MIAMI — Kyle Shurmur delivered the appropriate caveat when asked about the coaching style of his father, new Broncos offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur.

“Obviously, I’m biased,” Kyle said with a laugh Monday evening during Super Bowl media conferences.

Biased? Naturally — it’s his pops.

But informed? Absolutely — you don’t grow up around the game and start for 3 1/2 years in the SEC without becoming qualified to talk about quarterback play.

And Kyle, a 23-year old practice squad quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, gives a thumbs up to the Broncos for trusting his dad to develop the team’s young core of offensive players in general and quarterback Drew Lock in particular.

“My dad is a great communicator, first and foremost,” Kyle said. “Players always want to play hard for him and that’s the foundation for showing up to work every day. On top of that, he has a great mind and I think he can help young quarterbacks develop and do some great things. I know he’s super excited to work with Drew.”

Pat Shurmur was fired as the New York Giants’ coach on Dec. 30 after two seasons. On the weekend of Jan. 10-12, he was in Kansas City with his wife visiting Kyle when an interview with Broncos coach Vic Fangio was scheduled.

“He spent some time with my mom, me and my girlfriend and it was great to see him because that was the first time I had seen him in a couple of months,” Kyle said. “And he got the call to go and interview.”

Kyle said he expected his father to stay in coaching even though he could have sat out the season and collected a Giants paycheck.

“Absolutely,” Kyle said. “My dad is a career coach — it’s what he does. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out in New York, but he loves football and he loves showing up every day trying to make the most out of his opportunities and helping inspire players to be successful.

“He’s going to do a great job in Denver.”

Being the son of a coach usually means being on the move as a kid and Kyle was no different. He was born in East Lansing, Mich., (Pat was then an assistant at Michigan State) and spent one year in California (Pat was Stanford’s offensive line coach), 10 years in Philadelphia (Pat was an Eagles assistant) and two in St. Louis (Pat was the Rams’ offensive coordinator).

Kyle started his high school football career in Lakewood, Ohio, when dad was Cleveland’s head coach and finished in Wyndmoor, Pa., when Pat returned to the Eagles on coach Chip Kelly’s staff.

During his college recruitment, Kyle said Pat was hands on, but took a step back when he joined Vanderbilt.

“Throughout the recruiting process, he was very involved in helping me find a place where I was going to get great coaching,” Kyle said. “Once he found out I was going to be coached well, he stayed out of the way. He was going to respect the other coaches and let them coach me.”

Kyle took over as Vanderbilt’s starter for the final half of his freshman year. He ended his career as the Commodores’ all-time leader in yards (8,865), touchdowns (64), completions (722) and attempts (1,264), eclipsing Jay Cutler’s records.

Kyle estimated Pat saw “probably five games” in person over his final three college seasons.

“He would come to watch during his bye weeks and when he had Thursday night games,” Kyle said. “But he was always watching (from afar).”

Kyle signed with Kansas City as a free agent after not being drafted. The Shurmur family was reunited with Chiefs coach Andy Reid. Kyle spent the entire season on the practice squad save for a short stint (Oct. 22-Nov. 2) on the active roster.

Reid hired Pat for his first NFL coaching post.

“Coach Reid really developed my dad’s foundation as a coach and as an offensive coach and teacher,” Kyle said. “It was the first time he was a quarterbacks coach (in 2002) and my dad attributes a lot of what he knows and what he does as a coach to Coach Reid. And I love being here with Coach Reid. He’s taught me so much in just a few months.”

Around the Super Bowl

1. I asked Chiefs special teams coach Dave Toub if his group has ever stopped a fake punt better than in their Week 6 rout of the Broncos. Toub said the key was the Broncos using Diontae Spencer as a gunner. “(No. 11) was in the game and he’s not a gunner so when he lined up, it gave us a heads up,” he said. “He went in motion and our guys just played it good. They’re good when they work and not so good when they don’t.” The Chiefs sacked punter Colby Wadman when Devontae Booker wasn’t open.

2. If Kansas City remains a one-point favorite, it will mark only the fourth time in Super Bowl history the point-spread was so small. As one-point favorites, Miami beat Washington 14-7 in (Super Bowl VII), San Francisco beat Cincinnati 26-21 (Super Bowl XVI) and Seattle lost to New England 28-24 (Super Bowl XLIX)

3. San Francisco defensive coordinator Robert Saleh on the Chiefs’ offense: “They’re very explosive. (Patrick) Mahomes has gotten better (compared to the teams’ 2018 meeting). At every position, it almost looks like they got their roster from the Olympic relay team and threw them all on the football field.”