NFL analyst reveals one star much more well-known than Patrick Mahomes, and it isn’t even close
Patrick Mahomes is enjoying the last dregs of his victory over Jalen Hurts in the Super Bowl in February. When he won the Big Game, seemingly every analyst was putting him on a pace to rub shoulders with Tom Brady.
Since then, it has been nothing but praise, and seemingly no one could be head and shoulders above the quarterback in any category. That is, until one zooms out beyond football.
Speaking on Good Morning Football, NFL analyst Jamie Erdahl named the rapper Drake as a star so much bigger than Patrick Mahomes that it isn't funny. Here's how she put it:
"Drake is so much more recognizable than Patrick Mahomes. This man is probably on billboards internationally. He has collaborations with fashion houses. We wore his sweatshirts last November and they were like $800... Mahomes, I appreciate you and erespect you within the parameters of football... Drake, it's Drake."
Patrick Mahomes' next challenge announces itself
If the Kansas City Chiefs signal-caller truly is as competitive as he came off in the Netflix docuseries "Quarterback," Mahomes will want to find a way to elevate his stardom beyond football.
Of course, the sport is one of the most lucrative entertainment businesses in the world. But Mahomes deserves more than that, especially with the lucrative endorsements he has bagged in the last couple of years.
The sport still has a limited foothold on the international stage. Sure, a few games per year are played beyond the water's edge, but they are far from the ubiquity of something as simple as music.
Music made by stars like Aaron Rodgers' Taylor Swift is blared across the world in a variety of situations, and a complete experience can be had in just a few minutes.
Meanwhile, other forms of globalized entertainment take much longer to experience in full. While one can turn off the television and mostly avoid everything shown on it, music is inescapable, and as such, music stars get much more exposure.
This isn't to say that Mahomes will be aiming to be the next big rapper when Father Time comes, but rather that, like most NFL stars, the media becomes their next destination. For example, stars like Tom Brady and Richard Sherman, who have made a name for themselves by screaming on the gridiron, are now on deck to communicate the sport to the fans.
In other words, the grind never stops.