" as an actual not totally crazy thought.

 

[mikeford]

Man it has to be the first Super Bowl. There was 1:21 on the clock by the time Brady gets the ball. John Madden is openly opining that with no timeouts the Patriots should just take it to overtime. And he massaged it down the field enough for Adam to do the rest.

Winning all those other times was great. Some more dramatic than others. But that first one was the first taste my generation had of a Massachusetts team being able to win anything.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

The best moment, and it is not even close, is the spike to end The Drive in Superbowl 36.

Great choice, it was a top candidate for me. Who even does that in that spot?

 

[loshjott]

The best moment, and it is not even close, is the spike to end The Drive in Superbowl 36.

Yeah, and I see I'm not the only one agreeing with this take. That's his Joe Montana "is that John Candy in the stands" moment. Utterly calm and within himself amid chaos, to say the least.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

Watching the drive at the end of the first Rams super bowl I remember clearly thinking that the Patriots had their own Joe Montana. But in terms of a favorite moment, one that gets overlooked is the presence of mind Brady and the offense had, in the hysteria after the Butler pick, to draw Seattle offsides to get away from the risk of a safety.

 

[bougrj1]

Probably not my favorite Brady moment, but the 'we're on to Cincinatti' game after the debacle in Kansas City was pretty special. Not only the game itself and how he played, but the 'Brady! Brady! Brady!' chants from the crowd and how everyone responded... probably the most in sync I've seen the crowd and team other than the Baltimore divisional game later that year.