Sunday’s divisional-round game against the Buffalo Bills will have a little bit of something old and a little bit of something new for Patrick Mahomes.
The Chiefs’ superstar quarterback is once again going up against Josh Allen in a playoff game, marking the third time the two quarterbacks have gone head-to-head in the postseason in the last four years. As both quarterbacks are arguably two of the best players at their position, naturally, the comparisons to the Tom Brady-Peyton Manning rivalry have continued this week.
Mahomes understands why many are making comparisons of his competition with Allen to that of the rivalry between two of the game’s greats. But Mahomes also embraces the comparisons too, hoping his matchups with Allen can provide similar inspiration as the Brady-Manning rivalry did for him.
“We’ve played in a lot of big games,” Mahomes told reporters on Wednesday. “I’m excited for the challenge. I grew up watching those games [between Brady and Manning] and remember how many memories I have from that, and hopefully we can play in these great games as well and give memories to the kids that come up behind us.”
Similar to Brady and Manning, Mahomes and Allen have a cordial and friendly relationship off the field. In fact, Mahomes made note to apologize to Allen following his postgame outburst in the regular-season matchup between the two teams in December, saying he was sorry for complaining about the controversial penalty on Kadarius Toney during his postgame handshake with the Bills quarterback.
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Mahomes continued to show respect to Allen on Wednesday.
“When you compete against your friends, you almost want to win even more because of it,” Mahomes said. “Josh is a great dude. I respect the way he plays football and just the guy that he is. But when two guys that are ultra-competitive, that are friends off the field go up against each other, we obviously both want to win. We see each other in the…
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