“It’s too early to talk about a dynasty, we’re not done. “Patrick Mahomes, winner of his second Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs, intends to win others to get closer to the seven of Tom Brady, of which he imposes himself as the designated successor.
The Chiefs quarterback, voted most valuable player of the season this week, has broken a strange curse that a player thus honored cannot win a final in stride since 2000. Facing the Eagles (38- 35), it has in fact become Sunday the 11the player in history to do so — the first since Kurt Warner, crowned with the Rams 23 years ago.
In doing so, he further cemented his place at the top of the body-crushing sport, overcoming the pain of a sprained right ankle made worse on a tackle that could have spelled the end of the Chiefs’ hopes.
With courage, he guided them to a second title in three finals played in four years, erasing the 10-point deficit the team had at halftime, with two of its three touchdowns achieved on throws in the last quarter.
” He is the MVP [le joueur le plus utile] and he showed it [dimanche] evening. These actions he did brought him as close as possible to Superman, ”said his trainer Andy Reid, with the excess proportionate to the capital feat of his star, which tipped the most anticipated match of the world. ‘year.
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“Coming back in the second half like he did, getting those passes late in the game, that’s what legends are made of,” former quarterback Danny Kannell told CBS Sports.
Even diminished by a sore and abused ankle during the playoffs, the 27-year-old has remained at the top of his game, driven by the determination of the great champions. “I said this week that nothing was going to take me away from the field. […] The competitor within you is what you work for all your life. I knew I wouldn’t get out of this game. Even with this sprained ankle, again a little worse, ”he repeated afterwards.
“MVPat”. We can never say enough about what this guy represents for Kansas City and this team, “said his favorite receiver, Travis Kelce, to whom he offered his first touchdown at the start of the game.
Already a prophet in Missouri since he led the Chiefs to their second title in 2020, 50 years after the first, Mahomes is not yet in the elite of NFL quarterbacks, because in front of him are notably the untouchable Brady (7), Bart Starr (5), Joe Montana or even Terry Bradchaw (4).
“But once you win two, you put yourself in a restricted club. The way he plays the game is so different. He changed the way people want to play in that position, ”said Tim Hasselbeck, another former quarterback, who is now an analyst for ESPN.
A historic duel
What makes it possible to fuel the debate is that we rarely succeed in such a great match without great opposition. And in the case of this 57e Super Bowl, Mahomes could just as well have found himself in the shadows, because for a long time the light was on his vis-à-vis Jalen Hurts. The latter, for his first Super Bowl, at 24, played at an exceptional level, scoring all four of his team’s touchdowns, including three on the run, which no quarterback had ever achieved at this stage. .
“MVPat”. We can’t say enough about what this guy means to Kansas City and this team.
Their duel had already been called historic on paper, as it was the first time that two African-Americans had opposed this key position in the high mass of American football. He gave birth to the best publicity there is, announcing, who knows, other games to come.
In the meantime, the Chiefs and Mahomes, 27 years old, will be the team to beat next season. “We will continue to fight. We have a lot of young players,” he warned.