Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady surpassed the 100,000 total passing yards mark in Sunday’s 16-13 win over the Los Angeles Rams. Brady secured the victory with a six-play, 60-yard touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter. Here’s what you need to know:

• Brady is the first quarterback in NFL history to record over 100,000 total passing yards.
• He surpassed the 100,000-yard mark when he threw to running back Leonard Fournette.
• It took Brady 374 career NFL games to reach this mark.
• Brady entered Week 9 having thrown for at least 164 yards in 50 consecutive games, the second-longest active streak in the NFL (Patrick Mahomes, 55).

Backstory

Brady entered the league in 2000 when the New England Patriots selected him in the sixth round of the draft. Over two decades and seven Super Bowl rings later, Brady is still at it.

The 2022 season is Brady’s 22nd as an NFL starting quarterback. He is throwing at a rate of 266.2 yards per game for his career during the regular season. Including Sunday’s game against the Rams, Brady played in 327 career regular-season games.

In 47 career playoff games played, Brady has 13,049 passing yards (277.6 yards per game).

Significance of Brady’s accomplishment

Brady hitting 100,000 career passing yards in the closing minutes Sunday night seemed like bittersweet trivia, but his final game-winning drive and touchdown pass with nine seconds left made it a small step toward a significant and potentially season-saving comeback victory. That milestone is nice, but ending a three-game losing streak and getting revenge against the Rams is much bigger. — Auman

Where Brady sits among other QBs

Below is a table of the top 20 quarterbacks in career passing yards (regular season and playoffs). Brady is more than 35,000 yards ahead of any other active player (Matt Ryan, 64,415 yards).

How close is Aaron Rodgers to Brady?

Entering Sunday, Rodgers has averaged 261.3 passing yards in 243 career games (including playoffs), giving him 63,054 for his career (ninth all-time). He would have to play 140 more games, or about 7.75 seasons (assuming an average of one playoff game per year) to reach 100,000 passing yards, which would likely put him at age 46.

How close is Patrick Mahomes to Brady?

Entering Sunday, Mahomes has 24,531 total passing yards (87th all-time). He’s averaging 302.9 yards per game in 81 career games (including playoffs). He would have to maintain that average for more than 330.14 games to hit 100,000 passing yards. Even if he plays in an average of two playoff games per year, he would have to play another 12.5 seasons after this year to get there. He would be 39 years old.

Required reading

• Tom Brady rallies Bucs past Rams with final-minute TD drive: ‘He’s still got it’

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