Since entering the NFL as the 10th overall pick in the first round of the 2017 Draft, Patrick Mahomes has been nothing short of impressive. After coming out of Texas Tech, he spent his rookie season behind Alex Smith with the Kansas City Chiefs. After that, he quickly became the team’s – and the league’s – brightest star.
Since then, Mahomes has won two MVP awards, three Super Bowls, and lost two others – one of them to Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers – making it clear that the Chiefs’ No. 15 is well on his way to the Hall of Fame.
Mahomes Is Chasing an Incredible Record Held by Tom Brady
Tom Brady, in an astonishing 23-season NFL career, set numerous all-time records: most passing yards, completions, attempts, passing touchdowns, and many more. However, his all-time passing yards record is now under threat – and the challenger is none other than Patrick Mahomes.
Brady threw for 89,214 yards in his career. Matt Velazquez of Bleacher Report suggests that Mahomes may be the one to break that mark.
“Brady accumulated 89,214 passing yards over 335 games across 23 seasons – although in two of those seasons, he only played one game and totaled 82 yards,” wrote Velazquez. “In essence, he set the record over what’s more like 21 seasons. Twenty-one seasons is still a lot, but it’s easier to imagine another quarterback lasting 21 seasons rather than 23. If anyone can catch Brady, the best bet might be the Kansas City Chiefs star, Patrick Mahomes.”
Mahomes has some advantages, though he’ll need extreme consistency – remember, Brady played until he was 45. We’re now in an NFL era with 17-game regular seasons instead of 16.
In his first eight seasons, Brady threw for 26,370 yards. Mahomes, who just completed his eighth season, already has 32,352 passing yards. So Brady’s record could indeed be in Mahomes’ sights.
It will be a tough road ahead, but among today’s quarterbacks, Mahomes is the only one who realistically has a shot at reaching that legendary milestone.
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