Is Brady vs. Mahomes NFL’s Jordan vs. Kobe?
LeSean McCoy has watched both Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady up close the past two seasons. And he has a slam dunk comparison for the star quarterbacks.
“I’m a huge Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan fan, and that’s the best way I can look at it,” the Buccaneers running back said.
“You look at a guy like Brady and he’s like Jordan – established, older. He don’t Air Jordan dunk anymore, but he’s beating you with the fadeaway. I think of Pat as the young Kobe. Like, he’s coming. The league’s aware of him and he’s making plays.”
McCoy spent last season with the Chiefs and Mahomes, helping them win the Super Bowl. He signed with Brady’s Bucs during the offseason and is back in position to win another.
He sees obvious differences in Mahomes, 25, and Brady, 43, but also major similarities in their hunger for greatness.
“They both are competitive, extremely competitive,” McCoy said. “They always want to win at any cost. They have that superstar quality to them. I think that Pat’s younger and Brady’s older, more established, so successful, and I think Pat is chasing that. I think he’s on the verge of being the next Brady. I love to watch them lead but lead differently, but they all have the ultimate same goal – they want to win.”
McCoy is also impressed how both can be critical of their own play even during victories, with a passion to be perfect.
“I’m blessed to see that, I really am,” McCoy said. “In like 10 years or something, I’ll be saying like how Pat is the new Brady.”