Tom Brady thinks only Mahomes can catch him as GOAT, says McCoy

• Tom Brady thinks Patrick Mahomes is the one man who can dethrone him because the NFL’s best quarterback.
• That is in keeping with Brady’s Bucs teammate LeSean McCoy, who has additionally performed alongside Mahomes.
• “‘Mahomes, he will get it. He is the dude that wishes to be the best,'” Brady says, in keeping with McCoy.
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Tom Brady thinks Patrick Mahomes is the one man who can dethrone him because the NFL’s best ever quarterback.

That is in keeping with Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammate LeSean McCoy, who additionally performed alongside Mahomes for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs throughout its Tremendous Bowl successful 2019 season.

“I feel Tom Brady, when he seems at different quarterbacks, from younger and outdated, I feel he feels Pat might be the one one which will get it and may have a shot,” McCoy told the “All Things Covered” podcast from CBS on Wednesday.

One of many similarities between the 2, McCoy mentioned, is that they each acknowledge the significance of getting an elite workforce round them, reasonably than eager to be the one star on their workforce, and never taking over an excessive amount of wage cap room.

“For instance, most quarterbacks, they take the cash, receives a commission, this and that. Tom did not try this. Tom saved cash and sprinkled it out inside his group, together with his gamers.

“Pat’s the identical means.

“He is aware of: ‘I am solely going to be pretty much as good as my workforce. So now, I discover a deal like that the place I will pay my defensive deal with, or defensive finish that may get strain, or the cornerbacks. Pay my famous person tight finish, pay Tyreek Hill.’

“You are able to do them issues for the left deal with. You are able to do that while you’re not taking all the cash.”

Mahomes is the holder of the richest contract in NFL historical past, a 10-year deal price over $500 million. His deal, nevertheless, is widely considered to be a good one for the Chiefs, and he even left cash on the desk when signing in order that they might additionally give a bumper deal to defensive tackle Chris Jones.

“Tom at all times talks like, ‘Mahomes, he will get it. He is the dude that wishes to be the best.’ I feel Pat’s bought an important likelihood, and he is began so early.” 

Brady, 43, won his seventh ever Super Bowl title in February when the Bucs beat the Chiefs 31-9 in a recreation that was billed as a battle between the NFL’s greatest ever quarterback and a attainable future challenger to that crown.

Mahomes, 25, has gained only one Tremendous Bowl to this point, however is the youngest participant within the league’s historical past to win the NFL MVP and Tremendous Bowl MVP awards.

Mahomes additionally has most passing yards (14,152), passing touchdowns (114), highest passer ranking (108.7) and fewest interceptions (24) of any participant of their first 46 NFL begins.