Patrick Mahomes Calls Tom Brady ‘Greatest of All Time’: I Like Being Compared to Him

 

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 12: Quarterback Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs address the media after being presented the Pete Rozelle Trophy as Super Bowl LVIII Most Valuable Players during the Super Bowl Winning Team Head Coach and MVP Press Conference at the Mandalay Bay North Convention Center on February 12, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes called Tom Brady “the greatest of all time” and noted his appreciation of comparisons to him during an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show Tuesday.

“I like it. He is the greatest of all time, and I like being compared to him, but I still have so long that I have to go in my career if you look at the longevity, the consistent greatness that he had every single year,” Mahomes said, per Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk.

“All I can do is just try to continue to be the best me every single day that I have and have no regrets. I actually heard Tom say this a while back and that was his goal was just to be the best version of Tom Brady he could be. All that other stuff kind of happens. All that other stuff kind of comes with it if you continue to work hard and continue to get great teammates around you. I’ve been blessed, man. I’ve been blessed to be in a great organization with great players, and if I can just continue to work the way I work, I’ll have no regrets about however my career ends.”

Mahomes could very well be the NFL’s GOAT when all is said and done after he just won his third Super Bowl in six seasons as a starter.

Brady, who played quarterback for the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2000-2022, won an NFL-record seven Super Bowls during his career.

Mahomes has been humble and respectful when asked about comparisons to Brady, the seven Super Bowl ring number and the GOAT conversation topic.

“I mean, I’m not even close to halfway,” Mahomes said (h/t Michael Hurley of WBZ.com Sports) on Super Bowl Opening Night, six days before he led the Chiefs to a 25-22 win over the San Francisco 49ers.

“I haven’t put a lot of thought into it. Your goal is to be the best player that you can be, and I know I’m blessed to be with a lot of great players around me. So right now, it’s doing whatever I can to beat a great 49ers team and trying to get that third ring. And then, if you ask me that question in like 15 years, then I’ll see if I can get close to seven. But seven seems like a long ways away still.”

Even after he won his third Super Bowl, Mahomes wasn’t looking to put himself alongside Brady just yet, and he also noted that he (then with the Bucs) beat him in the Big Game three years ago.

“Yeah I hear it,” Mahomes said on NFL Network’s postgame. “I mean, to me it’s always going to be tough because Brady beat me in the Super Bowl. That’s one thing he’ll always have over my head.”

Brady and the 2018 Patriots also took down Mahomes and the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game.

However, Mahomes is building up an incredible resume. With one more Super Bowl win, he’ll tie Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw for second all-time on the Lombardi Trophy list among starting quarterbacks. And if it does it next year, he’ll be the first person to get that done before the age of 30.