Top 20 quarterback performances in Super Bowl history

MIAMI, FL - January 14, 1968: Quarterback Bart Starr #15 of the Green Bay Packers turns to hand the ball off against the Oakland Raiders during Super Bowl II at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. The Packers won the game 33-14. Starr played for the Packers from 1956-71. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

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01 FEB 2015: New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady (12) during the second quarter of Super Bowl XLIX. The New England Patriots defeat the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 in Super Bowl XLIX at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale Arizona.New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady (12) was also named the game MVP. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire/Corbis via Getty Images) /

15. Tom Brady, Super Bowl XLIX

This is the first of several appearances on this countdown for Brady. We begin our journey with a trip back to 2015 when things looked a bit different for the GOAT’s legacy.

The Patriots had returned to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2011, but they had lost two consecutive Super Bowls (both to the Giants). A loss to the Seattle Seahawks, who were then considered to be the next dynasty in the making, would drop Brady’s record in Super Bowls to 3-3.

This game will be forever remembered for Pete Carroll’s infamous decision to pass on the goal line instead of handing the ball to Marshawn Lynch, but the Seahawks’ last-minute drive wouldn’t have been necessary without some heroics from Tom Terrific.

The Patriots trailed 24-14 entering the fourth quarter before Brady led two touchdown drives to give New England a 28-24 lead. Malcolm Butler’s pick at the goal line sealed the victory for New England and a third Super Bowl MVP award for Brady.

Brady put up eye-popping numbers against the Seahawks’ Legion of Boom, going 37 of 50 for 328 yards and four touchdown passes against Seattle’s stout secondary. The Seahawks did get two picks off of Brady, but those were forgotten when Wilson’s pick cost them a second straight championship.

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