Brady climbs Mount Montana. I remember a few years ago Tom Brady’s father telling me how significant it was that his son had won the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year award. Young Tom, he said, would come home from school on Thursdays in the fall and look for SI to read about his 49ers and his quarterback, Joe Montana.

On Sunday, Brady caught his ex-idol, winning his 133rd game (regular-season and playoffs), matching Montana’s career number. Brady did it at 34. Montana won his 133rd at 38. So there’s time to stretch the record off into the distance. Doesn’t that seem … premature? Or strange that Brady’s caught him with so much time left to play? I suspected, even four and five years ago, that Brady might one day catch Montana on the wins and stats list. Just seems odd to be here already, but here we are.

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