With Tom Brady officially leaving the New England Patriots, the AFC officially belongs to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Tom Brady announced via his Twitter that he would no longer be playing for the Patriots. All speculation has Brady landing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or the Los Angeles Chargers. 

Wherever Brady lands, there has been a clear shift in power in the AFC.

With the Buffalo Bills adding Stefon Diggs in free agency and the Patriots quarterback situation up in the air, the Bills are now the new favorites to win the AFC East.

The two powerhouse teams from last year, the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs, seem poised to battle it out at the top for years to come under their star MVP quaterbacks.

But when you talk about the best quarterback and who runs the AFC, it all falls on Patrick Mahomes. The young quarterback has only started two full seasons in the NFL and is already one of the faces of the league.

Mahomes already won an MVP in his first season and a Super Bowl championship and MVP in his second. With mastermind head coach Andy Reid, they seem like the next dynasty to win multiple championships in a short time.

Patrick Mahomes's accuracy, passing touch, athleticism, pocket awareness, escapability, and ability to make improbable big plays in clutch moments were all on display in his amazing comeback victory in Super Bowl LIV.

Mahomes has the combination of all the traits needed to be the perfect NFL quarterback, and he's only two years into his career and likely to continue getting better.

With New England now rebuilding to a degree for the first time in 20 years, Mahomes has a clear lane to dominating the conference for the foreseeable future.

Kansas City not only has Mahomes and Reid but a cavalcade of support around them in Tyrann Mathieu, Frank Clark, Chris Jones, Travis Kelce, Tyreek Hill, Mecole Hardman, Mitch Schwartz and others. The Chiefs also have Steve Spagnuolo and Eric Bieniemy on the sidelines. It’s borderline unfair.

The era of Mahomes is upon us.