Patrick Mahomes' former teammate pushes back on 'tarnished' legacy narrative around Chiefs star

Patrick Mahomes’ nonaccomplishment successful Super Bowl LIX to the Philadelphia Eagles dropped him to 3-2 successful Super Bowls since helium took the reins arsenic Kansas City Chiefs quarterback.

On Sunday, Mahomes had one of the worst games helium has ever had. The Eagles’ defence overpowered the Chiefs’ violative enactment and rattled Mahomes aboriginal and often. He was sacked six times, threw 2 interceptions and mislaid a fumble. His QB standing was 11.4 for the game.

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Philadelphia Eagles antiaircraft tackle Jalen Carter, #98, pushes Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes, #15, during the 2nd fractional of Super Bowl LIX connected Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025 successful New Orleans. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

The crippled was connected par with his show against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers successful Super Bowl LV. He was sacked 3 times and threw 2 interceptions, finishing with a QB standing of 42.2.

NFL pundits began to question Mahomes’ bequest successful the contiguous aftermath of the game. While determination were comparisons to Tom Brady going into the crippled successful which immoderate believed Mahomes would beryllium successful his stratosphere with a 3rd consecutive title, the nonaccomplishment – for immoderate – diminished his lasting truthful severely that the spread betwixt some is astir insurmountable.

Former Chiefs violative lineman Mitchell Schwartz had nary of that. He defended Mahomes successful societal media posts connected Tuesday.

"Someone is going to person to explicate to maine however a 29 twelvemonth old’s bequest is tarnished due to the fact that aft the champion 7 twelvemonth commencement to a vocation and getting person than anyone successful past to winning 3 consecutive Super Bowls, 1 atrocious crippled from fundamentally the full squad diminishes that legacy??" helium wrote connected X.

"Tiger missed cuts successful majors adjacent astatine the tallness of his powers. Brady had a 16-0 squad and mislaid to a 10-6 team. Missed the playoffs his 2nd twelvemonth starting. Lost aggregate playoff games to teams who threw for little than 100 yards but that doesn’t substance b/c it wasn’t successful the Super Bowl?

Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes, #15, stands connected the sidelines during the 2nd fractional of Super Bowl LIX against the Philadelphia Eagles connected Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025 successful New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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"The dynamic has gotten precise weird wherever you person to not lone triumph #Ringz but you besides get docked this atrocious for a Super Bowl nonaccomplishment erstwhile you’re doing unprecedented things earlier the property of 30. Brady is the astir accomplished QB ever, it’s going to instrumentality years to comparison their résumés."

As Brady mislaid to the New York Giants successful 2007, Schwartz pointed out, pundits did not leap connected his bequest and question his resume. He lamented the "reactionary" authorities of the media.

"It feels similar we’re trying to blend MJ and Brady and clasp Pat to that standard. No 1 is repeating 6-0," helium wrote. "Brady didn’t bash it. No 1 other will, particularly successful football. Football is excessively interconnected, 1 crippled is excessively small. Jordan had 7 games to marque definite his squad won. Too different."

Schwartz asked talking heads to "pump the brakes" connected examination and bequest talk.

Mahomes has plentifulness of clip to drawback Brady – if that is the goal. Brady was 32 years aged erstwhile helium reached his 5th Super Bowl and fell to 3-2 erstwhile his Patriots mislaid to the Giants for a 2nd time.

Brady went 10 years without winning different one. The Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks successful Super Bowl XLIX acknowledgment to an interception from Malcolm Butler astatine the precise extremity of the game.

Mahomes vowed to recover and bring the Chiefs backmost to glory.

"I fto y’all down today. I’ll ever proceed to enactment and effort and larn and beryllium amended for it," helium wrote connected X. "Want to springiness acknowledgment to God for each accidental helium has fixed me.

Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes, #15, shakes hands with fans arsenic helium leaves the tract pursuing a nonaccomplishment to the Philadelphia Eagles successful Super Bowl LIX connected Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025 successful New Orleans. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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