There’s no getting around it. The Kansas City Chiefs have Patrick Mahomes. The Pittsburgh Steelers and the rest of the NFL do not. Which makes competing for any Super Bowl a difficult mountain to climb. Like Tom Brady, the best way to get past Mahomes is to avoid him. On the Steelers’ three Super Bowl trips during the Brady era, they never played the Patriots. And the same will be true for Mahomes and the Chiefs.
But Kansas City didn’t win Super Bowl 58 solely because of Mahomes. It’s a huge reason, no question, but there’s another layer.