Tom Brady Recalls 'One of the Greatest Championship Games' When He Beat Patrick Mahomes

Tom Brady's 7-3 record in the Super Bowl is impressive, but his 10-4 record in conference championship games is equally amazing.

This Sunday, Brady will be on the call for the NFC Championship Game at Lumen Field (6:30 p.m. ET on FOX) with Kevin Burkhardt, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi. The No. 1-seeded Seattle Seahawks take on the division-rival Los Angeles Rams with a trip to Santa Clara for Super Bowl LX on the line. On "The Herd" on Friday, Brady called it "the game of the year" in the NFL between potentially the two best teams.

Brady said of conference championship games: "I was fortunate to play in quite a few of them, and they all took on a little different feel and flavor depending on whether you were playing on the road or whether you were playing at home and the opponent. There were tough weather games we played in. There were days where it was great weather, there were really tough defenses, there were tough offenses, and this game is a struggle."

Perhaps the most famous conference championship that Brady played in was in the 2018 season, when he and the New England Patriots took on an upstart Kansas City Chiefs team at Arrowhead Stadium. Patrick Mahomes was coming off his first season as the starting quarterback, which saw him win the NFL MVP award.

"It was one of the greatest championship games I'd ever been a part of and one of the greatest memories I ever remember having, leaving a football field."

The Patriots had the ball for 43:59 compared to the Chiefs’ 20:53, and outgained the Chiefs 524-290. Brady threw two interceptions that kept the game close, including one in the second half that gave Kansas City a short field to take the lead in the fourth quarter.

The Patriots led 17-7 going into the fourth