Would someone be willing to give me a brief catch-up for the Super Bowl tonight?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

12. Patrick Mahomes is 27 and has played in 13 playoff/SB games

This will be his 3rd Super Bowl start. He's 1-1 in the previous 2, and 10-3 in playoff/SB games. He averages 66.5 completion %, 300 passing yards, and 2.5 TD passes per game, and .5 interceptions/game, with an INT rate of 1.4 (throws 1.4 INT's per 100 pass attempts, IOW). These are all excellent numbers as averages.

He's also led the Chiefs to 5 straight AFC Championship games (2018-2022 seasons).

Dude is an absolute wizard in terms of extending plays and improvising, throwing on the run and off-balance, in part because he was a baseball pitcher as well in HS and College. And his father was a pitcher in the majors. You'll almost certainly see Mahomes pull off some amazingly athletic plays.

I hate the Chiefs cause I'm a Raider fan, so it's required. But I love watching Mahomes play, not only is he a flat-out stud, but he's a good sportsman, seems humble, and a team player. A class act, if you will.

And if he leads the Chiefs to victory he will become a walk-in Hall of Fame candidate already, at only 27 y.o.

Hurts is 24, and this is his first Super Bowl, and his 4th playoff/SB game. He's 2-1 in the playoffs, having made it in both 2021 and 2022 seasons (which are the 2 seasons he's been a starting QB).

Talking about his playoff averages is a bit meaningless with only a sample size of 3 games, but all his stats are well below those of Mahomes, except his rushing yards. He is big, strong, fast, tall and tough as nails, and he's a terror when he takes off and runs, which is often. He's not quite the passer Mahomes is, but he's solid passer with a big arm, and has improved by leaps and bounds over only 3 years in the league in this regard.

I believe this is the first SB featuring 2 QB's that are black (though Mahomes is biracial with black dad, white mom), I don't think we've ever been this close, if you will, to having 2 black dudes start the Super Bowl at QB.

And as you'll probably hear like 10 times, the KC coach Andy Reid coached at Philly for a stretch. He was kinda famous there for building excellent teams ... that couldn't quite get over the hump and win the big one.