Andy Reid bought into the Christmas spirit.
The Chiefs coach made a postgame outfit change, swapping his sideline apparel for a Santa Claus outfit, to ship the excellent news to his Chiefs gamers after their 29-10 win over the Steelers clinched the AFC title and a first-round bye.
“Merry Christmas! Proud of you, dudes. Proud of you,” he stated. “For the present, you get home field advantage.”
Reid’s entrance was sufficient to steal the thunder from stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, who riled everybody up by displaying off their customized Pere Noel-inspired sideline jackets — presents from Netflix for his or her performances within the victory.
The day was made rather more particular for Kelce, who gave the Acrisure Stadium crowd an undesirable present with the 1,000th reception of his profession, including his 77th landing with the Chiefs to go legend Tony Gonzalez for essentially the most receiving scores in franchise historical past.
Kelce dunked the ball via the uprights — an ode to Gonzalez’s signature TD celebration — and earned an unsportsmanlike penalty for his troubles.
Mahomes was within the giving temper as he linked along with his receivers for 320 yards and three touchdowns within the win.
He threw slightly one thing in there for his spouse, Sports activities Illustrated Swimsuit mannequin Brittany Mahomes, as effectively.
“I told my wife, my pregnant wife, I was gonna get her the No. 1 seed so we can go have that baby,” he stated on the Netflix broadcast. “So we got the one seed.”
Brittany introduced over the summer season she is pregnant with a child lady.
The brand new daughter will be part of a rising brood that already consists of daughter Sterling, 3, and son Bronze, 2.
