New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was named the 2010 NFL MVP today. Brady was the unanimous choice as he received all 50 votes. He is the first unanimous winner and he joins Joe Montana as only winners on multiple Super Bowl MVPs and regular season MVPs.
Brady, who lead New England to a 14-2 record and the top seed in the AFC, had a record-setting season.
Here’s a look at the accomplishments:
- He threw 335 consecutive pass attempts without an interception for a new NFL record. This will continue into next season.
- He went 9 consecutive games where the team scored 30 or more points and he threw 2 TD passes and had no interceptions, a NFL record.
- He has started 11 consecutive games without an INT, a NFL record.
- The team went 8 consecutive games without a turnover for a NFL record.
- He tied the NFL record for throwing at least 1 TD pass in all 16 games.
- He has won 28 consecutive regular season home games, a new NFL record.
- He threw a NFL leading 36 TD passes this year, giving him 261 for his career good for 10th all-time. This season he passed Steve Young; George Blanda; Jim Kelly; Len Dawson; Y.A. Tittle; John Hadl; Boomer Esiason; Drew Bledsoe; Dan Fouts; Sonny Jurgensen and Dave Krieg on the all-time list. All but Hadl; Esiason; Bledsoe and Krieg are Hall of Fame QBs.
- He lead the NFL with a 111.0 passer rating.
- He had a 0.81% interception percentage, 3rd lowest all-time.
- He had a 9:1 TD:INT ratio, 2nd best all-time.
- He completed 324 of 492 passes for 65.9% completion rate.
- He earned his 30th and 31st come from behind wins in his career.
- He improved his home record to 62-10.
- He became the fastest QB to 100 regular season wins.
- He had his 8th career game with 300 passing yards and 4 TDs.
- He had his 2nd 30+ TD season and 6th 25+ TD season.
- He had the 2nd game of his career in which he achieved a perfect passer rating.
- He and Bill Belichick became the winningest QB/Coach tandem in NFL history by winning pct., They are 111-32 .776. Only Dan Marino/Don Shula have combined for more regular season wins with 116.
- He received 1.8 million fan votes to lead the Pro Bowl voting.
- He was named to his 6th Pro Bowl.
- He was named the 21st Greatest NFL Player by NFL Network.
This is Brady’s second NFL MVP Award, the first came after his record setting season of 2007 when he threw a NFL record 50 TD passes. Brady,who recently signed a new contract that will keep him in New England for a long time to come, was a 6th round draft pick in 2000 out of Michigan and has won three Super Bowls, 2 Super Bowl MVPs and has a career record of 125-37 including the post season.
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