Travis Kelce and his pal Patrick Mahomes, who have star performers this NFL season, will reportedly be sitting out the Wild Card Playoffs games kicking off this weekend.
The Kansas City Chiefs, who have been collecting back to back wins under their belts, clinched the No. 1 seed in the AFC following their 2024 Christmas victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I thought it was a full-team performance. Defense stepped up, offense stepped up [and] everyone had their imprint on the game,” Chiefs quarterback Mahomes told the press after the game. “I told my pregnant wife [Brittany Mahomes] I was going to get the No. 1 seed, so we can have the baby.”
The No. 1 seed pick does not have to play in a Wild Card game. The other top seven teams in the conference will take the field, while the Chiefs and the Lions get what is best described as a hard-earned day off. For Patrick, it is also when his wife is due to give birth to their third baby.
Kelce’s team will be playing against the winner of one of the Wild Card games later this month in a divisional playoff round.
The divisional winners will next face each other in an attempt to advance to the conference championship, which determines the NFC and AFC teams that will be playing in the 2025 Super Bowl.
Super Bowl LIX will be held in New Orleans on Sunday, February 9th, and will have a special performance by Post Malone.
If another win is in the cards for the Chiefs, they will be making history with three consecutive Super Bowl trophies.
