SAN DIEGO — The first thing I’d like you to know about Sunday’s AFC championship game goes back to June 2017 and a football clinic at Coronado High School. “Come on out,” the event’s promoter told me. “We have some good quarterbacks as instructors.” Yeah, the instructors were pretty good all right. One was Patrick Mahomes. Another was Lamar Jackson. Many successes later, the two will duel Sunday with a Super Bowl berth on the line. In their visit to San Diego seven years ago, what did I glean from Mahomes and Jackson in brief chats with each one? They were comfortable talking with a stranger. …
