Tom Brady compares Chiefs' Super Bowl loss to how unbeaten Patriots fell to Giants

The Kansas City Chiefs' attempt of becoming the first team in NFL history to three-peat as Super Bowl champions ended with a whimper, as the Philadelphia Eagles crushed Kansas City to the tune of 40-22 in Sunday's Super Bowl LIX matchup that was essentially settled before the start of the fourth quarter.

Retired quarterback Tom Brady called Sunday's contest as Fox's lead in-game analyst. Midway through the fourth quarter of the blowout, he compared Kansas City's loss to what he experienced when he and the New England Patriots fell to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII in February 2008. 

"We were on the precipice of history," Brady said about the Patriots side that famously entered that Super Bowl with a record of 18-0, as shared by Mike Sando of The Athletic. "We faced a (Giants) team that played their hearts out that day and beat us. And I still haven’t really lived it down, because you care so deeply, and I know this Chiefs team does as well. [Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes] is the ultimate competitor. But the reality of a loss in this game is, you don’t ever get over them."

Many, if not most, members of the football community would've viewed the 2007 Patriots as the greatest team in NFL history had they defeated the Giants. While the Chiefs trailed the Eagles 34-0 at one point of Sunday's contest and had no realistic chance of completing a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback, Brady guided his offense down the field for a go-ahead score with 2:42 remaining in regulation of Super Bowl XLII. 

Of course, Giants quarterback Eli Manning emerged as the hero of that encounter with some help from wide receivers David Tyree and Plaxico Burress. Brady eventually led the Patriots to three more Super Bowl titles and then accumulated a seventh career championship ring with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but he nevertheless made it clear during Sunday's broadcast that the loss to the Giants still stings even as an all-time great. 

"I got on the bus after the game," Brady added about Super Bowl XLII, "and I had no — I absolutely believed 100 percent we were going to win. And it was just devastating because I couldn’t speak for the rest of the night. …I just always remember waking up the next morning and I thought, 'That’s a nightmare. That’s a nightmare. That game didn’t happen. I was dreaming, and we lost badly but we actually haven’t played the game yet.'" 

Mahomes and Co. did well to bounce back from the Super Bowl LV loss to Brady's Buccaneers by going on a dynastic run that isn't necessarily over despite Sunday's result. Both head coach Andy Reid and tight end Travis Kelce seem ready to run it back with the Chiefs for at least one more year. Meanwhile, Mahomes turned just 29 this past September and is under contract through the 2031 season.

One wonders if Mahomes' Chiefs will claim at least three more championships as did Brady and the Patriots following that fateful night in Glendale, AZ, 17 years ago.