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Sunday could also further cement the individual legacies belonging to Mahomes and Reid.
At the age of 29, Mahomes is already one of just three players with at least three rings, two regular-season MVPs and two Super Bowl MVPs. It’s him (3, 2, 3) along with Tom Brady (7, 3, 5) and Joe Montana (4, 2, 3).
A win on Sunday would give Mahomes 4, 2, 4 (assuming he gets Super Bowl MVP as well), which definitely trumps Montana when you throw in his other Super Bowl appearance. And even with a loss, he’s gotta be close to Montana.
The wild part, again, is how much time he should still have to chase down Brady. He might never reach seven Super Bowl wins, but there’s a good chance he bests Brady in every other major category by the time all is said and done.
As for Reid, this is his sixth Super Bowl. He’s coached in a ridiculous 12 conference championship games, he’s won more playoff games than any coach not named Bill Belichick, and altogether he’s the fourth-winningest head coach in NFL history.
With a win Sunday, Reid would become just the third coach ever to win four-plus Lombardis (joining Belichick and Chuck Noll). He’d also be just two playoff wins (29) behind Belichick (31) with only three (16) more losses (13). And if the Chiefs make the AFC title game one more time before Reid retires, he’ll match Belichick with a record 13 conference championship appearances apiece.
His 6-6 record in those games is probably what will always hold him back in comparisons to Belichick, but the fact that he’s made it that far in nearly half of his 26 seasons is remarkable.
He should go down as one of the top five coaches of the modern era, especially if his team takes care of business on Sunday.
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