Tom Brady's top 5 regular season performances

9/12/11: Taking his talents to South Beach

Some of Tom Brady's finest moments have come in nationally televised showings, against some of his team's biggest rivals. His showmanship talents were on full display during the 2011 season opener on a Monday night in Miami.

On that night, Brady set his personal best with 517 yards in a 38-24 win over the Dolphins. His four-touchdown performance was capped off by tying one of the league's rare, literally unbreakable records, as he threw the tenth 99-yard touchdown pass in NFL history.

The image of Brady celebrating has become all-too-familiar...and painful...for Atlanta Falcons fans (Photo: Getty)

12/20/20: Atlanta Thrasher

By this point, Brady's career had been declared over so many times that it had become an NFL meme of sorts. Those detractors came out in full force when the Buccaneers dropped three of four November games that year.

Already well-known and well-regarded for his Super Bowl comeback victory over the Atlanta Falcons, Brady resurrected painful memories through another triumph that erased an Atlanta lead.

After Brady found Antonio Brown for the 46-yard game-winning touchdown, Tampa Bay didn't lose another game after that, setting the stage for a victory and MVP performance in a Tampa-based rematch against the Chiefs in February.