Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is not shy about the truth that the NFL feats completed by dwelling legend Tom Brady give him “one thing to attempt for each single day.”
Mahomes expanded on that championship mindset throughout a Monday look on NFL Community.
“Yeah, I believe it’s extra simply me making an attempt to be the most effective I will be,” Mahomes defined, as shared by Myles Simmons of Professional Soccer Speak. “I don’t need to have any regrets on the finish of my profession. And I understand how nice of a corporation, how nice of a coach, tight finish, gamers that I’ve round me. And I don’t need to let that slide by. I need to be certain I maximize my alternatives.”
Conversations about Mahomes presumably passing Brady in energy rankings of all-time nice quarterbacks surfaced lengthy earlier than Kansas Metropolis’s starter turned a three-time Tremendous Bowl champion and a three-time Tremendous Bowl Most Invaluable Participant through the group’s 25-22 additional time win over the San Francisco 49ers. Whereas Mahomes in all probability deserves a spot on any Mount Rushmore for signal-callers on the age of 28, it is not misplaced on him that Brady retired a seven-time Tremendous Bowl champion and five-time Tremendous Bowl MVP.
“Clearly, the purpose is at all times seven [rings] — it’s at all times to attempt to get as a lot as you possibly can,” Mahomes added. “And so, all I can do is attempt to maximize my alternatives each single day, proceed to work to be higher not just for myself however for my group. And we’ll see what occurs on the finish of my profession.”
Brady’s obsession with remaining wholesome and elite finally allowed him to turn out to be the oldest quarterback to start out a significant NFL recreation at age 45 in the course of the 2022 season, per Jenna Laine of ESPN. Mahomes seemingly has loads of time earlier than he may have to contemplate embracing the “TB12 Methodology” to assist him keep away from damage points into his 30s, and his Chiefs first could have a chance to do one thing neither Brady nor anyone else has ever achieved: Three-peat as Tremendous Bowl champions.
