Tom Brady’s Player of the Game selections for the 2025–26 season highlight the performances that stood out most through the eyes of one of football’s greatest quarterbacks. The list reflects more than just big stats — it rewards poise,

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are back-to-back champions, becoming the first repeat Super Bowl winners in 20 years.

The last AFC championship game between the Patriots and Broncos was also the final matchup between a pair of all-time greats.

Everyone thought that the millennial generation of star quarterbacks was coming to an end with the influx of the new style of play of the younger generation quarterbacks starting to make their way into the league, but as Lee Corso would say, 'not so fast ...

Considered the greatest NFL player of all time, Brady was learning a new job — with around 25 million viewers judging each syllable every Sunday afternoon — but he felt like he had training wheels on, trying to find his balance and some success as the season progressed, but never a full rhythm.

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The Tom Brady and Bill Belichick pairing was responsible for six Super Bowl wins in nine appearances with the Patriots. Here's what the QB had to say.