Tom Brady, quarterback of the New England Patriots, has won the NFL MVP award on Saturday, almost winning in unanimous fashion. Brady completed 69% of his passes en route to a record setting season. Brady set a record for the most touchdown passes in a single season with 50 touchdowns passes. He passed Peyton Manning's 49 touchdown passes back in 2004. Brady also only had 8 interceptions all season, and he had a quarterback rating of 117.2, well ahead of his career quarterback rating of 92.9. Brady's favorite target has been wide receiver Randy Moss, who set a record as well with 23 touchdown receptions. He surpassed Jerry Rice's mark of 22 in a strike shortened 1987 season. The Patriots as a team is the first team since the 1972 Miami Dolphins to go undefeated in the regular season with a 16-0 record. The 1972 Dolphins, who went 14-0 in the regular season that year, defeated the Washington Redskins in the Super Bowl en route to a perfect 17-0 record. Brady has been very successful this year because of the changes management made with the offense. The two starting wide receivers last year, Jabar Gaffney and Reche Caldwell, were not effective enough as the Patriots went 12-4 last season as they lost to the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship game. They revamped their whole wide receiving corps, getting Donte Stallworth and Wes Welker through free agency. They also traded for Moss on draft day and the results have been huge. Welker was tied for first in the NFL in receptions with Cincinnati Bengals' wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh with 112 receptions. The Patriots head coach, Bill Belichick, won the coach of the year as well and more awards may be coming the Patriots way. Will the Patriots continue their run of dominance and win the Super Bowl? Is this the best team ever? How will the Patriots do in the future?
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