The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will square off in Super Bowl LVII this Sunday, February 12, at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
Jalen Hurts will undoubtedly play in this Super Bowl because he is not listed on the Philadelphia Eagles' official injury report this week. He appears to be in good shape for the year's biggest sporting event.
Patrick Mahomes was named the Associated Press 2022 NFL Most Valuable Player on Thursday Night at NFL Honors in Phoenix.
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Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts will be the first starting Black quarterbacks to compete in a Super Bowl. Travis Kelce of the Chiefs and Jason Kelce of the Eagles will be the first brothers to compete in a Super Bowl.
Eagles injury report for Super Bowl
Late in the regular season, Jalen Hurts missed two games due to a shoulder ailment, but it doesn't seem to be a problem anymore. With an extra week to rest and recover following the NFC Championship Game, Hurts' shoulder doesn't seem to pose a problem for the Super Bowl. However, the 24-year-old finished second for the AP NFL MVP to Mahomes.
Hurts is the center of attention as he is all set to join Doug Williams, Patrick Mahomes, and Russell Wilson as the fourth quarterback of this race to win the Vince Lombardi Trophy by winning the Super Bowl.
Landon Dickerson (elbow) is a full participant.
Lane Johnson (groin/rest) - Participant Limitation
Cam Jurgen (hip/rest) - Participant Limitation
Avonte Maddox (toe/rest) - Participant Limitation
Robert Quinn (foot) - Participant in Full
The Eagles benefited from their bye week as well. Last week, all of these players were non-participants.
Super Bowl matchup between the first black quarterbacks
Mahomes and Hurts will be the first black quarterbacks to compete in a Super Bowl if they both play on February 12.
In addition to Patrick Mahomes, who is playing in his third Super Bowl in only five seasons as a starter for the Chiefs and is undoubtedly the league's current face, the Eagles have one of Mahomes' newest rivals for the title of top-rising stars in Jalen Hurts, a finalist for NFL MVP at the age of 24.
Mahomes and Hurts will be the first pair of African-American quarterbacks to ever face off in a Super Bowl, thus together, they have already made history. But they also possess amazing talents of their own.
Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes both finished in the top three with several important passing stats, including yards per attempt (Mahomes 8.1, Hurts 8.05), QB rating (Mahomes 105.2, Hurts 101.5), and TD/INT ratio (Hurts 3.67, Mahomes 3.42).
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