Tom Brady did not make touchdown passes in the 35-yard postseason in the later stages of his career, so his 36-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Brown had some significance. Brady’s touchdown pass to Brown was his longest post-season touchdown pass since January 2012, when he completed a 61-yard pass to Deion Branch – part of a six-touchdown game in the 45-10 win over the Denver Broncos.
Brady threw six over 35-yard touchdowns in the postseason, the longest was a 63-yard pass to Ben Watson in 2006. He launched two 60-yard touchdown passes to Branch (2005 and 2012) and a touchdown pass 41 yards for Bethel Johnson in 2004. His longest touchdown pass before Brown completed 36 yards was a 34 yard touchdown for Chris Hogan in 2017.
Brady made his 24th game with two post-season pass touchdowns, an NFL record (Brett Favre is second on the list with 15). Brady is 19-4 in the playoffs when he launches two touchdown passes. He is also the oldest player to launch a touchdown pass in the playoffs at 43, 159 days – passing George Blanda (43, 108 days).
Brady is also the first player in NFL history to launch 75 postseason touchdown passes.