Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 20, 2021 14:56:27 GMT

1. Super Bowl 51-- Greatest comeback in SB history. At one point the Falcons are up by 21 points and the Falcons players are celebrating on the mic'd up video; one of them says, "They got Tom Brady though." Even up three scores in a Super Bowl, they were afraid. And for good reason.
2. Super Bowl 36-- Led team into FG range with under 2 minutes against the defending champion Rams as a first year starter.
3. Super Bowl 49-- At the time the greatest SB comeback ever, down ten in the 4th qtr against the defending champs with the league's #1 defense
4. Super Bowl 52-- A loss, but still incredible stats- 505 yds and three TDs
5. 2001 AFC Divisional round-- 32-52 312 yds, 0 TDs 1 pick and a rushing TD in a raging blizzard; Down by ten in the 4th qtr. Brady was 8-8 in OT including a 4th down conversion. Not bad for a first year 'game manager.') "We're gonna win tonight, I promise you that," he said to Kraft on the sidelines before the game. Again, this is my favorite Patriots game of all time. Better than the Super Bowls. It snowed like crazy, it was the final game ever played in Foxboro Stadium, I don't know if the game winning kick, into the teeth of a blizzard, was ever more than ten feet off the ground. It was for lack of a better word, magical.
6. 2004 AFC Championship game-- Win at Pittsburgh against the 15-1 Steelers; 207 yds, 2 TDs
7. 2018 AFC Championship-- Win at Arrowhead which became a shootout as the Chiefs scored 24 4th qtr points.
8. 2017 AFC Championship game-- Down by 10 with under 9 minutes to play against the league's #2 defense, playing with a severely injured thumb. 290 yds and 2 TDs that day. Honestly, this should really be much higher on the list but I'm too lazy to go back and make changes. Keep in mind he would go on to throw for 500+ yds in a losing effort at the SB.
9. 2014 Divisional round vs Baltimore-- Down by 14 points twice, Brady went 33-50 for 367 yds and 3 TDs in a comeback win against another top ten defense
10. 2013 week 12 vs. Broncos-- Down 24-0 at halftime, the Pats won 34-31 in OT behind 344 yds and 3 TDs from Brady; Manning only threw for 150 yds because the wind was absolutely whipping that night.
Honorable Mentions:
2009 week 7 vs Titans-- Pats win 59-0 in a snowstorm, Brady went 29-34 for 380 and 6 TDs 5 in the second qtr alone!). Brady had more TDs than incompletions. In a snowstorm. The game didn't mean much, but a performance like that has to be mentioned.
2011 AFC Divisional Round vs Broncos-- Pats win 45-10 as Brady goes for 363 and 6 TDs.
2015 AFC Championship game vs Broncos-- Pats lose 20-12 in Denver as Brady goes for 310 and a TD along with 2 picks while taking 20+ hits by the Denver defense that would carry old noodle arm to the title that year. Down by 8 in the 4th qtr and as we would find out later concussed, Brady led a final comeback drive including a long completion to Gronk on a 4th & 10 that culminated in a TD with :12 seconds left. Pats couldn't convert the 2 pt try, but it was an absolute warrior performance against an all time defense.
Again, this is the stuff that springs to mind. The guy has almost 50 more regular season wins than the dudes tied for 2nd place, he has 39 4th qtr comebacks and won 32 playoff games and 6 Super Bowls, so there's plenty of room for debate as to which games were the 'biggest.' These are the ones that stand out to me as far as Brady performances go.
Is the assumption that 'big' only refers to games that he won then?

