Tom Brady has sparked a debate among fans with his recent remarks about the Kansas City Chiefs' prospects of clinching a third consecutive championship.
Speaking on 'The Herd', Brady delved into why he thinks Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs won't secure another Super Bowl victory, citing their play as operating on "razor-thin margins". The NFL icon expressed doubt over the Chiefs' ability to repeat their success, pointing out the less-than-convincing nature of their performances in past Super Bowl outings.
"Brady's talents as a football player are many but his fortune telling ability has never been publicised," one fan penned. "Hopefully he is wrong; however, the odds are with him since a team winning three straight Super Bowl games is indeed seldom seen in the NFL."
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Another fan suggested that Brady's comments were driven by a desire to protect his own legacy: "Brady is for sure rooting against the Chiefs," they said. "He likes the GOAT title and doesn't want anyone taking it away."
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Echoing this view, another follower added: "Chiefs played their less than best game when they played Brady and the Bucs in the SB. Brady is just scared all of his records are going to be broken."
Tom Brady believes Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs won't win a third straight championship (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)The fanbase seems torn over Brady's remarks, with one fan adopting a balanced stance: "Sounds like he's not saying that they won't win. Just that it's very hard to win one Super Bowl, let alone three in a row.
"They're trying to accomplish something no other team has done... This isn't the World Series in MLB or the playoffs in the NBA. They aren't playing best of seven. One bad game means the end. This will be an interesting season one way or the other."
Brady, drawing from his own time on a stellar Patriots squad that was ultimately toppled in the Super Bowl by Eli Manning and the Giants, knows all too well the sheer difficulty of clinching the title, even after a flawless regular season run.
"To win three in a row, there's a reason no one's done it. The reason no one has won three in a row is because it's hard to win one in a row," Brady explained. "So to put three of those together in back-to-back-to-back seasons with drafting last, a very hard schedule, all the turnover in free agency, guys continuing to be motivated it's a big challenge."
Nevertheless, Brady didn't miss the chance to tip his hat to Chiefs' coach Andy Reid and quarterback Mahomes ahead of the new season, praising Reid as a "tremendous coach" and hailing Mahomes as "as great a football player as there is in the NFL."
The Chiefs are set to kick off their pursuit of a third consecutive championship against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 1, in a rematch of the 2023 AFC Championship Game that saw Kansas City emerge victorious with a 17-10 win.
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