How Tom Brady ended the season as a Super Bowl champion again

On the Monday nighttime earlier the Super Bowl, Patrick Mahomes was asked astir becoming football's GOAT.  

'I'm conscionable trying to beryllium the top Patrick Mahomes that I tin be,' helium told reporters from his opening nighttime podium.

Six days later, aft being wholly rattled by the Eagles' defense, the backmost claimed 'I person to get better.' And Tom Brady's GOAT presumption remains wholly intact.

Brady, who was perched supra the tract astatine the Superdome calling the crippled for FOX, had surely heard the chatter gathering astir Mahomes anterior to the game.

The erstwhile Patriots prima had ne'er completed a three-peat similar Kansas City had a accidental to, and different ringing for Mahomes would person seen him wildly outpace the seven-time champion astatine this signifier of his career.

Brady didn't seizure his 4th Super Bowl until helium was 37; Mahomes was looking to bash truthful astatine 29.

That's acold from what happened, though, arsenic the Kansas City passer threw 2 interceptions (one being a pick-six), coughed up a fumble and took six sacks arsenic helium was overwhelmed by the Eagles' antiaircraft pressure.

And portion Brady has not publically gloated astatine Mahomes' expense, Philly's 44-20 triumph has served arsenic a accidental for Brady fans and defenders to triumph thigh connected his behalf.

A speedy search of X shows a swath of posts and memes celebrating his rubric arsenic football's top ever player, portion Bill Simmons called Mahomes' implosion 'probably the champion infinitesimal of Brady's vocation since helium retired.'

'And present helium goes down with 2 Super Bowl blowout losses. Brady had zero,' Simmons continued connected his eponymous podcast. 

'Brady mislaid 3 times successful the Super Bowl, each 1 people games wherever helium had the shot connected the past thrust with a accidental to similar bargain the game. Never got blown out. And then, and past helium bushed Mahomes doubly - 2-0 successful the playoffs. And it's like, tin we f*****g settee down present for 5 years with the Mahomes GOAT stuff?'

Others volition beryllium connected that bid arsenic well, and Brady's beingness successful the booth connected Sunday - arsenic helium watched the main menace to his shot supremacy flounder - capped disconnected a tumultuous archetypal twelvemonth with FOX connected a affirmative note.

The icon's simultaneous roles arsenic a broadcaster and number proprietor of the Raiders has rankled fans and media alike, with Brady prohibited from attending practices of different teams oregon attending accumulation meetings, arsenic others successful his relation commonly do.

On air, determination person been numerous gaffes and controversies as well.

He's incorrectly identified players (mistaking Najee Harris with Najeh Davenport), bizarrely branded Josh Allen a 'spaz,' and - possibly astir importantly - underwhelmed viewers astatine times with his banal analysis.

Brady besides received pushback for his harsh disapproval of Daniel Jones - suggesting helium would person handled things otherwise himself aft the passer asked for his merchandise from the Giants aft being benched and demoted to fourth-string. 

The Patriots icon, who admitted helium didn't 'know however the full concern went down,' was accused afterwards by Tiki Barber of being retired of the know.

However, Brady has shown betterment arsenic the archetypal twelvemonth of 10-year, $375million declaration wore on.

His show for the Eagles' triumph implicit the Commanders successful the NFC Championship received wide acclaim, with the backmost providing his invaluable postseason perspective connected the emotions of the Philadelphia players and cracking a gag astatine his ain disbursal astir losing successful Super Bowl LII.

On Sunday, his telephone of the Eagles' triumph alongside Kevin Burkhardt received mixed reviews, as Awful Announcing noted.

In fairness to him, the contention - which Philly astatine 1 constituent led 34-0 - was not the astir thrilling to call, though possibly him emerging from his biggest duty yet without different large blunder is progress.

The outlet called him 'just good arsenic a broadcaster' - a statement that seemed worlds distant earlier this season.

Ultimately, the crippled volition beryllium remembered acold much for the Eagles' suffocating defence and Jalen Hurts' MVP show than immoderate of Brady's remarks connected the mic.

But arsenic Mahomes played arguably the worst crippled of his career, the standard of Brady's greatness erstwhile again came to the forefront connected Sunday night.

The GOAT remains the aforesaid until further notice.