Tom Brady's thoughts on Chiefs losing unbeaten record clear after six-word answer

The Kansas City Chiefs suffered their archetypal nonaccomplishment of the play connected Sunday arsenic they were beaten by the Buffalo Bills, meaning they won't spell unbeaten similar the 1972 Miami Dolphins

Patrick Mahomes whitethorn inactive execute an undefeated play successful his career, but it won't beryllium successful 2024 - overmuch to the delight of Tom Brady.

On Sunday successful Week 11, the Kansas City Chiefs suffered their archetypal nonaccomplishment of the 2024 NFL play arsenic Josh Allen led the Buffalo Bills to a thrilling triumph with his precocious rushing touchdown. Despite entering Highmark Stadium with a cleanable 9-0 record, Mahomes and his squad saw their tally extremity against the Bills, who emerged victorious with a people of 30-21.

This decision means the Chiefs volition not articulation the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who won the Super Bowl with a cleanable record. Brady's 2007 New England Patriots came agonisingly close, finishing the regular play 16-0 and blitzing done the playoffs lone to suffer Super Bowl XLII to the New York Giants.

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Mahomes won't execute an unbeaten play this year, which volition allay immoderate fears Brady whitethorn person that the two-time MVP is going to propulsion disconnected the feat for different 12 months astatine least. Despite being a seven-time Super Bowl champion and lasting arsenic the 'GOAT', Brady has spoken successful the past astir however severely helium wanted to propulsion disconnected an invincible season.

The Patriots astir achieved perfection arsenic they chased securing the sole 19-0 play successful NFL history. Instead, the Giants bullied their mode to a shocking 17-14 upset, and the 18-1 Patriots, for each the records and stats, came retired of the 2007 play empty-handed.

When asked if he'd beryllium consenting to portion with 2 of his 7 title rings for an undefeated season, Brady, 47, responded: "I would. Let's beryllium real. Easy."

Perhaps it's not a large woody for Brady to commercialized his rings for sporting immortality, fixed his collection. However, helium confessed that his decision to the Giants remains his biggest regret during a chat with Jim Gray successful 2020.

"You ever deliberation astir the ones that got away," Brady said. "That was the 1 that got away. Michael Strahan has go a bully friend. Obviously Eli [Manning] I've known for a agelong time. A batch of players connected that team, I'm inactive holding a small spot of a grudge implicit that 1 due to the fact that that 1 would person been - immortal would beryllium the word.

"We accomplished immoderate astonishing things that year. That 2007 squad was incredible. We played truthful good for truthful long. I privation that squad would person been remembered amongst the all-time greats. And unfortunately, erstwhile you don't triumph the past crippled of the year, that's the reality. No 1 truly remembers who finishes second. We, unfortunately, finished 2nd that year."

Brady made wide that the locker country recognises the magnitude of their challenge, adding other value to each game's outcome. He elaborated: "The squad decidedly thinks astir it... The person we got to it successful 2007, I wouldn't accidental it got much challenging, it was ever precise challenging. It's conscionable there's conscionable a batch of different teams that don't privation to spot you ever execute that. And I deliberation that's what you ever see, you spot this highly competitory situation."

As speculation astir an undefeated play grows louder, the Chiefs, erstwhile likened to the '72 Dolphins, are present nervously glancing astatine the 2024 Bills connected their tail. With conscionable 1 little nonaccomplishment and holding the head-to-head tiebreaker, Buffalo is breathing down Kansas City’s neck. As Mahomes emerges arsenic a situation to his ‘GOAT’ status, Brady is among those pleased with the Chiefs' stumble, not slightest due to the fact that of his involvement arsenic a co-owner of their AFC West rivals, the Las Vegas Raiders.