“Patrick Mahomes is the only one to have a shot at Tom Brady”: Shannon Sharpe reveals how $503 million Chiefs QB has the best odds to usurp the NFL GOAT

"Patrick Mahomes is the only one to have a shot at Tom Brady": Shannon Sharpe reveals how $503 million Chiefs QB has the best odds to usurp the NFL GOAT

Patrick Mahomes has had a torrid start to his career, and as a result, many people are already talking about him being the next Tom Brady.

The Chiefs quarterback has already matched up with Brady several times in his career with some mixed results. Brady holds the edge over Mahomes right now with a  3-2 head-to-head record.

Additionally, Brady has beaten Mahomes when it matters more. They met in the 2018 AFC Championship Game, and Brady and the Pats walked off with a crazy 37-31 overtime win.

Brady also beat Mahomes in the 2021 Super Bowl when the Chiefs and Bucs matched up. That game was extremely one-sided as the Bucs wound up winning 31-9 behind a strong defensive performance.

Mahomes’ strength comes in his generational arm talent. He can launch the ball from one end of the field to the other without a quiver of doubt in his mind. He’s even better than Brady in that regard.

Considering Mahomes is just in his fifth full year as a starter, he’s well set to have a legendary career.

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Shannon Sharpe believes Patrick Mahomes is best suited to take over Tom Brady

The young gun already has a Super Bowl victory, a Super Bowl MVP, four Pro Bowls, and one AP All-Pro first team to his name. On top of that, in Mahomes’ first season, he became only the second quarterback to throw for 5,000+ yards and 50+ touchdowns alongside Peyton Manning.

Brady is unquestionably the NFL GOAT. He owns nearly every passing record, and he has the most Super Bowls wins in NFL history (more than any NFL team) at seven. If there was a gold standard for what a good quarterback should be, Brady would be that gold standard.

Shannon Sharpe believes that with the way Mahomes has started his career, he’s definitely on track to match and potentially even beat Brady when all’s said and done.

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Ashish Priyadarshi is The SportsRush's content manager and editor. Ashish freelanced for 1 year in the NFL division before taking on an editorial role in the company. He then tacked on managing content while adding on a writing role in the NBA division. Ashish has been closely following the NFL and NBA since the 2012 season when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and Derrick Rose was at the height of his powers. Since then, Ashish has focused on honing his knowledge for both leagues in, even writing crossover pieces. In his free time, Ashish is an avid basketball player, he loves to watch movies and TV shows, immersing himself in the cinematic world. Ashish studies computer science and data science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would love to mesh his love for sports with his technical skills.

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