Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are trying to perform one thing that no prior NFL workforce has finished: win three consecutive Tremendous Bowls. Mahomes, who has already received three Tremendous Bowls, together with the previous two, together with three Tremendous Bowl MVPs and two NFL MVPs, is already one of many best to ever play the sport at 29 years previous. Mahomes is main the Black quarterback cost within the NFL, with seven, or half of the quarterbacks that led groups to the playoffs being Black and 5 of 8, or 62.5 of the quarterbacks left being Black.
A Black quarterback is assured to win the primary recreation of this week’s NFL motion when Mahomes and the favored Chiefs host the Houston Texans, led by CJ Stroud, a second-year participant who has led the workforce to the NFL Playoffs in his first two seasons. Stroud and the Texans are additionally led by Black head coach DeMeco Ryans.
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels led Washington to a 23-20 upset win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the street final weekend, and he’ll try to tug off a good greater upset towards the workforce with the perfect document within the NFC, the Detroit Lions, on Saturday night at Ford Discipline in Detroit. Every week in the past, Daniels grew to become solely the fourth NFL rookie quarterback to steer a workforce to victory on the street, becoming a member of Russell Wilson, Mark Sanchez, and Joe Flacco.
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, who misplaced to Mahomes in Tremendous Bowl LVII two years in the past within the first-ever assembly of Black quarterbacks in Tremendous Bowl historical past, makes an attempt to steer his workforce to the NFC Convention Championship recreation once they host the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday afternoon. Hurts and the Eagles eradicated one other Black quarterback, Jordan Love, and the Inexperienced Bay Packers final weekend.
Lamar Jackson, the Baltimore Ravens quarterback who has received two NFL MVPs and will win a 3rd for his extraordinary play this season, will head north to face the Buffalo Payments in arguably probably the most anticipated recreation this weekend. Jackson and the Ravens eradicated one other Black quarterback, Wilson, and the Pittsburgh Steelers final weekend. The Steelers are additionally led by a Black head coach, Mike Tomlin.
There’s one Black quarterback assured to be within the AFC Convention championship, and it’s doable for all 4 quarterbacks left subsequent weekend might be Black, a far cry from when white house owners and executives didn’t assume Black males had been clever sufficient to play the place.