Tom Brady put up a full day's worth of numbers in only a half-day's worth of work on Saturday.
The legendary quarterback scorched the reeling Detroit Lions and their defense in the first half of the Week 16 matchup, taking the bench in the second half with his team enjoying a 34-point lead after two quarters.
Brady struck early and often in his mere 30 minutes at the office, completing 22-of-27 pass attempts for 348 yards and four touchdowns at the halfway point of the game.
The astoundingly efficient performance, which featured five completions of 20-plus yards, was dubbed "nearly perfect" by ESPN's Next Gen Stats, and Brady's best performance in a half this season.
The 43-year-old superstar QB made quick work of the Lions, a team limping to the finish line in a lost season that culminated in the dismissals of former GM Bob Quinn and head coach Matt Patricia, both alums of New England like Brady himself.
The Bucs looked to be on their way to a laugher after Brady connected with former Patriots teammate Rob Gronkowski on a 33-yard scoring strike down the sideline on Tampa Bay's game-opening drive.
His ball distribution was impressively even, though, later hooking up with Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Antonio Brown on scoring plays.
Brady never removed his baseball cap and remained on the sidelines when his team emerged from the locker room for the second half, signaling the end of his afternoon.
The standout performance came a day after Saints star running back Alvin Kamara set a modern NFL record with six rushing touchdowns in his team's dismantling of the Minnesota Vikings on Christmas Day.
For Brady, it marked yet another performance in the right direction in the weeks after a midseason rut that saw his team sitting at 7-5 and his head coach publicly criticizing him for questionable on-field decision-making.
The six-time Super Bowl winner and surefire future Hall of Famer might have had a shot at Norm Van Brocklin's record for most passing yards in a single game, but the opportunity never materialized.
Gronk later added a second TD grab in the third quarter, this one thrown by Brady's replacement, Blaine Gabbert.
The Lions meanwhile had reportedly enlisted the services of a relatively obscure research assistant to call plays for the defense amid several of the team's interim coaches entering into coronavirus protocols after potential high-risk exposure.
Starting quarterback Matthew Stafford then hobbled off the field in the first quarter with an apparent ankle injury, further compounding the team's frustrating day.
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