In Case You Forgot

Tom Brady is still the best quarterback in the NFL. Has been for some time now. It's not Peyton Manning. It's not Aaron Rodgers. It's not Drew Brees, and it sure as hell ain't Derek Anderson or Mark Sanchez.

Coming into tonight's contest in South Beach, Brady had never thrown for over 400 yards in a game, which is really mind-boggling especially when you consider Matt Cassel managed the feat with the leftovers of the 18-0 offense in 2008 once.

But Brady didn't just stop once he hit 400. Nope, he became just the fourth quarterback of the millennium to eclipse 500 yards passing in a single game, joining Elvis Grbac, Drew Brees, and Ben Roethlisberger. The 517 passing yards were the most in an NFL game since Boomer Esiason went for 522 way back in 1996.

I'll do a full game recap tomorrow but for now, just realize that there's NFL teams out there trying to compete with Tarvaris Jackson, Alex Smith, Rex Grossman, Luke McCown, Tony Romo, Kerry Collins, and the corpse of Donovan McNabb. It's truly a pleasure what we get to witness here in New England.