The playoff bracket right now is defined by the overwhelming difference in quarterback play between the two conferences.
No one could’ve foreseen that the quarterbacks we have in the divisional round would be here once the 2023 season began. This year’s NFL playoffs will feature a record number of Black men who have thrived in leadership positions they rarely had the opportunity to hold in previous generations.
An all-time high of six Black quarterbacks started among the 14 playoff teams.
Baltimore Ravens Lamar Jackson, Kansas City Chiefs Patrick Mahomes, Green Bay Packers’ Jordan Love, and Houston Texans rookie C.J. Stroud are being shown love during a viral post online.
The post outlines five black quarterbacks making it to the divisional round this year, but the picture hilarious below added Baker Mayfield to the mix even though he is a fully American white man. A Caucasian from the mountains of Caucasus.
Fans had various reactions to the picture:
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The growth at quarterback has taken time but black quarterbacks in the league are starting to be seen more and more these days and they are flourishing.
The late Steve McNair was the first to win a league MVP award with the Tennessee Titans in 2003.
Since then, we have seen the likes of Patrick Mahomes multiple times as well as Cam Newton, and possibly Lamar Jackson getting his second MVP trophy.
The way CJ Stroud is playing in Houston, a future MVP trophy appears to be in his future.
