Two years removed from their last Super Bowl win, the New England Patriots entered 2016 without their starting quarterback. As a result of the Deflategate farce, Tom Brady was suspended for the first four weeks of the regular season. In hindsight, however, it was only a minor blip on the Patriots’ radar as the team rolled to a 3-1 record to open the year behind backup quarterbacks Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett,
When Brady came back, he did so in spectacular fashion and delivered one of the best individual seasons in NFL history.