Since Kansas City Chiefs drafted Patrick Mahomes back in 2017, the young quarterback spent the first year on the sidelines. However, in the 2018 season, he entered the team as a first-choice quarterback. Since then, he never looked back, as he won the Super Bowl with the Chiefs in his second season as a starter.
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In the 2018-19 season, Mahomes and the Chiefs reached the final of the AFC Championship, where he lost to Tom Brady and the Patriots. Before facing Brady, Mahomes had great admiration for the legendary quarterback, as he shared details about emulating Brady on the football field.
When Patrick Mahomes opened up about emulating Tom Brady
Back in 2018, in an interview, Patrick Mahomes revealed that he has been watching Brady‘s tapes since his college days. While watching those tapes, he picked up TB12’s tremendous ability to move in the pocket. “Just the way he can move within the pocket and still find lanes to throw the ball is something that I find is truly special,” Mahomes said.
“I mean, I try to do that, but I mean, you have to keep working on that. He’s done that his whole entire career, and it’s something that bought him a lot of extra time in the pocket to make a lot of great throws,” the Chiefs quarterback further said.
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Oct 2, 2022; Tampa, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) greets Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) after a game at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports | Reuters
In that interview, Mahomes also revealed that his college coach, Kliff Kingsbury, was once a backup for Brady when the Patriots picked him in the draft in 2003. Kingsbury used to show Mahomes a lot of films of Brady and his pocket movements. Safe to say, Mahomes learned a lot from studying Brady and improved massively.
Later, Brady also praised the young Chiefs quarterback, as he said, “he’s obviously got a great skill-set and playing really well, throwing a lot of touchdowns, really distributing the ball and extending plays, making plays on the move, outside the pocket.”
Brady and Mahomes had a great rivalry so far
In the 2018-19 AFC Championship final, Brady crushed Mahomes’ and the Chiefs‘ dreams of winning the Super Bowl. Since then, both TB12 and Mahomes have developed a great rivalry on the field. In 2020, Brady joined the Bucs and in his very first season, he won the Super Bowl with them.
Brady - Mahomes I (2018): 43-40, Patriots Brady - Mahomes II (AFC Champ): 37-31, Patriots Brady - Mahomes III (2019): 23-16, Chiefs Brady - Mahomes IV (2020): 27-24, Chiefs Brady - Mahomes V (SBLV): 31-9, Bucs Brady - Mahomes VI (2022): 41-31, Chiefs All-time record: 3-3
Interestingly, they won the Super Bowl by annihilating the Chiefs 31-9. Recently, Mahomes and the Chiefs took revenge on the Bucs by beating them 41-31. In their career match-ups, Brady and Mahomes both won 3 each.
Now, fans are eagerly waiting for their next match-up, which could be a passing of the torch moment, as Brady is almost at the end of his career.
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