GLENDALE, Ariz. — Even by fashionable Super Bowl requirements, what occurred on Sunday was additional. Even by Arizona Super Bowl requirements, it was extra. Even by Patrick Mahomes‘ requirements? Well, you noticed it too — you inform me.
And when you did not see Super Bowl LVII, I’m actually, genuinely sorry, since you missed a recreation and an event for which solely the spiciest superlatives will do, a Super Bowl to be remembered ceaselessly amid a stretch of epic NFL title-deciders that is starting to defy perception.
Football followers, we’re spoiled proper now. And would not it really feel good?
Dating again to 2008, additionally when Glendale performed host, proper up till the 38-35 white-knuckle ride between Mahomes’ Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, the massive recreation is on an almighty tear.
This? This was even higher than most.
What occurred on Sunday night time is not regular. If it was the primary soccer recreation you’ve got ever watched, sorry once more, since you’re ruined ceaselessly. In the constructing that noticed David Tyree’s catch and Malcolm Butler’s decide, Mahomes and Jalen Hurts threw haymakers at one another and by no means let up.
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Remember when the Super Bowl at all times appeared to be a blowout? When the percentages had been higher than even that the competition is likely to be a snoozer, however hey, not less than the halftime present would seemingly be good?
If you may’t recall that time, it’s exhausting accountable you, as a result of we at the moment are a decade and a half into the annual fiesta nearly at all times offering one thing actually memorable, with a teensy handful of exceptions.
The occasions of Sunday night time, then, aren’t essentially an outlier, however this was especially particular — that’s clumsily phrased, however there are only some descriptors that start to do it justice. Mahomes and Hurts had greater than 600 yards collectively, and 7 touchdowns, with Mahomes throwing darts and envisioning tips and hobbling alongside, and Hurts creating choices along with his creativeness and arm, then scoring most frequently along with his legs.
The drama was spellbinding and would have been much more so if not for that painful final holding name. There had been enormous performs, controversial calls and a second of weak point from Hurts — a chaotic fumble — that one way or the other solely emboldened your appreciation of his character, so sturdy was the response.
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I do not know the way many individuals had been at each the Super Bowl and the FIFA World Cup final in December, however I really feel immensely lucky to be amongst that quantity, two all-time blockbusters separated by simply 55 days.
The world recreation’s greatest showcase was unbelievable, as Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe dueled in a battle for the ages, between guys of vastly totally different ages. America’s recreation responded in type.
Sometimes recency bias comes into play, however it’s exhausting to think about how the luster of this recreation will fade any with passing years. Maybe it is going to be the other, for issues acquired so frenetic as Sunday night wore on that it was tough to maintain up, with no time to marvel at one piece of magic earlier than the subsequent rolled in.
Will this be seen because the catalyst for Mahomes to start out shifting within the course of serial Super Bowl-winning QBs? With Hurts use this as a springboard for his personal true stardom? Or perhaps it’s only a second to be taken in isolation, appreciated for its personal significance as an alternative of something to come back later. There had been numerous questions there, so this is some extra.
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First, what subsequent? Can the Daytona 500 conjure a day of thrills and edge-of-seat twists this weekend? With the Final Four supply one thing Christian Laettner-esque, or higher? Is an NBA Finals Game 7 spectacular within the playing cards?
And, if the reply to any of the above is sure, can we deal with all this pleasure?
Of course we will, we should simply keep in mind to breathe. Go forward sports activities, spoil us some extra.
Martin Rogers is a columnist for FOX Sports and the creator of the FOX Sports Insider publication. Follow him on Twitter @MRogersFOX and subscribe to the daily newsletter.
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