data-mm-id=”_o9mx2c7tt”>Patrick Mahomes just won his first Super Bowl at the age of 24. The same age as Tom Brady when he won his first. Mahomes is now just eight Super Bowl appearances behind Brady for the most all-time. Can he possibly catch him? Could Patrick Mahomes really play in a decade's worth of Super Bowls? No. Even if he is the greatest ever, no one will ever catch Brady in this category. Mahomes is more likely to play Major League Baseball than appear in 10 Super Bowls. Probably because there's a chance he plays in so many Super Bowls that he decides to play Major League Baseball. Here are some other reasons.Coaching Patrick Mahomes was lucky enough to fall to a good team in the draft and start his professional career with a Hall of Fame coach. Just like Tom Brady. The big difference? Brady fell into the lap of a 48 year old Bill Belichick who wouldn't even turn 50 until after they won their first Super Bowl together. Reid will be 62 next month. The oldest coach to win a Super Bowl is Belichick at 66. Mahomes' best shot is that all these teams passing on 50 year old Eric Bieniemy are missing out on Reid's worthy replacement. With Bieniemy and Mahomes, the Chiefs have had the No. 1 and No.5 scoring offenses in the NFL. They won this Super Bowl and were a quarter from last year's Super Bowl. PrecedentTom Brady has played in nine Super Bowls in 20 seasons. John Elway made five in 16 seasons. Bradshaw, Montana, Staubach, Manning and Kelly all made four. Staubach and Kelly played the fewest seasons and still barely made one-in-three possible Super Bowls. Brady is the king of Super Bowls and he didn't even make it half the time. If you want to be really optimistic about Patrick Mahomes making a bunch of Super Bowls, he'll need to play a long time. Like, 15 years or so just to reasonably expect five total appearances. Which would be the second-most ever. Second-most ever is really good. It's more than a lot of Hall of Famers and the same as another Hall of Famer, behind only one Hall of Famer. Five Super Bowl appearances would be incredible. (Worth noting: nose tackle Mike Nodish appeared in six total Super Bowls with the Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos. That is the second-most Super Bowl appearances by a player. Elway, along with Adam Vinatieri, Cornelius Bennett, Glenn Parker and Gale Gilbert, have all been to five.)All That Other StuffThis isn't even taking into consideration possible injuries or two-year work stoppages during his prime. Stuff like that he can't control. One thing he can control is the size of his contract. If he wants to win forever, like Brady, he's going to need to play for a discount. The Chiefs can't be tied up with the highest-paid quarterback if they want to sustain this level of success. Obviously, if Mahomes is the highest paid player, it doesn't mean the Chiefs can't win a Super Bowl, it will just make it that much more difficult. Especially, in consecutive seasons. We can say with a decent amount of certainty that Mahomes isn't going to play in more Super Bowls than Tom Brady, but he could still end up second or third on that list. If he can stay healthy and play about 13 more seasons, while the Chiefs alternately spend money and navigate the cap, and Reid and Bieniemy can help him get there, then five or six seems possible. Since it's never a good idea to bet against Patrick Mahomes, let's go with six. That would be second-most ever and an incredible achievement. It would also be as good a case as anyone can hope for to be discussed as the greatest quarterback of all-time.
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On Friday night Tito Vilanova stepped down as boss of Barcelona due to ill health. Vilanova’s exit was announced at a press conference by Barcelona president Sandro Rosell.
Pep Guardiola’s former assistant is believed to have suffered a setback in his battle against throat cancer.
Vilanova first discovered he had cancer when he had a tumour removed in 2011, only for him to relapse later that year.
In December, he travelled to New York to undergo treatment.
Unfortunately, it seems that his health has taken a turn for the worst and he will now undergo extensive treatment away from the glare of the media spotlight.
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Unfancied Lazio ruffled the feathers of Serie A champions Inter Milan in the Bird s Nest in Beijing Saturday night to win the Italian Super Cup 2-1.
Lazio captain Tommaso Rocchi superbly lobbed Inter keeper Julio Cesar after finding a gap between the Inter defence just after the hour to clinch the winner.
Two minutes earlier, Rocchi s 61st minute freekick found its way through the Inter wall and rebounded off keeper Cesar, bobbling up into the path of Lazio s Brazilian midfielder Matuzalem, who slotted home to the delight of several thousand Chinese Lazio fans.
The quick double stunned Inter s galaxy of stars and their thousands of Chinese fans into a rare silence after they had controlled affairs on and off the pitch for most of the tense final.
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The Republic of Ireland international signed a three-year deal, with the option of a fourth, in August 2011 and was a key part of the side that achieved an eighth place finish last season.
And with the 26-year-old about to enter the final year of his contract the club are keen to tie him to a new deal.
We re still in talks, Long told The Express Star.
I still have a year and an option (for another) left so I m concentrating on playing for West Brom this season and hopefully having another really good season in the Premier League and we will see where the contract talks go in the future.
I m still a West Brom player and that s all I m looking at now.
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Manchester United manager David Moyes would be mad to sell Wayne Rooney, according to Old Trafford fans favourite Gary Neville.
Neville, who hung up his boots in 2011, played alongside the striker for seven years at United and now works with him as part of the former defender’s coaching role with the England national team.
Chelsea have so far had two bids rejected for the 27-year-old as speculation over his future at the club intensifies.
Rooney has scored 197 goals in 402 appearances for United since joining from Everton and Neville is adamant that the Premier League champions must keep hold of the England forward.
Manchester United, at this moment in time, would be mad to sell him, Neville said in an interview in The Daily Mail.
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Restricted to four Bundesliga starts last season, midfielder Sanches boosted his case for first-team opportunities with a strong showing in the 3-1 victory over Real Madrid in the International Champions Cup (ICC).
The Portugal international helped Bayern established superiority during the opening 45 minutes and could take on a more prominent role following the end of James Rodriguez s two-season loan deal.
Speaking ahead of the Madrid match, Kovac confirmed the club had told Sanches to forget abou
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t finding new employers, advice that has been heeded by the player.
I m ready to stay, Sanches told Bild.
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Liverpool s Van Dijk, who led the Reds to Champions League glory last season, will take up the cover on the champions edition . A cover star for the ultimate edition is yet to be confirmed.
Hazard starred for Chelsea in 2018-19, scoring 18 goals across all competitions as the Blues finished third in the Premier League and won the Europa League final.
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Storrie has been on bail since being arrested in November 2007 on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting.
It has been alleged Faye was paid a 250,000 pounds (415,000 dollars) signing-on fee on which tax was not paid.
The move against Storrie is the latest in a series of off-field problems for…
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Two sides who lost their Premier League status over the summer, Burnley will welcome Norwich to Turf Moor on Friday night.
Starting with the hosts, while Burnley might have got a new era underway at Turf Moor this summer, it appears that the Clarets are enjoying life under Vincent Kompany. Although some around Lancashire might have been shocked to see the former Manchester City skipper arrive at the club back in June, they have lost just one of their opening eight Championship outings. Although Burnley might have been left heartbroken last weekend as they watched West Brom snatch a last-gasp 1-1 draw on the road, Kompany s side have their sights firmly set on clinching an immediate Premier League return this year. Breezin…
Monaco will open their Coupe de la Ligue campaign with an away trip to Reims after the draw for the third round was made on Thursday.
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However, the principality club have not won a major trophy since 2003, when they beat Sochaux 4-1 in the Coupe de la Ligue final, and they will start their quest to regain the crown against a Reims side that has lost just once so far this season.
Rennes, who reached last year s final only to lose to Saint-Etienne, host Ligue 2 Nancy, while Brittany rivals Nantes and Lorient face-off at the Stade de la Beaujoire.
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Both sides head into the game having lost their opening matches against Napoli and Arsenal respectively, but it is Marseille who perhaps hold the psychological advantage after doing the double over Dortmund in the 2011-12 campaign.
The Bundesliga side were eliminated in the group stage in that season, but they will likely go in as favourites for this clash at Signal Iduna Park following their run to the final last term.
Still, Klopp is wary of the threat posed by Marseille, and is hoping his side can avenge their previous losses to their Ligue 1 counterparts.
You cannot buy experience, the manager said.
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