With Chiefs' Super Bowl thrashing, the GOAT debate between Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady is paused

With the quarterback widely considered the greatest of all-time watching from the Fox broadcast booth Sunday, Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes had the opportunity to accomplish a feat not even Tom Brady could boast.

With the quarterback widely considered the greatest of all-time watching from the Fox broadcast booth Sunday, Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes had the opportunity to accomplish a feat not even Tom Brady could boast. 

Instead, Mahomes and the Chiefs left New Orleans with their ambitions of a third consecutive Super Bowl title thwarted by Philadelphia in a 40-22 loss in Super Bowl 59. 

The defeat pauses the debate that had surrounded the two-week lead-up to the game: Could Mahomes, at 29 years old and only eight years into his career, be on pace to surpass Brady as the NFL’s GOAT — greatest of all time — quarterback?

Statistically, Mahomes entered holding the upper hand when compared to Brady after their eighth NFL seasons. After retiring with seven Super Bowl titles, Brady was finishing his first year as an analyst for Fox.

Mahomes is now 3-2 in Super Bowls, with Brady 7-3 all-time. Both owned a 3-2 record after their first five Super Bowl appearances; over the same span, Brady threw for a combined nine touchdowns against two interceptions, with 10 touchdowns and seven interceptions for Mahomes.

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/nfl/patrick-mahomes-tom-brady-goat-debate-rcna191442

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