It was a cracking game, wasn’t it? I’ve watched each and every Super Bowl for the last decade or so, staying up until the ungodly hours of the following morning to see who will win the big game. Being British has usually meant that I then would go to school the following morning and hate myself for doing so, but it is always worth it. Well, it usually is - thankfully I was at university for the incredibly boring Super Bowl 53. However, this year’s game between the San Francisco 49ers and the eventual winners, the Kansas City Chiefs, was an insanely enjoyable watch. It was a chess match that stayed close deep into the fourth quarter, before the Chiefs - and Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes - woke from their slumber and called game. It was a particularly intriguing game because it really should have been won by the 49ers, but for the generational talent that is the 24-year old Mahomes.

Patrick Lavon Mahomes II is one year older than I am. It’s a particularly depressing thought considering he has won an NFL MVP award, a Super Bowl MVP award and lifted the Vince Lombardi trophy (I’m sure he hasn’t created a blog though, so who is the real winner here?). I thought Damien Williams was more fitting of the MVP for the game on Sunday - he went for 133 total yards and two touchdowns - but Mahomes inspired the Chiefs to yet another crucial comeback late in the fourth quarter of the biggest game of his life. Super Bowl 54 made me truly understand how good this Chiefs quarterback is, and the irony in this stems from the fact that it was largely one of Mahomes’ worst games in his young but accomplished NFL career. What is the one thing that I’ve learnt Mahomes does not do? Throw interceptions. Yet, in the biggest game of the season and his career thus far, Mahomes threw two. This ultimately did not matter, as the Chiefs still won by eleven points. That’s insanity - and it highlights the power of belief in your quarterback’s ability, no matter the situation.