Tom Brady reached another career milestone in Week 18, but it’s not one he wants to be remembered for.

For the first time in his 23-year career, Brady finished the regular season with a losing record as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fell to the Atlanta Falcons, 30-17, on Sunday.

The Buccaneers finished the season 8-9, which is Brady’s worst mark as a starting quarterback since the 2002 season when the New England Patriots went 9-7.

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When you think about it, the fact that it took this long for a Brady-led team to have a losing record is quite impressive. And Tampa is still heading to the playoffs after winning the AFC South last week despite their record.

Brady didn’t play much in this contest anyway as the Buccaneers were cautious with their starters. Some wondered whether Brady would play at all given that their No. 4 seed was already locked in for next week’s wild-card matchup.

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Brady got the first five Bucs drives before he was taken out of the game, and he started the game with a solid touchdown drive that ended with an 8-yard pass to tight end Kyle Rudolph to go up 7-0.

The only other scoring drive came on a 14-play, 52-yard methodic move down the field that ended with a Ryan Succop field goal to tie the game at 10 apiece. 

Brady finished the game 13 of 17 for 84 yards with his one touchdown, and he will focus on facing the No. 5 seed, which will either be the Philadelphia Eagles or Dallas Cowboys.

Blaine Gabbert took over for Brady and orchestrated a five-play touchdown drive after the Bucs secured a strip-sack fumble on rookie quarterback Desmond Ridder. Gabbert found Russell Gage Jr. for three yards to go up 17-10.

But that’s the only points Tampa would be able to get as they were scoreless in the second half while the Falcons got to work. 

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Ridder was able to find MyCole Pruitt in the first quarter for six points but wasn’t able to sustain a drive until the second half began. He went nine plays for 69 yards that ended with a Younghoe Koo field goal, and after a three-and-out by the Bucs, Ridder had an impressive 14-play drive that saw a touchdown to Olamide Zaccheaus to take the lead.

The Falcons would score on all second-half drives before running out the clock at the end of the fourth quarter. Cordarrelle Patterson found the end zone on a 2-yard run after the Zaccheaus touchdown, and Koo added a 51-yard field goal to make it 30-17. 

Ridder finished his final game of his rookie season 19 of 30 for 224 yards with two touchdowns. Rookie running back Tyler Allgeier had 135 rushing yards on 24 carries. Drake London also surpassed 100.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed he didn't have access to the itinerary for President Biden's trip to El Paso, Texas despite being on Air Force One with the president at the time.

Mayorkas made the statement during a back-and-forth with reporters while flying to Texas on Sunday on the way to the U.S.-Mexico border for Biden's first visit of his presidency as border officials continue sounding the alarm at the ongoing crisis.

"How closely will President Biden actually see some of the crowding that's taking place in El Paso? Will he see any people in the streets in the downtown area, and will he actually be able to speak to any of the migrants who have crossed?" a reporter asked.

"Forgive me, I'm not that close to what exactly the details of the trip are," Mayorkas responded. "I know he's going to see, as [White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre] mentioned, the port of entry, which I think is the second busiest port along the border.

"But I don't know the details of the itinerary," he added.

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Biden's visit comes as U.S. Customs and Border Protection has recorded 718,000 migrant encounters in the first 100 days of fiscal year 2023, beginning Oct. 1. October was the first month in U.S. history that the CBP recorded more than 230,000 migrant encounters, but each month since has also eclipsed that number, CBP sources told Fox News Digital.

The data show a shocking spike in migration compared to the same period in fiscal year 2022 when the CBP logged roughly 518,000 border encounters in the first quarter.

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El Paso, the site of Biden's visit, is the most active sector of the border, with 168,000 migrant encounters recorded since Oct. 1, according to CBP. The agency said it has also recorded 78,161 "got aways" in that sector alone over the same period.

The U.S. has seen record-breaking number of border crossings throughout Biden's tenure, and especially in the final months of 2022. The White House long sought to dismiss the surge as an annual occurrence, but historical data show the current crisis is far beyond traditional yearly surges.

The White House also unveiled a handful of policies aimed at stemming the flow at the border as Biden announced his visit. They include expanding a humanitarian parole program for Venezuelan nationals to include Haitians, Cubans and Nicaraguans, as well as increasing refugee resettlements.