A quarterback, Tom Brady, has the whole story, but he’s still here; the other, Patrick Mahomes, is present and has the whole future ahead of him
It will be the fifth confrontation between the two, for the first time in the Super Bowl. To think that a month and a half earlier Patrick Mahomes was born, Tom Brady had just turned 18; The day that Brady was recruited by the New England Patriots in April 2000, Mahomes He was 4 1/2 years old. The generation gap is mind-boggling. Brady it’s already a legend Mahomes has everything to take the mail. We’ll see if the transition takes place on Feb. 7 as Brady is showing no signs of declining. The outlook couldn’t be better towards the Super Bowl LV.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a before and after recorded with Brady at the controls. They went from a whimsical and anarchist team to one with leadership, balance and enough timing to find their best version in the playoffs. It is no small matter to win visitors in consecutive weeks Washington football team, New Orleans Saints and Green Bay Packers. I emphasize the balance of Tampa Bay, we could be the champion of the NFC without the work of the defense. They generated four exchanges of the ball against Saints and two against Packers. Those awkwardnesses don’t make much sense if you don’t respond to them properly, and on Sunday they did Lambeau Field. The merit of Brady was transforming those errors from Packers in touchdowns, just like he did in the Superdome.
Martin Grammar, winner of Super Bowl XXXVII with the Bucs, he told me about it a few days ago Brady: “(What surprises me most) is his humility, the way he integrates the team and makes everyone feel important. He doesn’t feel bigger than the others, even though he’s a superstar ”. He has reapplied and transformed the culture of a traditionally losing team.
Mahomes he is at the peak of his career. It is a weapon of destruction unlike any other in the NFL. It’s dynamic, mobile, with a powerful and precise arm, and it also has a trainer of some sort Andy Reid that continues to give you elements to be a winner. Mahomes maximizes them so that the Buffalo Bills They had no arguments for putting the best tight end in the competition, Travis Kelce (had nine receptions for 93 yards in the first half), al Tyreek Hill (which ended with nine catches and 172 yards). There were six consecutive offensive runs in the Kansas City Chiefs that ended in points in the final of the AFC.
For its 25 years it shows an unusual maturity. He didn’t go crazy after the most expensive contract in the history of the NFL who signed in mid-2020. He maintains that hunger for success. A privileged athlete who keeps his feet on the ground as a result of the good education he has received from his father (a player in the Major Leagues) and the coach Reid nowadays.
Such opportunities are very rare in sports. It’s like seeing Michael Jordan against Lebron James, the legend against the young child prodigy. Brady it has all the history, but it is still there; Mahomes it is present and has the whole future ahead of it. Fascinating story released on February 7 in Tampa.