Eagles’ Jalen Hurts, Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes set to make Super Bowl history

Tremendous Bowl LVII will showcase a battle between two of the perfect quarterbacks within the NFL proper now: Philadelphia Eagles’ Jalen Hurts and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes. 

Historical past may also be made as each step on the sphere at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

For the primary time ever, the Tremendous Bowl will function two Black beginning quarterbacks. 

It simply so occurs that Mahomes and Hurts are additionally merchandise of Texas, with Mahomes enjoying at Whitehouse Excessive Faculty and Hurts growing his expertise at Channelview Excessive Faculty, the place his father Averion Hurts, was a soccer coach. 

Each quarterbacks have taken totally different paths since then – Hurts ended up going to Alabama whereas Mahomes stayed house at Texas Tech – however it has led to this second. 

Mahomes already has a Tremendous Bowl underneath his belt, defeating the San Francisco 49ers in Tremendous LIV to cement his elite standing within the NFL and present what the subsequent era of quarterbacks could be. Nevertheless, he has additionally misplaced in a Tremendous Bowl, falling to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a season later regardless of his greatest efforts. 

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Hurts, then again, has rapidly developed into among the finest dual-threat quarterbacks within the NFL, enjoying a significant position within the Eagles ending the common season with the perfect document within the league at 14-3. 

That earned Philly a bye within the playoffs, and of their two video games to get so far with the Vince Lombardi Trophy inside attain, Hurts and the Eagles have blown out each the New York Giants and 49ers to succeed in his first Tremendous Bowl. 

Quarterback Jalen Hurts, #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles, celebrates after defeating the Washington Commanders at FedExField on Sept. 25, 2022 in Landover, Maryland.
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Philadelphia knocked Niners rookie Brock Purdy, Mr. Irrelevant on this yr’s draft, out on the primary drive of the sport after Haason Reddick hit his arm whereas throwing. The 49ers consider Purdy suffered a UCL damage, however he was pressured again into the sport when Josh Johnson, his backup, suffered a concussion from one other Eagles move rush. 

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A 31-7 victory was the outcome, and Hurts didn’t should do a lot throwing because the run sport totaled 4 touchdowns, together with one from his legs, to win the convention. 

There was extra strain on Mahomes to get the job performed in Arrowhead, because it got here all the way down to the ultimate minute of the sport tied at 20 apiece earlier than a late hit when he ran out of bounds thrusted the Chiefs into field-goal vary. 

Harrison Butker was good from 45 yards out, sending his group again to the Tremendous Bowl. 

Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, #15, gestures earlier than the snap towards the Cincinnati Bengals throughout the third quarter of the AFC Championship sport at GEHA Discipline at Arrowhead Stadium Jan. 29, 2023 in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.
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It’s set as much as be a unbelievable sport between two powerhouses of their respective conferences, however it can even be Black historical past as soon as kickoff rolls round on Feb. 12.