Kansas City have history on the line in Super Bowl clash with Philadelphia

The Kansas City Chiefs are chasing NFL history in Sunday’s Super Bowl against the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans.

Never before has a team won three Super Bowls in a row. Eight teams have won back-to-back Super Bowls, but none before the Chiefs this year even made it back to the big game the following season.

But the Chiefs, seeking a fourth Super Bowl crown in six years, have been rewriting the record books since the dream pairing of generational quarterback talent Patrick Mahomes and seasoned offensive mastermind Andy Reid came together.

This year the conversation has turned to whether the 29-year-old Mahomes might be about to eclipse Tom Brady in the discussion for greatest of all-time.

Brady won an unprecedented seven Super Bowls, but needed 21 seasons to do it. Mahomes is targeting a fourth in only his seventh season as a starting quarterback. If he gets it, he will be the first player under the age of 30 to lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy for a fourth time.

Brady was also famed for his game-winning drives, pulling off 14 in 48 post-season games. Mahomes already has seven in 20 to his credit. But he deflected talk of ‘GOAT’ status this week.

“I’m just trying to be the greatest Patrick Mahomes that I can be,” he said. “That’s obviously a goal of anyone’s, to be the greatest at their profession.

“In order to do that, you have to be the greatest that you can be every single day, and if that’s on the field and the work ethic I put in or off the field in the father and husband that I am, I’m gonna try to be the greatest in that way.

“Whenever I’m done with football, if I leave everything out there the way that I feel like I have so far, as far as effort and mentality, I’ll be happy with the results and I’ll let others