GOAT Herding: Mahomes 'Striving' to Catch Patriots Icon Tom Brady

With two Super Bowl titles in his first five NFL seasons, Kansas City Chiefs' star Patrick Mahomes says he plans to "get as close as I can" to New England Patriots' legend Tom Brady's seven rings.

Though he's seemingly checking every possible item off his bucket list in retirement, Tom Brady is likely done adding to his record Super Bowl total. His seven rings - six of which he won as quarterback of the New England Patriots - seem safely out of reach.

But that isn't stopping the NFL's current best quarterback from dreaming - even striving - to catch Brady. The Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes has already won two in his first five NFL seasons, and isn't ruling out catching the GOAT.

"Seven's a lot, but I'll strive to get as close as I can," Mahomes told Peter King's Football Morning in America.

At age 27, Mahomes already has the two championships, two Super Bowl MVPs, two MVPs, five Pro Bowls and has led the league in passing touchdowns twice and touchdowns once. When he was 27 after his first five seasons, Brady had three Super Bowl rings, two Super Bowl MVPs, two Pro Bowls and had led the NFL in passing touchdowns once.

"To win seven Super Bowls and be in 10 Super Bowls, it's crazy to even think about, even for me today," Mahomes said. "The other stats kinda come with it. I knew at Texas Tech, I put up a lot of stats but didn't win games. When I got to the NFL, I knew I wanted to be a winner (first). Try to win Super Bowls and give my team the best that I can."

Matching Brady's record seems unrealistic - bordering on laughable - but the similar starts give Mahomes the best chance of any current quarterback to catch the GOAT.

The Patriots will host Mahomes and the defending champion Chiefs in Week 15, Dec. 18 on Monday Night Football.

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