Tom Brady shares which NFL team still gives the seven-time Super Bowl champion 'nightmares'

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While each of those teams had significant success against him, Brady admitted that a different former opponent still keeps him up at night.

In a highly competitive AFC Championship game that was recognized as a classic the moment it ended.

"That group still gives me nightmares," Brady wrote.

New England's 38-34 loss to the Colts in the 2006 AFC title game is arguably the most painful non-Super Bowl defeat of Brady's career. The Patriots were up 21-3 at halftime, but the Colts mounted a fierce comeback that ended with an interception by Brady with less than thirty seconds left.

Defensive Player of the Year, Bob Sanders.

It's safe to say the Patriots would have also won if they had gotten past the Colts and Manning, who later led the Broncos to two AFC title game victories over Brady's Patriots.

Ironically, the Patriots' title game loss to the Colts sparked off what would eventually become the most historic loss of Brady's career.

to win each of their regular season games

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I was completely heartbroken. That was the game that would have sealed our place in history. It would have been an incredible moment. ... We were utterly distraught. There was no rest for a long time.

Super Bowl MVP trophies. Brady is one of only two starting quarterbacks to win Super Bowls with multiple teams, with Manning being the first to do so.

Despite all of Brady's achievements, there are a couple of games - and one particular team - that still give him nightmares to this day.