With a Kansas City Chiefs victory in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday in New Orleans, Patrick Mahomes has a chance to do something Tom Brady never did — win three consecutive championships.

The hot-button debate right now is whether Mahomes can eventually surpass Brady. No matter how many more Super Bowls he wins, his and the Chiefs’ loss to Brady and the Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV will always be a black mark against them.

Mahomes has a chance to join a select group with a fourth ring. Only Terry Bradshaw, Montana and Brady have four Super Bowl wins as a starting quarterback. Mahomes has three Super Bowl MVPs, which is tied for second all-time with Montana. Only Brady, with five, has more.

When Brady peers down from his Fox perch on Super Sunday, he will find himself talking about the one and only quarterback who, across the next decade, is on an unmistakable trajectory to displace