Young also pointed out that AFC teams are significantly talented and are better than their NFC counterparts.
Steve Young and Patrick Mahomes (via IMAGO)
This year is special for Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. The team will seek to make history as they hope to achieve a never-before-seen Super Bowl three-peat.
However, the path to the Super Bowl this year will be harder than the last two years. The AFC is the most competitive division and the championship round is likely to be more competitive than the finals.
Three-time Super Bowl champion Steve Young believes so. The Bay Area legend shared his thoughts on the possibility of the Kansas City Chiefs three-peating this year. In his most recent appearance on The Rich Eisen Show, Young pointed out the fact that while there is a good chance of Patrick Mahomes getting yet another ring, but the biggest challenge for him will be to beat his counterparts in his division.
The level of competition in the AFC is exponentially higher than in the NFC, especially over the recent years when the new generation of young and talented quarterbacks has taken over the division.
Patrick Mahomes has been outlasting the competition for the past few years. However, this season will be different than the previous years because teams are now specifically structuring themselves around with the sole purpose of beating him. He has a target on his back. The AFC is stacked and with the arrival of a C.J. Stroud and a hungry Houston Texans squad; the Chiefs need to be better prepared than they have.
Young pointed out the fact that Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens steamrolled Brock Purdy and Co. on Christmas day. This just points out that AFC teams are significantly talented and are better than their NFC counterparts.
The path to the Super Bowl will be hard for Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. But last season, at one point, fans and critics were skeptical about the team’s odds of making it to the divisional championship round.
The Ravens were considered the team’s biggest rivals and the team that would beat them. However, Patrick Mahomes came up clutch and proved that he is the best QB in the NFL by securing the win for the Chiefs over the Ravens.
