"Patrick Mahomes is Tony Soprano" - Nick Wright drops eye-popping take on Chiefs QB after dominant AFCCG win  

Since winning the MVP award for the second time in 2022, Patrick Mahomes hasn't been in the conversation for the award. His peers, Baltimore Ravens' Lamar Jackson, Buffalo Bills' Josh Allen and Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow, have put up better numbers and battled it out for the coveted prize. However, the Kansas City Chiefs superstar has had the last laugh, as the trio has had to watch him compete in and win the Super Bowl.

Statistically, they may surpass Mahomes. However, Nick Wright believes Mahomes will be the final boss of this era. On First Things First, the analyst compared the three-time Super Bowl champion to Tony Soprano, the lead character in the smash-hit HBO show, 'The Sopranos.' He said:

"To steal a line from Kendrick Lamar. There's not a big three. There is a big me. Guys, he's Tony Soprano, and the other quarterbacks are Carmella and Christopher and Pauly Walnut. They're awesome characters. They're memorable, but you're in his story. All of your legacies are defined by how you've done against him or what you haven't done against him."

Wright added that their performances and numbers against Mahomes and the Chiefs will be the measuring stick for Jackson, Allen, and Burrow, which will define their legacy:

"You're not NPCs, non playing characters, but you're supporting actors in his movie. And his movie is every single NFL season. And so we add drama to it, during the year being like, I think Tony's gonna get clipped in episode three. No, he's not. It's just a long dream, and then he'll be back again."

Patrick Mahomes' incredible playoff resume

The Chiefs' win over the Bills in the AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium was Patrick Mahomes' 17th in the playoffs since becoming the team's starting quarterback in 2018. He's already second on the all-time wins list for starting quarterbacks in the postseason, trailing only seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, who finished his career with 35.

Super Bowl 59 will be the fifth time Mahomes competes in the championship game, the joint-second-most all-time alongside John Elway and trailing only Brady, who played in 10. He's also joint-second on the list of most Super Bowl MVP award wins, alongside San Francisco 49ers icon Joe Montana with three. A fourth would see him climb to second, one behind Brady, who has five.

While Mahomes' peers are trying hard to catch up to him, he's chasing the greatest quarterback in NFL history.