This could also be Brady's last Lombardi for a few years, despite two spectacular failures in the coming years. In the end, you'd have been right to consider him a Hall of Famers Mut 22 coins. Like the late, legend Chris Wesseling often said of Brady the possibility of dividing his career into two--eventually three--portions in which each represented a different person, each one would be in the Hall of Fame. Brady's sustained success was still the subject of a novel in the mid-'90s.

Madden 06 kicked off the period in which Brady's Madden ratings would accurately reflect his continued dominance in the league's passing statistics annually even though he went without a Super Bowl victory for a couple of years (poor guy).

With 4,110 passing yards that year, Brady would lead the league in the stat in the very first year in his professional career. It's a small number compared with the current pass-happy NFL numbers--it's only the 11th most if it was stacked with 2022 totals--but part of Brady's story is the ability to adapt to the times. It's unlikely to be his last time leading the category.

The closer he gets to his debut at the coveted Madden 99 club Brady's career would continue to expand both in the virtual and in actual football. Brady remained among the most dominant players in football and just barely missed the chance to earn a Super Bowl berth when the Pats were defeated by the Rival Colts buy madden coins. Brady had only 24 touchdowns and 3,500 passing yards in the season, but the season would be the last time anyone could refer to Brady a "system QB."