I'm late to this discussion, but I mean, if you watch these telecasts, as El B said, they get paid to talk about nonsense.
Is Tom Brady a legend? Absolutely. (Fuck him, though. Go Jets.)
Will Mahomes become a legend? He's trending that way for sure. But again, you need time. Bo Jackson would have been a HOFer in both football and baseball had he stayed healthy. Everyone was comparing him back in the day to the greatest of all time. Then what happened? He got hurt, his careers ended, and no one talks about him in the same breath as they do the legends of the game any longer. Because he never made it.
Mahomes could get clobbered next Sunday and his career over. I'm tired of the media anointing people. But that drives traffic to websites, eyes to screens, etc. I totally get it. The key is not to buy into the hype. I think Mahomes is immensely talented and a new generation of QB that follows in the footsteps of Young, Cunningham, etc., that really set the tone for a mobile QB. He's had a great start to his career. But his decision making is certainly questionable. Good defenses get him confused. Collinsworth makes excuses. My eyes tell me what I need to see. Will Mahomes overcome that? I believe he will, and for his sake, I hope he becomes everything he is being lauded as.
But again, as El B says, this whole generation of people needing to be told what to think is just plain dumb. I hate being the old guy, but Christ, come on already, ya know?
p.s. Collinsworth is an idiot anyway...