Table of Contents
Foreword Pat Kirwan vii
Acknowledgments xi
A Note on Deflategate xiii
Introduction xxv
Chapter 1 By the Numbers 1
Chapter 2 Better Than You Realized: College 5
Chapter 3 Ascendance: 2001 11
Chapter 4 Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning 27
Chapter 5 Tom Brady vs. Sid Luckman 45
Chapter 6 Tom Brady vs. Sammy Baugh 51
Chapter 7 The Hangover: 2002 55
Chapter 8 Tom Brady vs. Otto Graham 61
Chapter 9 Lows and Highs: 2003 65
Chapter 10 Tom Brady vs. Johnny Unitas 77
Chapter 11 Dynasty: 2004 83
Chapter 12 Tom Brady vs. Roger Staubach 95
Chapter 13 Pretty Good's Not Good Enough: 2005 99
Chapter 14 Tom Brady vs. Terry Bradshaw 105
Chapter 15 You Can't Win 'Em Ail: 2006 111
Chapter 16 Deadly Combination: Brady and Belichick 119
Chapter 17 Nearly Perfect, Seriously Amazing: 2007 125
Chapter 18 Tom Brady vs. Jim Kelly 143
Chapter 19 Settle Down, Already: 2008 149
Chapter 20 Tom Brady vs. Troy Aikman 153
Chapter 21 Brady, Come Back: 2009 159
Chapter 22 Tom Brady vs. John Elway 167
Chapter 23 It's Unanimous: 2010 173
Chapter 24 Tom Brady vs. Brett Favre 181
Chapter 25 Could Have Been More, Should Have Been Less: 2011 187
Chapter 26 Tom Brady vs. Dan Marino 205
Chapter 27 Pretty Good, Anyhow: Aaron, Russell, Ben, Eli, Drew, and Joe 211
Chapter 28 As Goes Gronk: 2012 221
Chapter 29 So Go the Patriots: 2013 231
Chapter 30 Tom Brady vs. Steve Young 247
Chapter 31 Don't Dream It's Over: 2014 253
Chapter 32 Tom Brady vs. Bart Starr 273
Chapter 33 On Fire and On Ice: 2015 279
Chapter 34 Tom Brady vs. Joe Montana 289
Appendix NFL Passer Rating 299
Sources 303
