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Section sizes Section size for Tom Brady (62 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 13,441 13,441 Early life 17,397 17,397 College career 15,606 17,328 College statistics 1,722 1,722 Professional career 24 293,496 Overview 36,978 36,978 New England Patriots 27 202,740 2000–2004: Rookie season and initial Super Bowl runs 63 39,018 2000: Draft and rookie season on the bench 10,268 10,268 2001: Taking over as starter and first Super Bowl victory 16,068 16,068 2002 season 2,797 2,797 2003 and 2004 seasons: Back-to-back Super Bowl wins 9,822 9,822 2005–2008: Beginning of Super Bowl drought and injury 64 29,606 2005 and 2006 seasons 12,422 12,422 2007: Perfect regular season and first MVP 12,443 12,443 2008: Injury 4,677 4,677 2009–2013: Statistical success and continued Super Bowl drought 74 43,331 2009: Return from injury 8,536 8,536 2010: Second MVP 9,226 9,226 2011: Loss in Super Bowl XLVI 12,325 12,325 2012 and 2013 seasons 13,170 13,170 2014–2016: Return to Super Bowl success and Deflategate 66 50,579 2014: Fourth Super Bowl win 9,481 9,481 Deflategate report 11,142 11,142 2015 season 9,896 9,896 Deflategate suspension 6,566 6,566 2016: Fifth Super Bowl win 13,428 13,428 2017–2019: Final years in New England 48 40,179 2017: Third MVP and loss in Super Bowl LII 17,954 17,954 2018–2019: Sixth Super Bowl win and last years with New England 22,177 22,177 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 46,925 2020–2022: Seventh Super Bowl win, brief retirement, and final season 80 46,898 2020 season: Seventh Super Bowl win 21,262 21,262 2021 season 15,929 15,929 2022 season: Final season 9,627 9,627 Retirement 6,829 6,829 NFL career statistics 531 17,996 Regular season 7,336 7,336 Postseason 6,204 6,204 Super Bowl 3,925 3,925 NFL career records 23 18,166 Regular season 6,522 6,522 Playoffs 4,436 4,436 Super Bowl 4,838 4,838 New England Patriots franchise records 1,640 1,640 Tampa Bay Buccaneers franchise records 707 707 Awards and honors 10,240 10,240 Other endeavors 24,107 24,107 Personal life 21 32,223 Religious beliefs 1,673 1,673 Relationships and marriages 5,828 5,828 Residences 3,327 3,327 Extended family 1,290 1,290 Politics 12,075 12,075 Diet and lifestyle 8,009 8,009 Filmography 19 1,220 Film 262 262 Television 939 939 See also 421 421 Notes 24 24 References 30 30 External links 2,667 2,667 Total 448,756 448,756

From the continuous involvement with Brady and the media, especially with Fox Sports, he looks to be staying within the NFL world for at least 5 more years.

That being said, is an after career section in order?(Support/Oppose) IEditPolitics ( talk) 01:28, 16 February 2024 (UTC) reply

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In the paragraph where it talks about his dynasty with the pats, you can actually say he's the only player in the NFL to win 3 super bowls in a 5 years period twice, making his team become a 2 time dynasty (being that a dynasty is described as winning 3 out of 5 championships in every sport) 212.178.231.231 ( talk) 12:04, 11 March 2024 (UTC) reply

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. M.Bitton ( talk) 14:55, 11 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Very simple topic, I see on the opening paragraph it says he is widely considered the greatest *quarterback*. While this is certainly true, I would argue that he is widely considered the greatest *player* period. Even the sources used to cite that sentence support that he is considered the greatest player, not just greatest quarterback. 2601:483:4B7E:BFD0:BC48:2787:F758:BE4E ( talk) 04:40, 10 May 2024 (UTC) reply

You could argue that, but it's not a definitive fact that he's widely considered the greatest players. Some like to point to Jerry Rice or Lawrence Taylor as the greatest for example. Hey man im josh ( talk) 13:55, 10 May 2024 (UTC) reply

It is difficult to compare players and present findings that can make opinions seem like facts. He is no doubt the most accomplished player in NFL history in terms of Super Bowl championships and numerous passing categories. How does that compare to other positions? We may never have a perfect answer. I'd like to think he is greatest player ever in my opinion just because of how important the quarterback position is, but some things are left to opinions and can never be concrete. Red Director ( talk) 14:01, 10 May 2024 (UTC) reply

Couldn't agree more, it makes it an impossible discussion to find a conclusion to. Hey man im josh ( talk) 14:15, 10 May 2024 (UTC) reply

Fyi, I tried to revert you @ Conan The Librarian, but you self reverted. I wanted to note a few sources:

• https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winningest
• https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/winningest
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/winningest
• https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/winningest
• https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/winningest

"Winningest" seems like an acceptable word to me. Pinging @ Frank Anchor. It's just that it's typically used when discussing sports. Hey man im josh ( talk) 17:45, 13 June 2024 (UTC) reply

As stated in my edit summary, “winningest” seems like a better option than “most successful.” The former literally means having the most wins, which is an indisputable, objective criterion. The latter is more ambiguous of a term since being successful is a lot more subjective in nature. The sentence could also be changed to something along the lines of “Brady leads all NFL quarterbacks with 251 regular season wins and 35 postseason wins.” Frank Anchor 20:32, 13 June 2024 (UTC) reply

It's a common American term. The arguments are usually for non-American readers and MOS:COMMONALITY. — Bagumba ( talk) 05:19, 14 June 2024 (UTC) reply

Thanks all, it's a word I particularly remember from "winningest kittens" on kittenwars, and had assumed some jokey construction - perhaps by them - that had gained Internet parlance though googling led me to similar references. I'm a bit sceptical it belongs here for the reasons stated but unlike some words with a regional constraint this one is at least easily interpretable. I would also imagine it's used elsewhere in similar articles so I won't argue it further. Conan The Librarian ( talk) 10:27, 14 June 2024 (UTC) reply