Brady was able to help the team achieve an eleven-five record (11-3 as the starting quarterback) and, after two thrilling playoff games against the Raiders and Steelers, he led the Patriots franchise to madden coins its first-ever Super Bowl victory. If you've been following this story you'll remember that this victory wouldn't be the last Super Bowl victory.

After besting the prematurely nicknamed "Greatest Show on Turf" St. Louis Rams, Brady came into 2002 as the reigning champion and the starter for Week 1. In his 22-year playing career in the NFL, he was the starting quarterback in 20 of them (we'll talk about his disastrous 2008 campaign later) and also made it to the postseason 19 times out of his 20 regular seasons.

The 2002 season was the sole one in which Brady was absent from the first game of January, finishing 9-7 but losing out in a three-way tiebreaker for divisional play that season, instead sending the Jets to the playoffs. The early-era Brady who was still regarded as an assistant to the game, but his 28 touchdowns that season were his highest score in his career until Randy Moss showed up half years later. This would also Brady's last season in Madden where he'd be rated less than 90.

Despite missing the playoffs the previous year, Brady would kick off his 2003 campaign by breaking into his way into the elite 90+ group in Madden as the only time. This year's Madden game was won by cover star and the elusive cheat codes Michael Vick, but if you wanted a reliable pocket passer Brady was an elite option.

In real life, Brady would return to the Super Bowl that season and beat a spirited final quarter in the face of cheap madden 22 mut coins the Carolina Panthers, whose Jake Delhomme was being viewed as the next Brady. This would prove to be unsuccessful. In 2003, despite winning two Lombardi trophy awards by then there was no way to know what level he would set for his bar.