Not since traveling to Denver in 2014 to face Peyton Manning has Tom Brady encountered a quarterback in an AFC Championship game as statistically accomplished as Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs’ first-year starter skipped the growing pains many predicted, throwing 50 touchdowns and totaling more than 5,000 yards passing.
Mahomes, only 23, was born a few weeks after Brady began his freshman fall semester at Michigan. Despite the obvious age difference, each is among the NFL’s elite at their position. Before Sunday’s clash, here’s a little more about the player the Patriots will have to stop (or at least slow down) in order to reach another Super Bowl.