Ryan Clark showers massive praise on Patrick Mahomes’ and Jalen Hurts’ fathers for raising great men and changing the ‘absent Black father’ narrative
Ryan Clark thanks Patrick Mahomes Sr. and Averion Hurts for raising two great leaders.
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Super Bowl LVII has finally got its contenders in Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs and these two teams will travel to Arizona to win the World Championship. This Super Bowl will mark the first time in NFL history that the two starting quarterbacks are both African-Americans. Additionally, two brothers -Jason and Travis Kelce are set to face each other, which is also a first in Super Bowl history.
Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts both have led their respective to the No.1 seed position in their conferences. At the start of the season, the Eagles quarterback was the front-runner for this year’s MVP but after missing a few games due to his injury, Mahomes took the lead and most probably will be announced the 2023 NFL MVP.
Former NFL safety turned analyst, Ryan Clark, made an astute observation regarding the two African-American quarterbacks. While talking on ESPN’s show Get Up, Clark said that the fathers of both these young quarterbacks have done a great job of making great leaders out of them and also changing the narrative of an “absent black father” that is pushed through the media.
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Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts were lucky to be raised by their fathers
Talking about the opportunity of two Black quarterbacks playing in the Super Bowl, Ryan Clark said, “It says a lot of where Black QBs have come as far as the position and as far as people see them as leaders of teams. Also wanna point to Averion Hurts and Patrick Mahomes Sr. So many times the narrative about black fathers and black families is that they come from broken homes.”
Clark said let’s change this narrative once and for all. He pointed out that Patrick Mahomes Sr. has been a pivotal role model in the Chiefs quarterback’s life growing up. Pat Mahomes played as a pitcher in Major League Baseball for 11 years and often used to bring young Mahomes to the locker rooms. “Taught him how to lead,” Clark said.
Averion Hurts, father of Jalen Hurts, was the head coach of Channelview High School, where the Eagles quarterback used to play. Averion used to coach Jalen, and he also taught him how to be a great quarterback and leader. Ryan continued, “I think so many times we focus on the big picture and we miss the small picture. How these men were raised by their fathers and now what they do to lead locker rooms.” Clark went on to congratulate Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts and their parents for raising excellent men.
Both of these great leaders will now go on to battle it out at State Farm Stadium to win the Super Bowl and etch their names in the record books forever.
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