By: Jordan Griffitt
Perfection in the NFL can be almost unachievable but there seems to an exception to Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback, Patrick Mahomes.
In Mahomes first three seasons as the starting quarterback of the Chiefs, he has seen an AFC championship played in Arrowhead stadium all three years. Mahomes will also play in his second Super Bowl before ever losing a game by more than one possession. There is no doubt. Mahomes has had the greatest start to a career of any player at any position in the league’s history. He already has more Super Bowl appearances than Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees. There are no more compliments to give Mahomes that haven’t been used by the drunk guy at the end of the bar 1,000 times. He’s simply, unstoppable.
The question is then, how do you stop the unstoppable? The answer is, wait it out.
Mahomes and the Chiefs are one Super Bowl win away from creating a short-dynasty to kick-off a new decade. The Chiefs are currently in a different zone than some of the best teams we have ever seen. The perfect storm of players in their prime aligned with a coach and quarterback that can do whatever they want to an opponent’s defense. There is no defense that can stop this Chiefs team, and there hasn’t been in the history of the league. That sounds like a hopeless statement and it partially is. But the hope for the other 31 teams in the NFL is time.
With Mahomes, the Chiefs will always be in the race for the playoffs or at least the top of the conference every single year. That doesn’t mean that they can or will get to the Super Bowl every year. Eventually, players like Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelce, Frank Clark, Chris Jones, Tyrann Mathieu will grow older and fade away into the abyss leaving Mahomes standing alone. As of right now, all of those guys who were just mentioned, are in their football primes. The Chiefs have a tremendous draft record under General manager Brett Veach and Head Coach Andy Reid but the fact is, the Chiefs can’t be this good for much longer.
That is the reality for every great NFL team. The great players fade away but luckily for the Chiefs, they have the ultimate building block, Patrick Mahomes. The Cheifs will undoubtedly be able to fill the holes that will be left by these potential hall of famers but to have all of them in their prime at the same time again, unlikely. This is not a piece about the downfall of the Kansas City Chiefs but an ode to the other teams that feel as though they don’t have a shot at a Super Bowl with Mahomes in the league.
Whether the Chiefs win versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers seems to be irrelevant because of the potential Super Bowl window this team posses for the next several years. Three consecutive AFC championships are not sustainable for a possible 20-year career. Although the start to Mahomes’ career has been nearly perfect, it will eventually have to come back down, it’s just a matter of when.
It’s the Chiefs time in the sun right now. Wait it out and enjoy watching the most lethal offense in football’s history for the next few years and a legend in the making at quarterback.
