Super Bowl LVIII: A rematch of Super Bowl LIV between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers
Watch Super Bowl LVIII live from Las Vegas on Sky Sports on Sunday, February 11; the game will start at 11.30 p.m. with build-up starting at 10 p.m. Former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick and Christian Wilkins, a defensive lineman for the Miami Dolphins, will join Neil Reynolds and Phoebe Schecter.
Then there were two more! Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, featuring the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, will be the pinnacle of the 2023 NFL season.
In pursuit of a second consecutive ring and a third overall, Patrick Mahomes continues his ascent towards the pantheon of all-time greats, while Brock Purdy—the renowned final choice of the 2022 NFL Draft—is one victory away from equaling one of the greatest achievements in sports history.
Though there was just one Kansas City Chiefs player that was truly deserving of an honour, the annual NFL Honours red carpet and ceremony took place on Thursday night. Among the 32 club representatives nominated for Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year is quarterback Patrick Mahomes. For prestigious honours like Coach of the Year, Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year, Most Valuable Player, and others, Kansas City lacked a legitimate finalist.
The stories from the season are reflected in part in the final voting. That is detrimental to the Chiefs, particularly in light of the fact that they had what many would consider a “down year” by their standards. Their turn-around, and hence a more accurate assessment of their worth, didn’t occur until shortly before the postseason.
With the best player in the sport behind centre and a couple All-Pros on the squad throughout the regular season, it was clear that there was no talent shortage. It also boasts what may be the league’s top head coach. Final voting results are obviously not everything, as the organization’s continued success shows.
Lamar Jackson, the quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens, was appropriately awarded his second NFL MVP trophy. Tyreek Hill and Christian McCaffrey, two non-quarterbacks, just never had great enough opportunities to play against him throughout the regular season because he was so good. Mahomes received two votes for third, fourth, and fifth place respectively after finishing seventh in points. Remarkably, this was one of his worst results since he became a full-time starter in 2018. Regretfully, this was followed by a weak regular season statistics showing.
