When a draft event like the NFL Combine rolls around every year, a lot of players like to reminisce about how they did while throwing on air or catching passes while running a straight line. Sometimes the conversation is about how they were incredible athletes, true physical specimens destined for pro football. And sometimes it’s about how they beat the odds after an awkward jump or a less-than-special 40-yard dash.
Patrick Mahomes is, of course, an outstanding NFL player. To highlight Desmond Riddler’s run as a quarterback, the official league account referenced Mahomes’ 40-yard dash from the 2017 Combine (a respectable 4.80). The Super Bowl MVP took exception (in jest) on Twitter.
Y’all didn’t have to put me in that group getting left like that 😂😂😂 https://t.co/SdNdZDtFhp
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) March 4, 2022
Tom Brady —a former rival of Mahomes who went 3-1 against the Chiefs quarterback — had to throw his name and famous “unathletic sixth-rounder” story into the mix to one-up Mahomes one more time.
https://t.co/78J8iTk2m3 pic.twitter.com/nNDN21fNpu
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) March 4, 2022
Mahomes undoubtedly proved a lot of critics wrong when he became the face of the NFL after the Chiefs’ 2020 Super Bowl win. But Brady’s starting point as someone who didn’t fit the stereotypical quarterback mold to then become arguably the greatest player of all time? That’s a little more impressive, as Brady wasn’t afraid to remind Mahomes.
