Perhaps because of his lack of playing time to this point

In case you've never heard about it by now--as though you'd been living on Mars for the past 22 years--Brady was drafted as Madden 22 coins the sixth pick, which was 199th overall from the Patriots in the 2000 NFL Draft. Brady entered the league as an unassuming QB and his rookie Madden score reflected that. Brady did throw only three passes during his time in spot duties in the backfield behind Drew Bledsoe, connecting on one of them in the six-yard range. None of us, including the New York Jets he would go on to become.

Perhaps because of his lack of playing time to this point, or perhaps due to the darts on a board nature of players who were virtually unknown in Madden, Brady's overall rating actually dropped by one point in Madden NFL 02, which coincided with the start for the year 2001. It wouldn't be long before Brady made his debut however, coming in for an injured Drew Bledsoe , after an incident in which the Jets' Mo Lewis clobbered the QB who was the starter and sent Brady to the bench in Week 3. The rest is history. By the time Bledsoe would be healthy enough to go back to work, he had already lost his job to the rising star Tom Brady.

Brady was able to guide the team to an eleven-five record (11-3 as the starting quarterback) and --after two wild playoff games against the Raiders and Steelers -- lead the Patriots team to their first Super Bowl victory. If you've read about this story then you'll know that this wouldn't be its last game.

After besting the prematurely nicknamed "Greatest Show on Turf" St. Louis Rams, Brady came into 2002 as the reigning champion and the week 1 starter. In his 22-year playing career as a starter, he played for 20 seasons (we'll discuss his disastrous 2008 season later) He also made it to the postseason 19 times out of his 20 regular seasons. The 2002 season was the only one in which there was no January football. He having a 9-7 record, but losing in a three-way tiebreaker for divisional play in the year 2002 that sent the Jets to buy Mut 22 coins the postseason. This was the early-era Brady who was viewed as something of game manager, although the 28 touchdowns he scored that season would be his highest score in his career till Randy Moss showed up half an entire decade later. It would also turn out to Brady's last year in Madden in which he was rated lower than a 90.