Tom Brady started the 2011 campaign right where he left off the 2010 regular
season, with an epic, MVP-type performance. Brady threw for a New England
team-record 517 yards in a 38-24 win over the Dolphins. The league's reigning
MVP, who connected on 32-of-48 passes with four touchdowns, compiled the
fifth-most passing yards in an NFL game and completed a 99-yard TD pass to Wes
Welker. New England had 622 total yards and Brady had the most single-game
passing yardage in Monday Night Football history. Welker had eight catches for
160 yards and a pair of scores for the Patriots (1-0), who went a league-best
14-2 last year, but were upset by the Jets in the divisional round of the
playoffs. The Dolphins (0-1), coming off their second straight 7-9 campaign,
got 416 yards passing from Chad Henne.