There was a historic Super Bowl matchup involving Black leaders just 16 years ago; that progress has been erased.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes fields questions from members of the media during Super Bowl Opening Night at Footprint CenterThis is one of those ironies that’s so perfect it all but proves the reality of a higher power guiding it to pass.
Today, Black parents don’t spend as much time getting their sons ready for the reality that no matter how good they are, if they want to go pro, they’ll have to switch to a new position like Marlin Briscoe, who set a rookie touchdown passing record in 1968 that still stands for the Broncos, but ended up getting traded in the offseason and becoming a two-time Super Bowl champion for the Dolphins — playing wide receiver.
It didn’t hit me until I was driving home, but this is something that the men who taught me football would never have fathomed possible in the NFL. But if there are Black backup quarterbacks — not just Super Bowl champions, league MVPs, Pro Bowlers, all-time greats and legends — it shows real progress toward equality. Black quarterbacks no longer have to be the absolute best just to get a chance to make a team.Chiefs rookie Isiah Pacheco showed potential in NFL debut vs. Cardinals
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