Brady struggled in his first season as a broadcaster. But Fox is still betting that its massive investment pays off — starting with Sunday’s Super Bowl.

If Patrick Mahomes and his Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl this Sunday in New Orleans, the debate is over. Mahomes would become the greatest playoff quarterback of all time. Tom Brady fans might not want to admit it, but they wouldn’t have to. A mountain of evidence points to Mahomes taking the mantle from him.

Every single year we get a new Super Bowl to add to this list. But every single year, it seems, we get a new Super Bowl to add to the top of this list. Such is the nature of the modern NFL championship game: the league's on-field and roster-construction rules and have resulted in close games and increasing parity.