Kansas Metropolis Chiefs head coach Andy Reid turned the most recent noteworthy member of the NFL group to say Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the identical sentence as residing legend Tom Brady whereas Reid celebrated Kansas Metropolis’s 25-22 additional time win over the San Francisco 49ers in Tremendous Bowl LVIII on Sunday evening.
“He makes the tough look simple,” Reid mentioned about Mahomes throughout a dialog with NBC Sports activities’ Peter King, “on the highest potential degree in the entire world. There’s solely 32 in the entire world, and he’s the particular of the particular. I watched Tom Brady flip the keys over to him which was cool. Tom mentioned, ‘Hey, that is your league now, man.'”
At 28 years previous, Mahomes turned a three-time Tremendous Bowl champion and three-time Tremendous Bowl Most Worthwhile Participant after he accomplished 34-of-46 passes for 333 yards and two touchdowns, together with a walk-off toss to Mecole Hardman within the last seconds of the primary additional time interval, versus San Francisco.
Whereas quite a few rumors suggesting that Reid may retire following Tremendous Bowl LVIII hovered over the Chiefs all through final week, it now seems he desires to run it again with Mahomes for at the very least one other season.
“Patrick’s humble, he’s aggressive, he’s a fantastic teammate, good father,” Reid added about his QB1 in the course of the chat with King. “He does it the fitting approach. It’s nice for younger guys to see. It’s not simply God-given. It’s what you do with what God provides you. On daily basis he comes within the huddle, he goes, ‘Let’s be nice right this moment.’ On daily basis. You realize he means it.”
Mahomes might already be on the Mount Rushmore of all-time nice quarterbacks, however he nonetheless has a methods to go to catch Brady in a plethora of classes. Brady, who seemingly is now retired for good, is a seven-time Tremendous Bowl champion, and StatMuse reveals the 46-year-old is the one participant to ever earn Tremendous Bowl MVP honors on 5 events.
“To me, it’s all the time going to be robust as a result of Brady beat me within the Tremendous Bowl,” Mahomes mentioned throughout an NFL Community interview on Sunday evening about being in comparison with the person who guided the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a win over the Chiefs in Tremendous Bowl LV, as shared by Adam London of NESN. “He’ll all the time have that on my head. Nevertheless it provides me one thing to try for each single day — chasing greatness. If I’m ever drained, if I don’t need to work, I do know I’ve to do it to be able to be in moments like this.”
Brady nonetheless deserves G.O.A.T. standing as of February 2024, however Mahomes undeniably is closing the hole quicker than many anticipated and forward of what is usually thought-about the prime years for a participant on the sport’s most necessary place.
