New Orleans – Jalen Hearts is one of five quarterbacks who will start two Super Bowl starts before turning 27. He is one of eight quarterbacks starting two Super Bowl starts in his first five seasons.
Patrick Mahomes was the last quarterback to achieve these feats before the pain, but the story was different. Perhaps because Mahomes won the league MVP before the start of the first Super Bowl, or was considered the league’s best quarterback by the time the second Super Bowl started.
Two years ago, when Mahomes was hurt in Super Bowl LVII, Mahomes spoke of the wound: “If there are people who are suspicious left, then it should not be now.” Hurts and Mahomes head back to the Super Bowl Lix As set up, these questions still remain in what is considered to be one of the best quarterbacks in the game.
Mahomes still can’t understand why it is.
“I’m not being honest. That doesn’t make sense to me,” Mahomes told CBS Sports on Thursday. “He’s out there and seems to be a success every year. Whether it’s throwing or running, whatever it is. I honestly don’t know.”
Hurts already played the Philadelphia Eagles in two Super Bowls in five seasons, the first player in NFL history, threw for 300 yards, rushed for 70 yards and rushed for three touchdowns in the game. Bowl against Mahome. Of the active quarterbacks who never win the Super Bowl, only Hearts will start in multiple Super Bowls.
Already third on the best list of all time rushing for a touchdown by a quarterback (55), Hurts is the first quarterback to make more than 10 rushing touchdowns in the season for the fourth straight year. The Hurts have a 5-3 postseason record, completing 65.8% of passes and two career interceptions (93.1 rating) with 17 touchdowns combined. In the postseason, nine rushing touchdowns are NFL records.
“He’s getting better and better,” said Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnulo. “He can sit there and become a pocket quarterback. He can beat you with his feet. He’ll be pretty balanced. He’ll be our attention I’m paying for it.”
The Eagles hurt the playoffs every year as starting quarterback and have a 46-20 record as a starter. The .697 win rate is fifth-best since the 1970 merger, with the start of quarterbacks.
“When you look at his career, all he does is win,” Mahomes said. “That’s the most important job in the NFL – it’s about winning football games. If he’s asked to make big plays happen, he’ll make them happen. I don’t understand that. .”
Mahomes is well aware of the quarterback game. There is a lot to be said each week about that position – the nature of the beast. Healthy advice I use Mahomes and Hurts every week.
“It’s part of the business,” Mahomes said. “People will doubt you.