Tom Brady stuns Saints: Listed below are all the non-public and NFL data the Buccaneers QB set in surprising comeback

For nearly 4 quarters Monday, the Buccaneers regarded lifeless. However “virtually” is the important thing phrase there, and Tom Brady is the chief cause. Regardless of trailing by 13 factors within the closing 5 minutes of a rematch with the Saints, Tampa Bay stormed again with Brady on the helm, pulling off a 17-16 victory to enhance to .500 atop the NFC South. The quarterback’s robust end did not simply save the Bucs’ night time; it improved their path to a division title. It additionally made historical past, each personally for Brady and in NFL report books.

By guiding Tampa Bay to victory, the 45-year-old Brady secured his forty fourth profession come-from-behind win within the fourth quarter or time beyond regulation, surpassing former Colts and Broncos nice Peyton Manning for essentially the most ever. (Manning, coincidentally, was overlaying the matchup on ESPN2’s alternate “Monday Night Football” broadcast.) The stat has been recorded since 1960.

Monday’s win additionally marked Brady’s second profession 13-plus-point fourth-quarter comeback, after the QB famously led the Patriots from down 19 to beat the Falcons in Super Bowl LI, on the finish of the 2017 season. (That comeback will soon be dramatized on the big screen, with Brady set to play himself in Paramount’s “80 for Brady.”)

Here is a have a look at different profession marks and NFL data set within the comeback towards the Saints, per CBS Sports activities analysis:

• First profession win down 13+ factors within the closing 5 minutes of the fourth quarter, together with playoffs
• Newest go-ahead passing landing (0:03 left) in his profession
• 56th profession game-winning fourth-quarter drive, extending an NFL report
• Most profession single-game completions, go makes an attempt and yards within the closing six minutes of the fourth quarter 

Brady and the Bucs (6-6) stay in first place atop the NFC South after the win. They will return to motion in Week 14 towards the 49ers, who simply misplaced Jimmy Garoppolo, Brady’s former Patriots teammate, to a season-ending damage.