{"id":417917,"date":"2023-02-14T19:33:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T19:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=417917"},"modified":"2023-02-14T19:33:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T19:33:48","slug":"patrick-mahomes-jalen-hurts-super-bowl-moment-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/patrick-mahomes-jalen-hurts-super-bowl-moment-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Mahomes &#038; Jalen Hurts Super Bowl Moment 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being the first two Black quarterbacks to start a Super Bowl on Sunday night means a lot to Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts.<\/p>\n<h2>Patrick Mahomes &amp; Jalen Hurts Super Bowl Moment 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Two of the NFL&#8217;s most charismatic players square off in Arizona. Mahomes of Kansas City, who recently earned his second MVP award and is vying for a second Super Bowl victory, squares up against Hurts of Philadelphia, whose team has gone 16-1 when he has started this year.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the seven Black quarterbacks who have started Super Bowls\u2014Doug Williams, Russell Wilson, and Patrick Mahomes\u2014have tasted success on the highest stage in the NFL.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts had a moment in tunnel after Super Bowl 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1qk85ny0Iu\">https:\/\/t.co\/1qk85ny0Iu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lcUztHHA81\">pic.twitter.com\/lcUztHHA81<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1625226734768365578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>To be lucky enough to be in this position \u2014 and play against another great guy like Jalen \u2014 it will be a special moment. I\u2019m glad we\u2019re here today, but how can we keep moving forward? How can we motivate kids who are younger, who want to follow their dreams to be a quarterback?\u2019 &#8211; <strong>Mahomes\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Hurts<\/strong>, 24, added: \u2018I think it\u2019s history. I think it\u2019s something that\u2019s worthy of being noted and it is history. It\u2019s come a long way. I think it\u2019s only been seven African-American quarterbacks to play in the Super Bowl, so to be the first for something is pretty cool. I know it will be a good one.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jalen Hurts shared a nice moment with Patrick Mahomes in the tunnel after skipping on-field handshake <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gjpxp9Njwe\">https:\/\/t.co\/gjpxp9Njwe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k7rfwfTygc\">pic.twitter.com\/k7rfwfTygc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; For The Win (@ForTheWin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForTheWin\/status\/1625344287251603457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following the Chiefs&#8217; 38-35 victory over Hurts&#8217; Eagles, the Philadelphia Inquirer tweeted a picture of Hurts and Mahomes slapping hands and leaning in for a hug. Hurts was then informed by Mahomes that he played a &#8220;heck of a game,&#8221; by the league&#8217;s MVP, who also won the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Hurts may have departed the State Farm Stadium field before shaking Mahomes&#8217; hand, though, according to a number of sources. After the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, Hurts &#8220;jogged off the field and into the tunnel just now by himself,&#8221; according to Fox Sports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jalen Hurts shared a nice moment with Patrick Mahomes in the tunnel after skipping on-field handshake<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ee3P8FFI0L\">https:\/\/t.co\/ee3P8FFI0L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Football Alliance (@footballiance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballiance\/status\/1625176211201658881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There also weren\u2019t any photos captured of the pair shaking hands on the field postgame, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/super-bowl-2023-jalen-hurts-appears-to-skip-postgame-on-field-handshake-with-patrick-mahomes-after-loss\/\">CBS Sports<\/a>. That, in addition to the handshake between the two coaches, is traditionally a moment shown on NFL broadcasts.<\/p>\n<p>To win their second championship in the previous four years, the Chiefs defeated the Eagles. At halftime, Philadelphia had a 10-point advantage, but Kansas City scored on each of its drives to close the gap. The team also weathered a scare with an injury when Patrick Mahomes worsened a high-ankle sprain sustained in the AFC Divisional Round. With eight seconds left in the fourth quarter, Harrison Butker made the game-winning field goal to give the Chiefs a short lead that they would ultimately hold onto.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UH3xC_FvXeM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NFL UPDATES-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes Gives Fiery Speech After Being Named Super Bowl 57 MVP\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/chiefs-qb-patrick-mahomes-gives-fiery-speech-after-being-named-super-bowl-57-mvp\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes Gives Fiery Speech After Being Named Super Bowl 57 MVP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being the first two Black quarterbacks to start a Super Bowl on Sunday night means a lot to Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts. Patrick Mahomes &amp; Jalen Hurts Super Bowl Moment 2023 Two of the NFL&#8217;s most charismatic players square off in Arizona. Mahomes of Kansas City, who recently earned his second MVP award and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":417918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[5028,2211,2819,5128,5129,2706],"class_list":["post-417917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-chiefs-vs-eagles","tag-nfl-news","tag-nfl-updates","tag-patrick-mahomes-jalen-hurts","tag-patrick-mahomes-jalen-hurts-super-bowl-moment","tag-super-bowl-57"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}