At 29 years old, Patrick Mahomes is already recognized as one of the best quarterbacks ever. This year, he is heading to his third consecutive Super Bowl and fifth overall in just eight seasons in the NFL.

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.

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