For 2008 Brady surely had an open flame under his seat. In a bid to return to glory after a heartbreaking victory over the G-Men, Brady wouldn't get to Mut 22 coins prove that his team's star players could be back in that promised place. He suffered a devastating first-half knee injury due to Chiefs safeties Bernard Pollard, and would continue to miss all season. Naturally, the Madden team could not had anticipated this, however Brady continued to dominate the virtual game that year even though Matt Cassel tried his best to keep the team in shape in the real world. Brady threw just 11 passes in that season, before being eliminated with a mediocre performance, however his numbers in Madden head-tohead were definitely superior as one of the games' only 99-rated players.

After a year of rehabbing his leg, Brady has apparently earned his trust from Tiburon and EA in the past, since his devastating injury to his career did not lead to Brady's Madden rating dipping at all. At an overall 97, he's still dominating, even if 16-0 was a long way out of reach for his current counterpart. The Patriots recorded a 10-6 record that year and Brady's latest Super Bowl victory was starting to disappear from the rear-view mirror.

Brady's 2010 season marked the beginning of the Gronk time. The Patriots signed Rob Gronkowski, and Brady was a success. The small dip in his actual figures the year before led into a similar cut of his Madden overall, but the trajectory of his career was to be forever changed. The new look Patriots offense went on to inspire the league to identify or build dominant do-it all tight ends such as Gronk, but most such QB-TE combos today, more than after a decade are still striving to beat the numbers that Brady and Gronkowski were able to put together. In Madden the duo was unstoppable for a period that spanned several years.

Brady was a member of"the 99" club three times during Madden NFL 2012--you'll remember it famously as the time when Browns fans were awash in the vote of the fans that was to decide the player who would be the cover and they got flash-inthe-pan RB Peyton Hillis to "grace" the box art. Brady along with Gronk were in year two and riding high which led to Brady's debut 5,000-yard season however an injured Gronkowski was unable to cheap Madden 22 coins play in the postseason and the Patriots were unable to defeat them Giants to win the Super Bowl for the second time since 2007.