Kansas City Chiefs superstar Patrick Mahomes won his second Super Bowl on Sunday night, now having two championships, two Super Bowl MVP's and two regular season MVP's at the age of just 27.
The quarterback is building up an extremely impressive resume, already shattering a number of NFL records and winning while doing so. On talent alone, it's tough to argue that any player has ever been better than Mahomes, but he is now entering the debate of greatest of all-time, alongside Tom Brady.
Mahomes has now played in three Super Bowls in his last five years, and making the AFC championship game every year since he became a starting quarterback.
And in Sunday night's win, he pulled off the victory in dramatic fashion, playing through a high ankle sprain which had severely hampered his mobility - grimacing in pain throughout the game. But talent alone does not put you atop of the perch, which Brady rightly deserves to be at - winning seven Super Bowls in his time by being consistent and efficient.
Mahomes is still five rings away from that - a tough ask for him to get close to - but some believe he already deserves to be mentioned among him and has been told what he has to do to eclipse Brady.
Speaking on his podcast, Bill Simmons said: "The Mahomes resume, twice a Super Bowl champion, two-time Super Bowl MVP. That's a small list. He's a two-time MVP, he's been twice the passing touchdowns leader, twice the passing leader, made the Pro Bowl five times in a row. This feels like the start of something.
"There's some GOAT potential now. You need to get those two early. Brady got three early, it's a little bit early. They [Chiefs] caught lightning in a bottle with how well they drafted, you give them credit for that but when you have this many rookies and make the big gamble with the Tyreek Hill trade, you have to really hit the draft, and they did.
"He's certainly hitting all the checkpoints, which is the big thing. The thing for me is that all the stuff adds up together. Kellerman had a tweet today which said the eyeball test says they're the best, the stats support that impression, their team wins the most, and that's what Michael Jordan had. That's why we ended up settling him as the GOAT. Mahomes is hitting those checkpoints, so I agree with Max.
"But there's so much work left, there's so much luck that goes into this. Brady ended up with seven, he got six with the Pats. That seven could easily have been ten, or it could easily have been three."
Brady retired from the NFL earlier this month, and looks set to take a year away from the sport before joining FOX as a commentator and analyst. For Mahomes, it looks to be the case that the Chiefs will continue to dominate while he remains at quarterback - and the roster could even be improved upon for next season.
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