Patrick Mahomes is only 24 years old and has already nearly conquered the world.
Super Bowl champion? Check.
NFL MVP? Check.
Paradigm-shattering 10-year, roughly half-billion contract unlike anything the NFL has ever seen in the salary-cap era, making him the league's highest-paid player for the foreseeable future? As of Monday afternoon, per ESPN's Adam Schefter and NFL Network's Ian Rapoport: Check.
Alexander the Great didn't complete his conquest of Persia until he was 25. Mahomes is making him look like a slacker by comparison. And like Alexander, Mahomes faces some tricky questions after cramming a career's worth of accomplishments into only three seasons.