Patrick Mahomes is not Tom Brady
Tuck it in the wasteband, fellahs. If you came here for a Mahomes bashing or a Brady boner sesh you’re getting neither. I’d just simply like to point out the facts. The facts will clearly show that Patrick Mahomes is indeed not Tom Brady.
If you haven’t seen one of these yet, you must be a grampy or the one person in America with out social media.
Impressive shit by Mahomes. There is no denying that. These numbers simply don’t tell the whole story. They really don’t tell the story at all. The number of factors that are at play here are abundant, but lets just go with this. The difference in NFL football over 20 years are massively different to say the least. Tom Brady quite literally shaped the NFL and it’s heavily skewed rules and attention to offensive football. The point being by the end of Brady’s career Mahomes was getting the “Brady” treatment. Sniff the man’s jock and it’s a 15 yard penalty. At the beginning of Brady’s career Brady was getting the 199th overall pick treatment. Something close to this.
Brady was the 199th pick who was groomed under Bill Belichick, who at the time was considered a defensive guru. Patrick Mahomes was a top 10 pick drafted from a high profile college offense and dropped into Andy Reid’s system. Andy Reid, who at the time was and is considered one of the NFL’s best offensive mind. Mahomes skills and success was groomed and sculpted from a ripe situation. Brady’s rise to greatness in his first 6 seasons was in spite of his circumstances.
Let’s look at Brady’s last 6 seasons with the Pats
182/45 TDs / INTs
71-21 Record
12-3 playoffs
100.5 Rating
4 AFC Championships
3 Super Bowls
1 MVP
3 MVPrunner ups
Allow me to add Tom Brady had won 3 Super Bowls before he ever lost a playoff game. Mahomes has already lost a Super Bowl and AFC Championship game at home. To who? Funny you should ask. Tom Brady. Remember all the talk of Brady not as good as Montana when he got his 4th ring because he had lost 2? So, what does that do to the Mahomes argument if he loses this year and is 2-2? How are we already talking about Mahomes and Brady? Whatever.
The greater series of facts are the more defining point to the phrase “Patrick Mahomes is not Tom Brady.” Mahomes has been starting in the league and dominating for six years. Brady did it for TWENTY TWO! It took him a decade in between Super Bowl wins and had a fucking undefeated season and two major scandals in the middle of that. Lets see how Mahomes embraces the bad boy role when they aren’t the NFL’s darling. The longevity of dominance from Brady and Belichick is the true measuring stick. There have been more than a handful of “dynasties”. Steelers, Cowboys, 49ers. There has been one 20 year dynasty.
The truth is, Patrick Mahomes is as close to Brady as we have ever seen. All signs point to the Chiefs continuing their dominance. There is no reason to think Mahomes won’t catch Aikman or Montana. One or two more Super Bowls seems probable if not expected. FIVE MORE?!?!?! Just to tie Brady, he needs to win FIVE more Super Bowls!! Andy Reid is approaching 70. Kelce is the way wrong side of 30. Mahomes is going to have to show he can reinvent himself 3 times over the way Brady went from Troy Brown and Corey Dillan to Moss and Welker to Edleman and Gronk. Mahomes will have to do it at some point with out his hall of fame coach.
If you’re a Patriots fan defensive about Brady’s legacy you should be happy Mahomes and the Chiefs are showing dominance. Patrick Mahomes is AWESOME. Unreal stuff. A joy to watch. Enjoy it Patriots fans, beacause when they eventually plateau it will add that much more validity to the Brady Patriots. Patrick Mahomes is not Tom Brady. Yet. Talk to me in 2035.