What Bucs’ Tom Brady, Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes have in common (and don’t)

Quarterbacks are the unquestioned stars within the NFL. They get the largest contracts, the digicam is on them continually, they’re in demand for interviews and their jerseys are among the many league’s prime sellers.

Tremendous Bowl LV will ship a tantalizing quarterback matchup with Tampa Bay’s Tom Brady, who at age 43 has a postseason resume unmatched in NFL historical past, going towards the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes, who though he’s solely 25 is trying to win a second Tremendous Bowl.

It’s the younger gun towards the wily veteran, one who admittedly can nonetheless sling it.

Though they’re linked by soccer, Mahomes and Brady share many similarities off the sphere. There are variations, too, as one would anticipate from males born 18 years aside.

Right here’s a have a look at the life of Mahomes and Brady.

Childhood reminiscences

Mahomes grew up in East Texas. He was born in Tyler, Texas, and attended faculty about 10 miles down the highway in Whitehouse, which has a inhabitants of fewer than 8,000 individuals. Mahomes was a Dallas Cowboys fan who watched a variety of Tony Romo’s video games a decade in the past.

Brady was raised in San Mateo, California, a metropolis of greater than 100,000 about 20 miles from San Francisco. A 49ers fan, Brady idolized former San Francisco quarterback Joe Montana (who later performed for the Chiefs) throughout the franchise’s heyday within the Eighties.

Driving in fashion

Brady put his customized Cadillac Escalade in the marketplace final 12 months with an asking worth of $300,000. It was only one automobile in a formidable assortment. In line with HotCars.com, Brady also owns two Aston Martins, a Ferrari M458-T, a Rolls Royce Ghost and a Bugatti Veyron Supersport.

Final July, Mahomes acquired a Ferrari 812 Superfast, which is billed because the automotive firm’s quickest vehicle, able to reaching 60 mph in fewer than 3 seconds. The worth tag? A cool $338,000. No phrase on whether or not Mahomes hopes to get a fleet of vehicles, however the Ferrari is a pleasant begin if he goes that route.

Vital others

Mahomes received engaged final summer season to longtime girlfriend Brittany Matthews. The couple started relationship at Whitehouse Excessive College when he was a sophomore and she or he was a junior. Mahomes’ private coach, Bobby Stroupe, informed The Star final 12 months: “She retains stress off him. Patrick isn’t a confrontational individual. It’s understated, what she does.” The couple expect their first baby, a child woman, someday this 12 months.

In 2006, when Brady was 29, he met supermodel Gisele Bündchen and she or he fell exhausting. “I knew immediately — the primary time I noticed him,” she told Vanity Fair. “We met by a buddy. The second I noticed him, he smiled and I used to be like, ‘That’s the most lovely, charismatic smile I’ve ever seen!’” The couple married in 2009. They’ve three youngsters.

Residence entrance

Late final 12 months, Brady and Bündchen sold their mansion in Brookline, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe reported the 12,112-foot house had initially been listed at $39.5 million, fell to $33.9 million, then was taken off the market, so the ultimate promoting worth is unknown. The couple additionally offered their rental in New York for a reported $36.8 million earlier this 12 months.

Mahomes informed NBC’s Dan Patrick final week that he and Matthews just lately purchased a chunk of land in Kansas Metropolis and plan to construct their very own house there. The couple’s present house in Kansas Metropolis has a room devoted to Mahomes’ enormous shoe collection.

The brainy bunch

When he was at Texas Tech, Mahomes wowed his coach, Kliff KIngsbury, who mentioned Mahomes has a photographic reminiscence. After being taught a play, Mahomes had the power to stroll by it on the sphere and “nail it,” mentioned Kingsbury, who’s now the top coach of the Arizona Cardinals. Mahomes’ agent has mentioned this helps Mahomes keep away from making the identical mistake twice.

Brady retains his thoughts sharp utilizing “cognitive workout routines” from an organization referred to as Mind HQ. It’s a part of his TB12 Methodology. Here’s a description from the TB12 web site: “Consider it as a private fitness center, the place you train your reminiscence, consideration, mind velocity, individuals expertise, intelligence and navigation as an alternative of your abs, delts, and quads.”

‘And … motion!’

You’ll be able to’t watch an NFL sport lately with out seeing Mahomes’ face throughout the industrial breaks. He has been featured in spots for State Farm, Head & Shoulders, Oakley, DirecTV and EA Sports activities. Mahomes can be featured in native commercials within the Kansas Metropolis space with Hy-Vee, GEHA and CommunityAmerica credit score union.

Brady has executed a variety of commercials, as properly, however he’s additionally had cameos in “Entourage,” the TV show and movie, and has appeared within the “Ted 2” and “Caught on You” films, in addition to on “Saturday Evening Stay.”

Large males on campus

Whereas at Michigan, Brady had season highs in go makes an attempt (323) and passing yards (2,427) in 1998, which was his junior 12 months. He threw for 14 touchdowns that season. In his profession with the Wolverines, Brady had 30 landing passes and 4,773 passing yards in 29 video games.

Mahomes threw for five,052 yards and 41 touchdowns … in simply his junior season. That was over 12 video games. For his three-year profession, Mahomes piled up 11,252 passing yards and 93 touchdowns. He tried 1,349 passes in 32 video games.

On the menu

Brady’s dietary decisions are well-known. However in an interview with Males’s Well being, Brady mentioned every day he drinks 12 to 25 glasses of water. He retains his fridge stocked with kale, spinach and cucumbers, together with loads of fruit. On sport days he eats an almond butter and jelly sandwich and drinks a smoothie.

When Mahomes let Postmates reveal his favorite online food orders, he admitted to not being a fan of greens. However he does eat inexperienced beans. He additionally likes the Z-man barbecue sandwich from Joe’s Kansas Metropolis, and eats quick meals from Chick-fil-A and Chipotle. One among his go-to pregame meals is the grilled hen sandwich from Potbelly.

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