{"id":159520,"date":"2024-01-22T16:45:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T21:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=159520"},"modified":"2024-01-22T16:37:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T21:37:31","slug":"chiefs-mahomes-reacts-kelce-record-brady-gronkowski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/01\/22\/chiefs-mahomes-reacts-kelce-record-brady-gronkowski\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs&#8217; Patrick Mahomes Reacts to Breaking Record Held By Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With their second touchdown connection of the game in the third quarter of the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 eventual win over the Buffalo Bills, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/12\/11\/insider-looming-issue-chiefs-mahomes-blls\/\" target=\"_self\">prolific duo<\/a> of Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce have now combined for the most such passes in NFL postseason history.<\/p>\n<p>They surpassed the storied duo of Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski to the top spot, which Mahomes addressed after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPassing anything that has Brady and Gronk in it is special because those are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T4n8acIhOdU\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two of the greatest players<\/a> \u2013 Tom is the greatest player and one of the greatest tight ends of all time,\u201d Mahomes told reporters after the game. \u201cAnd so those are great postseason players, and so to be mentioning that and passing that, you appreciate that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Patrick Mahomes Reacts to Passing Tom Brady in Chiefs&#8217; Win Over Bills<\/h2>\n<p>The record-setting touchdown came on a shovel pass from less than 10 yards out. Mahomes completed 73.9% of his passes for 215 yards and two touchdowns with zero interceptions or sacks.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce had five receptions for 75 yards and two scores on six targets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always emphasize getting Travis the ball,\u201d Mahomes said. \u201cHe did a great job of getting himself open. And then once they started putting a lot of attention on him, other guys like [Marquez Valdes-Scantling] made plays. And so that&#8217;s what it takes it takes: everybody&#8217;s got to make plays in order to win playoff games.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chiefs start the 2nd half strong. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tkelce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@tkelce<\/a> has another TD to give KC the lead!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KCvsBUF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#KCvsBUF<\/a> on CBS<br \/>\ud83d\udcf1: Stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLPlus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NFLPlus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FR6a2VkD33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/FR6a2VkD33<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yv4IlHu0Zm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Yv4IlHu0Zm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1749242286490476749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kelce has now gone over 70 yards in each of the Chiefs\u2019 two playoff games so far. He hadn\u2019t gained more than 44 yards in a single game since Week 13. The nine-time Pro Bowler had 13 grabs for 88 yards on 18 targets over the final three weeks and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/11\/04\/kelce-details-chiefs-successful-mahomes-dolphins\/\" target=\"_self\">called himself out<\/a> during the season.<\/p>\n<p>Brady also took notice of his name coming down off the top of the postseason passing touchdown leaderboard.<\/p>\n<h3>Tom Brady Calls Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce \u2018Beasts\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomBrady\/status\/1749458908429586893\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BEASTS<\/a>,\u201d Brady said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on January 21. \u201cWhen you one up gronk you\u2019re doing something right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two duos have become tied together in the annals of history, both a testament to their respective accomplishments and an almost unfair comparison that robs each of what made them special.<\/p>\n<p>For Brady and Gronkowski, it was the sustained success; being the constants in the New England Patriots (and later Tampa Bay Buccaneers) while so many other parts changed. Brady was in his 10th season and had already won three Super Bowls when the Patriots drafted Gronkowski.<\/p>\n<p>It was the other way around for Mahomes and Kelce\u2019s ascension has been rapid, with the former in just Year 6.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce was four seasons in with a 1,000-yard campaign to his credit before Mahomes. But their growth and development together have been nothing short of impressive both for the speed with which they have done it and how reliable it has been for them. The only threat could be time.<\/p>\n<h3>Insider: Travis Kelce Set to Retire<\/h3>\n<p>Kelce, 34, has already played two more seasons than Gronkowski had when he retired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlosWithAK\/status\/1749181873870320067\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I think Travis Kelce\u2019s retiring<\/a> after this season, just like his brother [Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce],\u201d long-time NFL reporter Michele Tafoya said on CBS Sports Radio on January 21. \u201cI can just say I think he\u2019s looking at future plans. Now with his brother retiring \u2026 I could totally see those two pulling a Peyton and Eli Manning sorta gig, maybe on Peacock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes spoke to reporters about breaking the record set by Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2879,"featured_media":159522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[7811,1576,400,331,339],"class_list":["post-159520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiefs","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-rob-gronkowski","tag-tom-brady","tag-travis-kelce"],"modified_by":"Josh Buckhalter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2879"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}