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What Mahomes, Tannehill, Rodgers and Garoppolo have to do to reach Super Bowl

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Pitchers and catchers report Sunday.

In the NFL, that means four of the league's most intriguing quarterbacks - Kansas City's Patrick Mahomes, Tennessee's Ryan Tannehill, San Francisco's Jimmy Garoppolo, and Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers - along with a truckload of sure-handed receivers are one victory away from Super Bowl LIV.

It also means that in the AFC, a curveball is coming.

In 15 of the last 16 Super Bowls, teams from that conference have been represented by one of three quarterbacks: Tom Brady, Peyton Manning or Ben Roethlisberger. The lone exception came in the 2012 season when Joe Flacco helped lead Baltimore

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