Patrick Mahomes has quickly become the face of the NFL, especially after Golden Boy Tom Brady recently ended his career. Many believe that Tampa Tom is the greatest quarterback the NFL has ever produced and that the Chiefs QB is someday going to earn as much success and respect as TB12. In fact, many also compare the QB duo to NBA superstars LeBron James and Michael Jordan.

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Initially, it was The Ringer who proposed the idea that the Super Bowl LV matchup between Brady and Mahomes was equivalent to MJ going against ‘King James.’ Patrick Mahomes’ start to his career was outstanding enough for many to believe that he can succeed Tom Brady. Whereas, several NBA fans don’t think that James has been able to gain the same legendary status as Jordan. This conversation was once taken up by Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless on their show, UNDISPUTED and the results were absolute box office.

Patrick Mahomes is incomparable to LeBron James, according to Bayless

In the show, former Broncos TE and Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe presented Brady as the Jordan and Mahomes as the James of the NFL. Though a good deal of people may find the comparison sensible, Skip Bayless could not see any similarities between the Chiefs QB and the Lakers’ hoopster.

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Skip said, “We’re gonna compare Patrick Mahomes to LeBron James, really? What has Patrick Mahomes accomplished so far? LeBron’s body of work is lightyears ahead of Patrick Mahomes’, so it’s hard for me to make the analogy.”

The comparison between Mahomes and James can fall flat when considering that James is 11 years older than Mahomes and has two more championship rings than he does. However, Sharpe did not agree with Bayless and thought that the comparison between Mahomes and Brady to James and Jordan made complete sense.

Patrick Mahomes vs Tom Brady: Head-to-Head

While there is no doubt about the fact that Kansas City superhero Patrick Mahomes is quickly rising in the league as one of the finest Quarterbacks, he still has a lot of catching up to do. This is because, Brady ended his career with 7 Super Bowl rings, while Patrick has 2 thus far. However, one must also note that Tom has already called it quits and Mahomes is still very young. So the possibilities for the Kansas City QB are truly endless.

If we look at the head to head records, Brady and Mahomes have played against each other 6 times and both have won 3 games a piece. However, in the postseason encounters, Brady ended his career with a 2-0 edge over Patrick. While Mahomes will not get to improve on this record as Brady has already retired, the KC quarterback sure has everything needed to equalize or even surpass  Tom’s record of 7 Super Bowl rings.