Then emerged Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who, at 28 years old, is set to participate in his fourth Super Bowl on Sunday, marking the end of just his seventh season in the league. If he secures a victory, he will match the three championship rings that Brady had amassed by the end of his initial seven campaigns.

om Brady is universally known as the GOAT (greatest of all time) in NFL circles. With seven Super Bowl wins from his illustrious 23 years in the sport, he set standards and records that will never be beaten.Or so we thought.

Then along came Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes who, at 28, will appear in his fourth Super Bowl on Sunday at the end of just his seventh season in the league – and if he wins he will match the three rings Brady had in his collection after his first seven campaigns.

Mahomes has also built up the same aura of invincibility and inevitability that Brady had, leading a Chiefs team to a fourth Super Bowl in five years and the kind of dominance not seen in the league since Brady himself led the all-powerful New England Patriots.

And in some statistical areas, Mahomes is already ahead of Brady, so the question has to be asked: can he chase down the GOAT?