Patrick Mahomes’ reign in the NFL is going to be long. The great Texan quarterback fastened his second ring with the Kansas City Chiefs after beating the Philadelphia Eagles in an unforgettable Super Bowl and seized the throne left vacant by the legendary Tom Brady when the Californian announced his retirement a couple of weeks ago.
The Missouri franchise lifted the Vince Lombardi trophy at State Farm Stadium in Glendale (Arizona) at the end of an epic game that will go down in history for bringing two African-American quarterbacks face to face for the first time in a power-to-power confrontation .
Jalen Hurts sealed, with three career touchdowns, a memorable performance in command of some powerful Eagles. But the glory went to Mahomes, one of those generational figures capable of supporting on his shoulders the weight of a sport that paralyzes the United States and expands its borders with unstoppable force.
Still limping from the injury he suffered in the Divisional Round clash against the Jacksonville Jaguars and that forced him to play the American Conference (AFC) final with a visible limp that did not prevent him from taking revenge for the elimination the previous year At the hands of the Cincinnati Bengals, Magic Man overcame in Arizona a first half in which the Eagles imposed their law to cement the Chiefs’ comeback with a steady hand after the locker room and make them touch the sky of the NFL for the third time in its history. After the championship achieved in 1970 with Len Dawson as a benchmark, the Chiefs have played in three of the last four Super Bowls and have won two, forging the beginning of a dynasty that moves the NFL to a new dimension that has Mahomes as its core.