Legacy implications
Super Bowl will show if Mahomes has chance to surpass Brady
Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback, and arguably the greatest football player ever.
For the time being.
Ten years from now, that distinction very well may belong to someone else, and the name of that someone is Patrick Mahomes. The Kansas City Chiefs’ quarterback is the only realistic candidate to put together the type of career that could snatch the best-qb-ever crown off Brady’s head.
In two weeks, we’ll have further clarity as to just how possible it will be for Mahomes to someday overtake Brady. On
Sunday, Feb. 7, Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers will meet Mahomes’ Chiefs in Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
It’s a mouth-watering matchup for the ages. The 43year-old Brady as Yoda and the 25-year-old Mahomes as Grogu.
On the surface, it feels like there’s nothing more for Brady to accomplish in the NFL. He’s going to his 10th Super Bowl — a stat so ridiculous it feels silly to put in print — and he’s already won six of them with the New England Patriots. In Year 1 with the Buccaneers, a longtime doormat NFL franchise, Brady has guided them to a championship game that will be played in the Bucs’ home stadium. It’s the first time ever that a franchise has played for the Lombardi Trophy on its own field, so you can add another note to Brady’s resume, which is now starting to seem