Tom Brady On The Cusp Of 80K Yards And More

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are sitting comfortably at 2-0 thanks in large part to the play of 44-year-old quarterback Tom Brady.

Through two weeks, Brady leads the league with nine touchdown passes, his highest total to start a season through two games. He is averaging 327.5 yards a game passing with just two interceptions and one fumble. Not a bad start for the guy playing in his 21st NFL season and coming off his seventh Super Bowl win. In addition to the superb start to this season, Brady has his sights set on some larger career milestones within his reach.

Entering Week Three against the Rams, he sits just 141 yards away from 80,000 career passing yards in the regular season. Only Drew Brees has thrown for more yards. More on that later.

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Of course, when you factor in postseason totals as well, Brady is actually marching towards 100,000 yards passing but these records and accolades generally are reserved for regular-season accomplishments. Based on his start to this season, there is a chance he hits this mark sometime in the first half of their matchup with the Rams. However, surpassing 80,000 yards is just a stepping stone to ultimately surpassing Brees’ record for career passing yards which currently sits at 80,358.

Now, there is a chance that Brady, just 499 yards shy of the record, breaks it this week. However, more likely, he would do it the following week in, of all places, New England, where he has amassed a majority of these 79,000+ yards to date. Nonetheless, it will happen and it is only a matter of time.

The passing yards record has changed hands a few times over the last decade with Brees retiring as the career leading in that category. A title he has held since 2018 when he surpassed Hall of Famer Peyton Manning. However, once Brady takes sole ownership of this record, it will likely remain his for a very long time considering he is nowhere near finished and the next closest active quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, sits nearly 20,000 yards behind Brady.