Tom Brady thinks Patrick Mahomes is the only quarterback who can dethrone him as the GOAT, Bucs teammate LeSean McCoy says

• Tom Brady thinks Patrick Mahomes is the only man who can dethrone him as the NFL's greatest quarterback.
• That's according to Brady's Bucs teammate LeSean McCoy, who has also played alongside Mahomes.
• "'Mahomes, he gets it. He's the dude that wants to be the greatest,'" Brady says, according to McCoy.

Tom Brady thinks Patrick Mahomes is the only man who can dethrone him as the NFL's greatest ever quarterback.

That's according to Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammate LeSean McCoy, who also played alongside Mahomes for the Kansas City Chiefs during its Super Bowl winning 2019 season.

"I think Tom Brady, when he looks at other quarterbacks, from young and old, I think he feels Pat is probably the only one that gets it and will have a shot," McCoy told the "All Things Covered" podcast from CBS on Wednesday.

One of the similarities between the two, McCoy said, is that they both recognize the importance of having an elite team around them, rather than wanting to be the only star on their team, and not taking up too much salary cap room.

"For example, most quarterbacks, they take the money, get paid, this and that. Tom didn't do that. Tom saved money and sprinkled it out within his organization, with his players.

"Pat's the same way.

"He knows: 'I'm only going to be as good as my team. So now, I find a deal like that where I can pay my defensive tackle, or defensive end that can get pressure, or the cornerbacks. Pay my superstar tight end, pay Tyreek Hill.'

"You can do them things for the left tackle. You can do that when you're not taking all the money."

Mahomes is the holder of the richest contract in NFL history, a 10-year deal worth over $500 million. His deal, however, is widely considered to be a good one for the Chiefs, and he even left money on the table when signing so that they could also give a bumper deal to defensive tackle Chris Jones.

"Tom always talks like, 'Mahomes, he gets it. He's the dude that wants to be the greatest.' I think Pat's got a great chance, and he's started so early."

Brady, 43, won his seventh ever Super Bowl title in February when the Bucs beat the Chiefs 31-9 in a game that was billed as a battle between the NFL's best ever quarterback and a possible future challenger to that crown.

Mahomes, 25, has won just one Super Bowl to date, but is the youngest player in the league's history to win the NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP awards.

Mahomes also has most passing yards (14,152), passing touchdowns (114), highest passer rating (108.7) and fewest interceptions (24) of any player in their first 46 NFL starts.