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Warren Moon on the First Super Bowl Matchup of Black Quarterbacks

Warren Moon was playing in Reggie Jackson’s celebrity golf tournament in West Palm Beach, Fla., eight days ago. He watched the second of two conference championship games unfold from inside a restaurant, sitting with two other retired NFL luminaries, Jerome Bettis and Mark Clayton. The Eagles having already toppled the 49ers earlier that afternoon, they all wondered the same thing.

If the Chiefs beat the Bengals, that would mean that Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts would start at quarterback in Super Bowl LVII. “Has that ever happened before?” Moon asked the group. “Two Black quarterbacks starting in the Super Bowl?”

History will be made on Sunday.

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