1. Tom Brady, New England Patriots: Week 1 @ Miami Dolphins And the best performance of the season also happened to be the highest-graded QB display of all time. His season may not have ended as he would have liked, but it started with an incredible effort: 517 yards on 48 attempts. The previous year we’d suggested Brady was more dink-and-dunk than people were prepared to admit, but he started off 2011 by picking up 320 yards on balls thrown more than 10 yards as the Patriots put the Dolphins in their place.