Similarities between Tom Brady's Patriots and Patrick Mahomes' Chiefs - According to Patriots WR Julian Edelman

TOI Sports Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Jan 29, 2025, 16:44 IST

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Former Patriots WR Julian Edelman compares Patrick Mahomes' Kansas City Chiefs to the Tom Brady-led Patriots, highlighting their ability to play mistake-free, situationally tight football. Edelman notes that while many teams become sloppy under pressure, the Chiefs consistently execute and win when necessary, resembling Brady's disciplined approach.

Similarities between Tom Brady's Patriots and Patrick Mahomes' Chiefs - According to Patriots WR Julian Edelman

(Image via Getty: Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes)

On the road to the Super Bowl LIX, someone spotted a similarity between the Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, and 7-time Super Bowl Champion and the former star quarterback of the New England Patriots, Tom Brady. That someone is the former wide receiver for the Patriots, Julian Edelman, who was a part of 3 Super Bowl wins in the kingdom led by the great Tom Brady.

WR Julian Edelman was caught expressing his thoughts about the Patrick Mahomes-led Kansas City Chiefs on the Rich Eisen Show

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"How do the Chiefs remind you of you and your team back then?" asked Eisen.

Julian replied,

"They're situationally tight. You watch them on third down. You watch them in the red area. A lot of these games, when you get to this time of the year, they're not won by the team that makes the most plays; yeah, that's part of it. It's always the team that makes the least amount of mistakes. And that's what they do.”

The Chiefs play mistake-free, situationally tight game, according to the former WR for the Patriots, Julian Edelman

Julian shared,
"They (Chiefs) play mistake-free, situationally tight, they lull you to sleep, and then, they beat you when they need to. And that's stuff that we used to do. It's been fun to watch them because that's how football's supposed to look."

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Julian Edelman compares Chiefs' gameplay with other teams

Julian expressed,
"A lot of these teams are sloppy, when things get tough, trying to go for two-point conversions in the second quarter…like you're beating. That's you. That ain't them."

Similarities between 7-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady of the New England Patriots and 3-time Super Bowl winner Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs

Tom Brady's most playoff wins by a quarterback: 35
Patrick Mahomes' most playoff wins by a quarterback: 17

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That was a difference. Now, let's get to the similarities.

Patrick Mahomes was benched in the first round and sat behind/acted as backup for Alex Smith
Tom Brady was benched too but in the sixth round, and sat behind or acted as backup for Drew Bledsoe

Patrick played only 1 game in his rookie season.
Tom also played just 1 game in his rookie season.

Patrick, in his second season, led his team into the AFC Championship.
Tom, in his second season, led his team into the Super Bowl Championship.

Patrick, in his first six years, won three Super Bowl Championships.
Tom, in his first four years, won three Super Bowl Championships.

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