India, Feb. 10 -- Patrick Mahomes had a historic chance for a three-peat in the Super Bowl 2025. He has been on this stage before and dominated. But Sunday's performance reminded the fans more of his second Super Bowl appearance from back in 2021 when he was up against Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Coming into the game on Sunday, Mahomes was the favourite to win the Super Bowl. After all, he had beaten the Philadelphia Eagles and their quarterback Jalen Hurts in the same two years ago. But as the game progressed, he looked more like the QB from 2021 when he had no answer to the Buccaneers' defence.

Mahomes' first-half performance was his worst to date as the Kansas City Chiefs managed the lowest yards ever with him at QB. It was als...