Football fans are now making the same mistake that MMA/UFC fans always make

[Seahawks Fan]

If you don't follow football all you need to know for the sake of my argument is that Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are going back to the Superbowl.

What does this have to do with MMA you ask?

Well it turns out that football fans are currently making the same mistake that MMA fans have been making for far too long. They are crowning Mahomes as the goat after only 7 seasons and 2 super bowls. Meanwhile Tom Brady (the real goat) has 7 Superbowls to his name and every passing record that matters. So the hell is Mahomes the goat? Well MMA fans do this all the time, where a fighter is currently doing great and they rush to crown him the new goat without letting his career play out. They did it with Max Holloway when he beat Aldo but then Holloway got beat by Volk and now they're calling Volk the goat. They did it with Izzy saying he was the goat at 185 but then he got beat by AP and Strickland and didn't come close to matching Anderson's title streak. Why are football fans and MMA fans such prisoners of the moment?

Here's an idea: how about we just let athlete's careers play out before we crown them goat? You never know how things could change in an instance. Mahomes could never win another Superbowl again and Volk might lose his title to Topuria and go on a bad losing streak. And Izzy looks like he's done. How many times must we learn the lesson to not make hasty judgment about someone's greatness when it's early in the game?

 

[markys00]

Kansas City loses confirmed

 

[Levi_]

If it weren't for Taylor Swift, no one would give a shit about the Chiefs.

Kelce has the GOAT girlfriend, way beyond Brady's girl.

 

[xentreos]

You gotta admit , he's the best quarterback we have ever seen. Incredible the stuff he pulls off. He's got a long way to go accomplishment wise to be any sort of GOAT, but dude is taking the most rag tag group of WRs to the super bowl, twice.

 

[AfroBanana]

If it weren't for Taylor Swift, no one would give a shit about the Chiefs.

Kelce has the GOAT girlfriend, way beyond Brady's girl.

Gisele is also mega wealthy, tall, lanky etc.

Swift has the higher net worth (but Gisele is wicked wealthy) but I got to go with Gisele in the looks department overall. Way beyond? Not for me. Look at Gisele at the same age.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

lol at it only being NFL and MMA fans that do this. how many people say LeBron is a GOAT?

 

[sonhow]

Mma wise the worst one Ive seen was claims of Woodley being ww goat. Dunno where all that came from.

 

[Levi_]

Gisele is also mega wealthy, tall, lanky etc.

Swift has the higher net worth (but Gisele is wicked wealthy) but I got to go with Gisele in the looks department overall. Way beyond? Not for me. Look at Gisele at the same age.

You are talking the most famous celebrity on earth compared to a noted model; no comparison. Tom wasn't worthy.

 

[jk7707]

What a shit analogy. Mahomes is an evolution from Brady. He has better stats in almost every category. If he wins his 3rd Super Bowl this season he'll be on a similar pace to Brady. Of course people are going to speculate what his end of career might look like.

 

[blaseblase]

You are talking the most famous celebrity on earth compared to a noted model; no comparison. Tom wasn't worthy.

The "noted model" ks richer and more famous than Tom is.

 

[Buff]

 

[Levi_]

The "noted model" ks richer and more famous than Tom is.

More famous than Tom Brady?

 

[Xuh]

Kelce has the GOAT girlfriend, way beyond Brady's girl.

We can't say that for sure...

until they have a mud wrestle

 

[blaseblase]

More famous than Tom Brady?

Significantly. Tom's only famous in America, Gisele is an international supermodel worth half a billion dollars.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

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[pamirec]

Europeans have left the chat.

 

[Buff]

Now there's a real man's game.

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

What a shit analogy. Mahomes is an evolution from Brady. He has better stats in almost every category. If he wins his 3rd Super Bowl this season he'll be on a similar pace to Brady. Of course people are going to speculate what his end of career might look like.

Mahome's wife is homely and annoying though.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Now there's a real man's game.

To be fair the rugby codes are much tougher (and produce more MMA fighters by far) but it's still tough, requires a lot more cardio than rugby though

 

[Goutfather]

hes good, there’s no denying that. brady played 23 seasons, so he’s got a ways to go, and who knows if he can even go that long. if he keeps on his current course, there’s a chance he can match or surpass brady’s career. only time will tell.

and then of course there’s another aspect to his career. he gets a little bit of an extra push in the media because he sort of represents something to some people. so yes, you are going to see some hyperbole and premature deification in some circles. it’s obnoxious, but everyone should be used to it by now (especially mma fans).