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Tom Brady sets new standard for 40-year-old quarterbacks

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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- The list of quarterbacks who have had success after their 40th birthday isn’t a long one, with Tom Brady in the midst of a 2017 season that is setting a new standard.

In more ways than one, it’s the same old Brady.

Brady’s MVP-caliber year sparked a question to New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick recently about other productive seasons authored by 40-year-old quarterbacks, with names such as Brett Favre, Warren Moon and Vinny Testaverde mentioned as part of the query. Belichick highlighted Testaverde because of his firsthand experience coaching him at three different points of his career, the final time coming in 2006 with the Patriots when Testaverde was 43 and signed midseason as the No.