Tom Brady bowed out from the NFL last February with his legacy as the greatest quarterback in football history still very much intact.
Yet according to Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes will eventually catch all of the 46-year-old’s historic achievements in the sport before he one day hangs up his cleats too.
In his 22-year career, Brady claimed seven Super Bowl titles – the most of any quarterback ever – while also setting records for career passing yards (89,214), touchdown passes (649) and more.
No other quarterback in history can rival the Tampa Bay Buccaneers legend when it comes to achievements in the game – but Kelce believes Mahomes, 28, is young enough and good enough to eventually do it.
‘I think right now, the rate that Pat is at, how he’s doing it, I think it’s a little bit more all on Pat than it was on Brady,’ the Chiefs tight end said on Wednesday’s episode of the I AM ATHLETE podcast.
Travis Kelce believes Patrick Mahomes can one day catch Tom Brady in the NFL history books
Brady bowed out from the NFL last February as the greatest quarterback in football history
But Kelce is backing Chiefs teammate Mahomes to emulate his best achievements in the sport
‘At least Brady’s first couple of years, to where Pat is now, and that’s only going to keep evolving, and it’s only going to keep going up.’
Mahomes claimed his second Super Bowl crown last season after inspiring the Chiefs to victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in Arizona. The Texas-born quarterback won his first championship in 2020, when Kansas City got the better of the San Francisco 49ers in Florida.
As things stand, Mahomes has registered 26,258 passing yards and 207 touchdown passes across his six full seasons with the Chiefs, meaning he still has some way to go to reach Brady’s heights.
However, Kelce continued: ‘One-five has an ability to find a way to get things done even when it breaks down or he’s got to make this crazy throw across the field, and that’s just something you haven’t seen in the NFL.
‘And he’s been doing it since his first snap, and I think he’s going to play a long, long time. So I think he’ll catch him in all the accolades.
‘I think the biggest thing is always going to be those Super Bowls. That’s a lot of Super Bowls.’
The Chiefs are set to continue the defense of their AFC West title against the Denver Broncos on Sunday afternoon.
Andy Reid’s team heads into the game on a run of six straight victories after bouncing back from their Week 1 slip-up against the Detroit Lions.
