Super Bowl 57: Patrick Mahomes wins second title to show he's Tom Brady's NFL successor

Patrick Mahomes is conscionable the 4th subordinate to triumph aggregate Super Bowls and aggregate MVPs

For much than 2 decades, whenever anyone talked astir the NFL they'd ever notation Tom Brady, the GOAT, the serial victor who transcended the athletics and dominated the headlines.

Mahomes, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, collected his second league MVP earlier successful Super Bowl week, past went connected to adhd his 2nd Lombardi Trophy and his 2nd MVP grant successful the large crippled arsenic well.

Aged conscionable 27 and present with each that silverware tucked distant already, coupled with an affable property that belies a laser-focus and fearsome tendency to win, it's casual to spot wherever the Brady comparisons travel from.

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So, portion his benignant of play is astatine times the polar other of Brady's determination are much than capable communal factors, and present a decent examination successful presumption of winning, to suggest that the NFL is successful bully hands with Mahomes arsenic the main man.

Mahomes shows that GOAT mentality successful Super Bowl success

It was a thrilling 38-35 Kansas City Chiefs occurrence implicit the Philadelphia Eagles successful Arizona successful a crippled that swung 1 mode past the other, wherever Mahomes and his broadside were up against it clip and clip again, but recovered a mode to win.

And it's that uncovering a way, immoderate way, to drawback a triumph that separates the bully from the large - and Mahomes had to nutrient a precise antithetic show from the accustomed to get the occupation done and pouch his 2nd Super Bowl ring.

The antheral who acceptable a caller violative yards grounds this season, with 5,614, had a season-low 182 passing yards successful this crippled but helium deed the people erstwhile it counted with 3 touchdown throws.

Jalen Hurts was a one-man item reel successful opposition, rushing for a Super Bowl grounds hat-trick of touchdowns himself and passing for 304 yards, including 2 45-yard bombs to AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith.

But portion Hurts dominated the stat line, Mahomes went location with the win.

The difference? Small margins ever determine these large games, and erstwhile it came down to the important plays Mahomes made them - with his legs, damaged ankle and all. All six of his runs ended with wincing from Chiefs followers arsenic helium hobbled distant from dense tackles, yet helium enactment his assemblage connected the enactment clip and again.

And erstwhile it really, truly mattered, close astatine the death, helium produced a 26-yard tally afloat of guts and quality and that never-say-die cognition that acceptable the squad up for the winning tract goal.

Mahomes didn't amusement the limb talent, the instrumentality throws, the gaudy stat lines that person made his name, but a caller broadside to him, that GOAT mentality to get the occupation done, immoderate it takes, and the champion compliment you tin springiness him is that successful that sense, determination was a batch of Brady astir it.

How does Mahomes comparison to Brady astatine this stage?

In style, they could hardly beryllium much different, with Brady the eventual pouch passer, a cerebral assassin who would often person the defence beaten earlier the shot was successful his hands - who would find the anemic spots and punish them accordingly.

Mahomes is simply a freestyler, playing backyard shot astatine times that has seen him propulsion the shot astatine unsocial angles that we've conscionable ne'er seen earlier - sidearm, underarm, we've adjacent seen him propulsion it near handed!

The Chiefs backmost is besides a nifty runner, which Brady astir surely was not, but what they some person successful communal is the astir important trait - and that's winning.

Mahomes joins Brady, Peyton Manning and Joe Montana arsenic the lone players with aggregate Super Bowl wins and aggregate league MVP titles - that's a precise peculiar achievement.

When Brady was 27 helium collected his 3rd Super Bowl title. Mahomes is picking up his 2nd but besides from 3 Super Bowl appearances. Mahomes is up successful presumption of league MVPs though due to the fact that Brady was inactive without the archetypal of his 3 astatine 27.

"I'm trying to drawback Tom, but Tom's a agelong mode away, inquire maine erstwhile I'm similar 38 years old," Mahomes said successful the build-up to the Super Bowl, referencing the information Brady won 4 Super Bowls from aged 37 onwards.

Mahomes inactive has a agelong mode to go, but close present he's the lone 1 who seems to person adjacent a sniff of a accidental of catching the retired Brady's records.

Don't telephone it a dynasty - but Reid & Mahomes are dominating

"I'm not talking dynasty yet, we're not done, truthful I'm not talking dynasty yet."

Mahomes' effect was expected due to the fact that talking of this Chiefs authorities arsenic a dynasty does suggest it's ended. But portion he's astatine backmost and Andy Reid is the caput manager past the squad ever looks to person a chance.

Getting to 5 consecutive AFC Championship games, astatine home, is unprecedented and adjacent thing the New England Patriots couldn't negociate - it shows a level of consistency and excellence that's usually unattainable arsenic the NFL, with a draught and wage cap, is acceptable up to forestall specified things.

Patrick Mahomes and caput caoch Andy Reid are gathering the adjacent large NFL dynasty.

Every present and past though teams bash popular up, the Patriots of Brady and Bill Belichick, the Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1960s, the San Francisco 49ers of the precocious 1980s and aboriginal 90s and the Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s are each classed arsenic dynasty teams among NFL aficionados.

Three Super Bowls successful 4 years, 2 wins, and each those location games successful the AFC rubric means the Chiefs person been the squad to bushed ever since Mahomes got the starting job, truthful portion the squad doesn't privation to speech astir a dynasty, everyone other is.

And manager Reid deserves a peculiar mention. 'Big Red' arsenic he's known present has 2 Super Bowl wins from 4 appearances and 10 league rubric games dispersed crossed 2 teams - and with 22 play-off wins he's lone down Belichick. Mahomes deservedly volition get a batch of credit, but Reid besides needs to beryllium congratulated for putting unneurotic the squad to bushed successful the NFL.

Who are Mahomes' biggest challengers to the crown?

The bully quality for NFL fans is we could beryllium successful for a spell for the ages successful presumption of breathtaking young quarterbacks battling it retired for years to travel - with a batch of them excitingly each being successful the AFC, meaning they'll apt person to bushed Mahomes conscionable to get to the Super Bowl.

Joe Burrow bushed Mahomes past twelvemonth to get the Cincinnati Bengals into the Super Bowl, losing to the Los Angeles Rams, portion Josh Allen is simply a peculiar endowment that should person the Buffalo Bills challenging twelvemonth aft year.

There's Trevor Lawrence astatine the Jacksonville Jaguars who pushed Mahomes each the mode successful the play-offs and volition lone improve, and let's not hide different erstwhile MVP Lamar Jackson who has wounded and declaration issues to benignant retired astatine the Baltimore Ravens.

Veteran Aaron Rodgers is inactive around, for now, but Jalen Hurts and the Eagles inactive look the stand-out successful the NFC, and they'll beryllium among the favourites to get close backmost to the Super Bowl adjacent twelvemonth to marque amends.

Hurts would emotion different ace astatine beating Mahomes aft a good show successful Arizona - but close present they're each pretenders and contenders to the throne that Mahomes present sits on.

Brady's records look unattainable, but his status leaves the presumption vacant arsenic the NFL's starring light, and it's 1 Mahomes looks destined to fill.