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SUMMARY:tom-brady-tampa-bay-buccaneers-2022-game-used-football-4th-quarter-
 record-comeback-325-yard-passing-performance - Date de vente : 30/09/2025
DESCRIPTION:Nom du lots : Tom Brady Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2022 Game Used Foo
 tball | 4th Quarter Record Comeback | 325-Yard Passing Performance\n\nWILS
 ON football\n\n2022\n\nSotheby’s is proud to present Tom Brady’s game-
 used football from the October 27\, 2022 matchup between the Tampa Bay Buc
 caneers and the Baltimore Ravens.\n\nThroughout the game\, Brady delivered
  a commanding performance\, throwing for 325 yards as he tirelessly led hi
 s team’s offense. With just 49 seconds remaining\, he capped the effort 
 with a final touchdown\, a precision 8-yard strike to Julio Jones. Despite
  this late rally\, the Buccaneers fell to the Ravens by a final score of 2
 7‑22.\n\nThe ball is accompanied by a photomatch letter from MeiGray.\n\
 nGoing Deeper - Tom Brady\n\nHumble Beginnings and the Road to Greatness\n
 \nThere are only a few athletes who are near-universally accepted as the g
 reatest in their sport: Tiger Woods\, Muhammad Ali\, Wayne Gretzky —and 
 Tom Brady.\n\nWhile most of them entered their respective sports as highly
  touted prospects\, Brady’s journey began as an unassuming sixth-round p
 ick of the New England Patriots in the 2000 NFL Draft.\n\nDuring ESPN’s 
 segment covering the 199th pick\, resident draft expert Mel Kiper remarked
 \, “[Brady] throws a very catchable ball.” Watching the segment today\
 , there is little evidence Kiper realized he was talking about the player 
 who threw perhaps the most catchable ball in the history of the sport. Bra
 dy holds the record for the most passing yards\, completions\, and touchdo
 wns in NFL history.\n\nKiper would go on to talk about Brady’s perceived
  weaknesses: “The question is going to be mobility. He only runs a 5.25 
 forty [yard dash] and of course when you have those edge pass rushers\, yo
 u have to avoid the initial defensive end\, the initial pass rusher. Can h
 e do that at the pro level?”\n\nBrady’s seemingly pedestrian 2000 NFL 
 Combine performance (his 40-yard dash was on par with some offensive linem
 an) and the now infamous photo of his less-than-strapping\, unathletic phy
 sique\, have become part of the lore for what many consider the best draft
  pick of all time. Every year come draft time\, that photo of Brady gets c
 irculated through social media as teams hope to strike gold again as the N
 ew England Patriots did in the year 2000.\n\nBrady would acknowledge as mu
 ch when he posted the picture to his personal Instagram years later\, with
  the caption:\n\n“19 years ago today the @patriots took a chance on the 
 guy in this photo: Me (199) ????. Thank you to EVERYONE who’s helped me 
 to prove them right! PS: Did they stop taking these photos after mine?? ??
 ??????”\n\nWhat followed\, of course\, is legend. Brady would go on to j
 oin the Patriots as their fourth-string quarterback and was\, by no means\
 , a lock to even make the team. By the following season however\, he was t
 hrust into a starting role after veteran starter Drew Bledsoe sustained an
  injury in week two. That opportunity was all Brady needed. He would lead 
 the Patriots to a 20-17 victory in Super Bowl XXXVI that year and become t
 he youngest Super Bowl MVP.\n\nBrady would win five more Super Bowls with 
 the New England Patriots as well as one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on h
 is way to becoming the best quarterback\, and arguably player\, in the his
 tory of the sport. No NFL player has ever come close to being as good for 
 as long. If you split Brady’s career into segments\, you would find two\
 , maybe even three\, Hall of Fame resumes.\n\nIn 2024\, Brady began the ne
 xt chapter of his storied career in a new arena as the primary color comme
 ntator for FOX’s Sunday NFL broadcasts.\n\nShould you wish to pay in cry
 ptocurrency\, please contact the Bids Department (bids.newyork@sothebys.co
 m) at least three business days prior to the close of this auction for wal
 let verification. Review the Conditions of Business for Buyers for our f
 ull terms and conditions relating to cryptocurrency payments.
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