After beating the Mut 22 coins infamously dubbed "Greatest Show On Turf" St. Louis Rams, Brady came into 2002 with the title of defending champion and the starter in Week 1. Brady's career spans 22 years, he was the starter in 20 of them (we'll look at his disastrous 2008 season later), and he made the playoffs 19 times out of the 20 seasons that he played in. 2002 was the only one where he didn't play the game in January, ending 9-7, but falling on a tiebreaker between three divisions the following year, which instead led the Jets to the postseason. It was in this early era Brady who was still thought of as something of game manager, although his 28 touchdowns that season would be his career high until Randy Moss showed up half an entire decade later. It would also turn out to be Brady's last season in Madden in which he'd be graded below a 90.

Despite missing the playoffs the year before, Brady would kick off his 2003 campaign by squeezing into in the club for players aged 90 or more of Madden as the only time. This year's Madden game was dominated by cover star and the elusive cheat Code Michael Vick, but if you needed a reliable pocket passer, Brady was the top option. In the real world, Brady would return to the Super Bowl that season and be able to overcome a dramatic closing quarter against the Carolina Panthers, whose Jake Delhomme was being viewed as the next Brady. This would prove to be to be a short-lived. In 2003, and despite winning two Lombardi medals at the time yet, nobody knew how high he'd raise the bar in the future.

Venturing into madden 22 mut coins truly elite company, Brady would kick off the defensive-minded Madden 2005 as one of the most skilled players of the game thus making the Patriots the team to beat online games. Players were eagerly awaiting the chance to try the all-new Hit Stick on defenseless ball carriers. Brady was to defeat opponents like the Donovan McNabb- and Andy Reid-led Eagles in the Super Bowl, clinching the Patriots their place as the next NFL super team.