In its vertiginous rise to the Olympus of the NFL, Patrick Mahomes You can achieve a feat on Sunday that did not even reach the greatest myths of American football, such as Tom Brady or Joe Montana: a third title of Super Bowl consecutive.
In the event that your Kansas City Chiefs They triumph against the Philadelphia Eagles, Mohamses will expand its personal showcase to the four Super Bowl trophies, matching the harvest achieved by the iconic mountain.
Mohamses would enter a four ‘quartbacks’ club with at least four Vince Lombardi trophies, being the youngest of them at 29 years. Ahead would have a lot of career to pursue the record of seven crowns that Brady set before retiring in 2023 at age 45.
Brady will also be Sunday at New Orleans Caesars Superdome to live his first Super Bowl as a television analyst. The Californian could have to narrate a historical triplet of the Chiefs that his New England Patriots They could never achieve.
New England, the dynasty that preceded De Kansas City, played three consecutive Super Bowls between 2017 and 2019 but was defeated in 2018 precisely at the hands of the Eagles.
In total, Brady seized six titles in nine finals played with the Patriots. In 2021 he added one more crown to his collection in his only appearance with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, then being victorious of a generational duel against the thriving Mahomes and his chiefs.
For Mohomes, the fall against Brady is the only defeat of his four trips to the Super Bowl, dominating the rest with two wins against the San Francisco 49ers in 2020 and 2024 and another against the Eagles in 2023.
“I don’t think about my legacy”
A triumph of the Chiefs on Sunday could also envive the NFL debate around the Goat, the acronym in English used to define the ‘Bigger of all time’.
In contradicting the majority opinion, which continues to put the palmarés ahead in Brady’s titles, some voices claim that Mohamces can increase to the top thanks to its superiority in the majority of individual statistics, to its magic in the field and its effectiveness in the decisive moments.
To proclaim from New champion in New Orleansthe Texan Field Marshal will have won the NFL title in 57% of its seasons as a starter, for 33% of Brady.
In qualifiers, Mahomes has come out until now victorious from 17 of its 20 playoff games (85%), by the 35 of 48 (72.9%) of the current commentator of the Fox Sports chain.
Focused on Sunday’s duel against Jalen Hurts (Eagles), Mahomes shunned any comparison with the NFL giants in their appearance of the week before the press.
“I only try to be the best Patrick Mohamses that can be,” he said. “Obviously, it is a goal for anyone to be the best in their profession, but to achieve this you have to be the best you can be every day.”
“I will try to be the greatest in that sense. And when I end the American football, if I leave everything as I feel that I have done so far, in terms of effort and mentality, I will be happy with the results and let others speak about who is the biggest, “he settled.
He Mariscal de CampOr, that he has spent his entire career in the Chiefs since he was chosen in the tenth position of the 2017 Draft, he recognized the coaches and colleagues who have helped him build this dynasty, including his great partner Travis Kelce.
“I care more about our team’s legacy,” he said. “Actually I never think of my legacy, I think of all the boys I have played with and how they have left their mark on this team, and I want you to remember us for that.”
