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Here's a Brady Bunch for NFL fans: Tom Brady received all 50 votes for league MVP.
; ^, B2 O8 o& N& c/ h) ^4 F8 sThe New England Patriots quarterback on Sunday became the first unanimous choice for The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award since the news organization began using a nationwide panel of media members who cover the league.
3 i0 J0 c5 C+ J# ?" T0 qHe surpassed himself, too: In 2007, when Brady won his first MVP award, he received 49 votes; one voter went for Brett Favre.
( s0 E) `% r/ ?! Q"It is always flattering to be chosen for such a prestigious award," Brady said. "But I also look at it as a team award, as nothing in football gets accomplished without the mental toughness and determination of every player and coach associated with that team.
2 k; X4 _; ~6 N7 J"I am very humbled to be a part of an organization where winning comes first, and our goals are based around the success of the team."
8 c. ?: Z4 r3 SThose successes, including three Super Bowl titles in the last 10 years, are in great part due to Brady's excellence.
+ j$ q: K, D; p" `5 _Although he didn't set nearly as many passing marks as in '07, Brady by far was the league's top performer in leading New England to a 14-2 record, best in the NFL. He had a record streak of 355 throws without being intercepted, and he passed for 36 touchdowns with just four picks. On Tuesday, Brady was selected the AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year, repeating the award double he first achieved in 2007.
Not that Brady, 33, would compare this season's Patriots to any others.
5 |  N9 p, [- I* r"Every team every year is different," he said, "and over the course of 100 practices and many games a team establishes its identity. Players change, schemes change, opponents change, which is why the game is so exciting year in and year out.
"The fact that 32 teams start out each year with the same goal is why the popularity of the sport is at an all-time high. The great part about our sport is that nothing comes easy, and wherever you stand at the end of the year is the exact place that you deserve to be."
Individually, Brady stands above all others. The only Patriot to win the award, he and Peyton Manning, his rival for the NFL's best quarterback, have split the past four MVP awards.
* r" r' O3 j8 e1 s# iBrady joins Manning as a multiple MVP award winner, becoming the eighth player to accomplish the feat and joining Jim Brown, Brett Favre, Joe Montana, Johnny Unitas, Kurt Warner and Steve Young. Manning (2003-04, '08-09) has won it four times, and Brown (1957-58, '65), Favre (1995-97) and Unitas (1959, '64, '67) have won it three times.
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