Brady places up videogame with Lions set on rookie mode

5 earlier occasions, somebody posted an ideal passer ranking of 158.3 for the Buccaneers, most just lately Craig Erickson, who went 19-for-24 for 313 yards and three touchdowns towards the Colts in 1994.

Parnell Dickinson was the primary, however his efficiency hardly was a vibrant spot within the Bucs’ winless inaugural season of 1976. After going 4-for-4 for 51 yards and a landing towards the Dolphins, Dickinson harm his foot and was changed by Steve Spurrier.

Steve DeBerg had two “excellent video games” in 1986, however these have been contests by which the journeyman went 1-for-1 and 5-for-6, with a landing apiece towards the Vikings and St. Louis Cardinals, as Steve Younger was Tampa Bay’s primary sign caller.

Final however not least, there was operating again James Wilder, who threw a 16-yard landing go to Adger Armstrong to open the scoring at Lambeau Subject on December 2, 1984, in a sport the Packers went on to win, 27-14.

Erickson stays the one Bucs passer to place up a 158.3 ranking and be the one Tampa Bay quarterback to look within the sport… as a result of Tom Brady didn’t even must hassle taking part in the second half towards the Lions on Saturday. Blaine Gabbert dealt with the second half and threw two extra landing passes within the Bucs’ 47-7 romp to clinch a playoff spot.

With COVID-19 forcing the Lions — who already fired coach Matt Patricia — to raise broad receivers coach Robert Prince to go coach, with head coach assistant Evan Rothstein calling performs on protection, Brady tore Detroit aside.

Brady went 22-for-27 for 348 yards with 4 touchdowns within the first half, and with a 34-point lead, referred to as it a day. 4 totally different receivers — Rob Gronkowski, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Antonio Brown — have been the beneficiaries of Brady’s dissection of Rothstein’s protection, and Leonard Fournette added a speeding landing within the second quarter for good measure.

By exiting the sport, Brady gave up an opportunity to interrupt considered one of soccer’s longest-standing data, Norm Van Brocklin’s 554 passing yards for the Rams towards the New York Yanks in 1951. Brady additionally fell 13 yards shy of Peyton Manning’s document of 361 passing yards within the first half of a sport, set in 2005, and 25 yards in need of Kurt Warner’s 2008 mark for yards in any half.

Additionally nonetheless secure are Sid Luckman, Adrian Burk, George Blanda, Y.A. Tittle, Joe Kapp, Manning, Nick Foles (in a 2013 sport the place he had a 158.3 ranking), and Drew Brees, because the quarterbacks sharing the document of seven landing passes in a sport. Daryle Lamonica and Aaron Rodgers nonetheless share the document for landing passes in a half, with six.

At 43 years, 155 days outdated, Brady isn’t even the oldest quarterback to have an ideal passer ranking in a sport. That might be Warren Moon, who was 43 years and 339 days outdated when he was taking part in for Kansas Metropolis and relieved an injured Elvis Grbac to go 3-for-3 for 78 yards and a landing towards the St. Louis Rams in 2000.

Brady additionally doesn’t know put on a masks.

So, all respect to Craig Erickson.

And lengthy reside Bucco Bruce and the creamsicle pants.