How Tom Brady milestones is played

Every card in this deck carries a hidden value on the same scale — release years and dates — and the run is one long sorting problem. The first card is dealt face up. Each card after it goes into the gap where you think it belongs, and the value only shows once it lands. Get it wrong three times and the run ends with whatever you had placed.

This deck can also be shuffled together with any other deck measured in release years and dates — tick several on the deck tree to build one longer timeline out of them.

What's in the deck

26 of the 26 cards you could be dealt. The values stay hidden until you place them.

Drafted in the sixth round by the Patriots A late-round pick who slipped
Took over as starter after Drew Bledsoe's injury An unexpected chance under center
Won his first Super Bowl and its MVP against the Rams Upset the heavily favored Rams
Won a second Super Bowl over the Panthers A thriller decided by a late kick
Won a third championship against the Eagles Back-to-back titles secured
Set a single-season record with fifty touchdown passes A prolific new passing benchmark
Won his first league MVP leading an undefeated regular season A perfect regular-season run
Lost the undefeated bid in the Super Bowl to the Giants A stunning end to the perfect season
Tore his ACL in the season opener A season lost to a knee injury
Won a second, unanimous MVP Named the best by every voter
Lost a Super Bowl rematch to the Giants A second title-game defeat to New York
Won a fourth Super Bowl over the Seahawks A goal-line interception sealed it
Served a four-game Deflategate suspension Sat out over the football-inflation saga
Led the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history against the Falcons Erased a huge deficit in overtime
Won a third MVP Another most-valuable honor late in his career
Lost a Super Bowl to the Eagles A shootout defeat in Minneapolis
Named to the NFL one-hundredth anniversary all-time team Honored among the league's greatest
Won a sixth ring against the Rams A defensive slugfest crowned him again
Left New England to sign with Tampa Bay A late-career move to Florida
Won a seventh championship with the Buccaneers A record ring with a new team
Earned a fifth Super Bowl MVP against the Chiefs Outdueled a younger star
Passed Drew Brees for the career passing yards record Became the all-time yardage leader
Threw his six-hundredth career touchdown pass A milestone scoring toss
Briefly announced his first retirement A short-lived farewell
Reversed course and returned for another season Unretired to keep playing
Announced his retirement for good The final goodbye to football