NEW ORLEANS.- In its vertiginous ascent to the NFL Olympus, 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 Eagles of Philadelphia, Mohamses will expand its personal showcase to the four Super Bowl trophies, matching the harvest achieved by the iconic montana.
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 the 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, which his New England patriots could never achieve.
New England, the dynasty that preceded that of 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 Buccaneers of Tampa Bay, then being victorious of a generational duel against the thriving Mohamses and his chiefs.
For Mohamses, the fall against Brady is the only defeat of his four trips to the Super Bowl, dominating the rest with two wins against the 49ers of San Francisco 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 debate in the NFL around the Goat, the acronym in English used to define the ‘largest of all time’.
In contradicting the majority opinion, which continues to put the palmarés in front of Brady’s titles, some voices claim that Mohamcs can be saved to the top thanks to its superiority in most individual statistics, their magic in the field and their effectiveness in the decisive moments.
If again proclaiming champion in New Orleans, the Texan Field Marshal will have won the NFL title in 57% of its seasons as a starter, for 33% of Brady.
In qualifiers, Mohomes has so far gone victorious in 17 of its 20 playoff games (85%), for 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.
The Field Marshal, who has spent his entire career in the Chiefs since he was chosen in the tenth place of the 2017 Draft, made a recognition to 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.”
