Former Super Bowl champion says what needed to be said about Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes if he three-peats

Patrick Mahomes has been in the league for seven full seasons. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback has just six full seasons as a starter, though, and yet it feels like he is set up to be one of the greatest players we have ever seen, maybe in any sport, honestly. In just that short amount of time, the young stuff has three Super Bowl rings, three Super Bowl MVPs , and two regular season MVPs.

Did I mention he has never missed the playoffs? No, scratch that, he has never missed an AFC Championship game, and has made on every single year he has been the starter. That is legendary stuff, and as far as I'm concerned, through seven seasons, this is the greatest resume ever.

With a back-to-back championship to his name as well, he has a chance to do something that even Tom Brady never did. He has a chance to win a three-peat, which, really no one in the NFL has ever done. The Chiefs would be the first-ever team to three-peat if they win it all this year.

If he does that, that should put him firmly in the discussion of the greatest player of all time. One ESPN Radio analyst thinks the same.

"If the Chiefs pull off that three-peat, listen, I mean, if he wins three championships in a row in the NFL, in a league that is designed more so than any of these other sports leagues to have parity - if he wins three in a row, given all of the different iterations of the Kansas City Chiefs that we've seen, then he's the damn goat," former NFL defensive lineman and Super Bowl champion Chris Canty said on ESPN Radio.

Canty, who won a Super Bowl with the New York Giants, and actually beat Tom Brady, seems to be right on this one. He has had some pretty wild takes in the past, but this one is right on the money. At some point, we have to quit counting the total rings between two players who played in different eras, and one of them, is seven years into his career, and the other has been retired for two years now.

So, instead, we should compare things and accolades that can be compared. Did Tom Brady ever win a back-to-back Super Bowl? Yes, in 2003 and 2004. But, he never won a three-peat, and that would be one thing that no one has ever done, and it would give Mahomes four rings in six years with five appearances. That is unheard of, so, yes, he would be the GOAT if that happens.

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