As New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady prepares for his seventh career Super Bowl, the Pro Football Focus analysis team recently went back and graded Brady’s previous appearances in the big game prior to the PFF era (which covers the 2006 NFL season and beyond).
With that data now collected, it’s time to rank the future Hall-of-Famer’s Super Bowl games in terms of PFF overall grade.
1. Super Bowl XXXIX
NFL season: 2004
Score: Patriots 24, Eagles 21
PFF overall grade: 82.7
New England came out with a conservative game plan as they worked in a number of screens to slow down a blitz-heavy Eagles’ defense, and Brady missed only a handful of throws while making some key ones in the red zone.