As he watched Brady lift his seventh Super Bowl, Mahomes was left on one and the gap between the two QBs appeared insurmountable, particularly when Mahomes and the Chiefs were then defeated in the AFC Championship Game (effectively the semi-final) the following season.
A seven-one advantage for Brady over Mahomes could be cut to seven-four by Monday morning, if Mahomes and the Chiefs become the first team in NFL history to win three Super Bowls in a row.
Patrick Mahomes mounts assault on Tom Brady’s GOAT legacy Chiefs quarterback is bidding to usurp former rival as NFL’s all-time great with the first ever Super Bowl three-peat.
Winning seven Super Bowls seemed to be an accomplishment that no player would get close to, particularly back in 2021 when Brady, at the age of 43, defeated the Kansas City Chiefs and their talented young quarterback in Patrick Mahomes.
Which makes Sunday in New Orleans such a fascinating situation for Brady, watching from the booth in New Orleans as Mahomes potentially chips away again at his legacy down on the field, possibly creeping closer to Brady’s tally of seven titles by adding a fourth of his own.
