Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs. (Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports)
Tony Romo feels Patrick Mahomes must beat Tom Brady in Super Bowl 55 to ever become The GOAT.
Legacies may be more at stake in Super Bowl 55 than we could have ever imagined. We have the greatest quarterback of all time in Tom Brady going up against the best player in the game today in Patrick Mahomes. The man who will be calling the game in CBS Sports’ Tony Romo believes the only way Mahomes could ever pass Brady in the quarterbacking pantheon is with a win in Tampa.
“This is the biggest game Patrick Mahomes will ever play in for the rest of his career… If he loses this game, he cannot catch Tom Brady, in my opinion,” said Romo. Another Super Bowl victory for Brady would give him Lucky No. 7 in his illustrious football career. Mahomes would still be stuck at No. 1, but may not ever get another chance to beat the greatest of all time on a big stage like this.
Is it too early to put Patrick Mahomes in the GOAT conversation with Tom Brady?
To even be having this conversation about the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback four years in is mind-boggling really. It is a testament to how transcendent he has been since assuming the starting role three years ago. Should his Chiefs beat Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl 55, trust me, there will be members of Chiefs Kingdom proclaiming Mahomes is already The GOAT.
Though they will be way ahead of themselves, Mahomes will have kept a pathway alive to possibly becoming The GOAT one day. If he were to go 5-0 in the Super Bowl in his sure-fire Pro Football Hall of Fame career, he would be one Lombardi Trophy short of Brady, but would surpass Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana for the best unblemished Super Bowl era record. There is a way.
Matching Brady’s 10 Super Bowl appearances is not possible, but beating him next Sunday sure is.