As if the news of Rihanna headlining the halftime show is not epic enough, Super Bowl Sunday is about to get even more historic when  Kansas City Chiefs Patrick Mahomes and Philadelphia Eagles’ Jalen Hurts face off for the championship. The two will be the first Black quarterbacks in NFL history to play against one another in the championship game.

Mahomes will make his third trip to the Super Bowl after a 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. He was the third Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl in 2020 when he led the Chiefs over the San Francisco 49ers. He lost against the Tampa Buccaneers a year later.

“I don’t think we have any cigars, but we’ll be ready to go at the Super Bowl,” Mahomes said during Sunday’s postgame interview, poking fun at Joe Burrow’s penchant for puffing those after big wins.

If Mahomes wins against the Eagles, he will be the first Black quarterback with multiple Super Bowl wins.

The Eagles swept the 49ers, 31-7, paving the way for  Hurts to potentially become the fourth Black quarterback to win the Lombardi Trophy, behind Mahomes, Doug Williams, and Russell Wilson.

“I don’t really know how to feel to be honest,” Hurts said during his postgame news conference on Sunday. “You work really hard to put yourself in this position and I’m forever grateful. Only God knows the things that each individual on this team has been able to overcome for us to come together as a team and do something special as a group. That’s what means the most. I always want to go out there and give my best regardless of what’s going on because I don’t want to let down the guy next to me. That makes us all go harder.”

The monumental standoff is not lost on many.

Former Heisman quarterback Robert Griffin III tweeted, “Historically, Black QBs have been told they can get it done athletically but not mentally. That stereotype has always been wrong. Now, for the 1st time we have 2 BLACK QBs IN THE SUPER BOWL. They beat you athletically, with their arm and their brain. The NEW PROTOTYPICAL NFL QB.”