The Kansas City Chiefs crushed the Steelers 29-10, locking down the AFC’s No. 1 seed. But apparently, winning isn’t enough for these guys—they had to dress the part too. Enter Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes, strolling into the locker room like they just stepped off the set of Elf 2: The Bros Return. Shiny red jackets? Check. Fur trim? Double check. Subtlety? Not in their vocabulary.
Kelce, the 35-year-old tight end who is clearly having more fun than a kid on Christmas morning, waved his jacket like he was auditioning for a holiday-themed WWE special. The Chiefs’ social media team, never ones to miss a moment, captioned the spectacle with “HO HO HO(w) ‘bout those CHIEEEEEEEFS!!” because, of course, they did.
And just when you thought the cringe levels were maxed out, in walks Andy Reid. As Santa. Beard and all. “Merry Christmas,” Reid announces, delivering the ultimate present: home-field advantage. Forget the Grinch stealing Christmas; this team just overdosed on it.
But wait, there’s more. Netflix, because who else, gifted Kelce and Mahomes footballs made of cake. Kelce cracked his open like it held a winning lottery ticket. “A little red velvet,” he declared with the enthusiasm of a man who’s never seen cake before. Mahomes? He passed. “Watching my weight until playoffs,” he quipped, clearly holding on to the quarterback handbook of Dad Jokes for Every Occasion.
Of course, Kelce couldn’t resist chiming in: “More push-aways than pull-ins, that’s what Coach Reid says.” You can practically hear the dad-joke echo chamber reverberating across the room.
Oh, and by the way, Kelce scored his 90th touchdown of the season. That’s cool and all, but let’s not let record-breaking achievements overshadow the real highlight: two grown men living their best Christmas movie fantasies in a football locker room.
Stay tuned for next week’s episode of Chiefsmas Chronicles, when they take on the Broncos in Denver. Maybe they’ll come dressed as reindeer. Wouldn’t put it past them.