KANSAS CITY, Mo. — About a blink of an eye ago, Patrick Mahomes was the fledgling face of the NFL’s future. Four years back, the 23-year-old in his first season as QB1 hoisted the Chiefs to the brink of their first Super Bowl appearance in two generations before they fell in overtime to the New England Patriots … and then-41-year-old Tom Brady.
Even if there was no baton passed that day, and not quite since by the ageless Brady, Mahomes was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player after that season.
A year later, he fully transitioned from that promising debut to become the current, and presiding, most compelling force in the game by leading the Chiefs to their first Super Bowl victory in 50 years. With an MVP performance there, no less.
