The Kansas City Chiefs locked up the No. 1 seed in the AFC on Christmas with a 29-10 blowout victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
With the win, Kansas City will have a bye through the first round of the playoffs. The team will also have the chance to rest players in the final week of the regular season if they so choose – which is welcomed news for star quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
“It’s just going to be nice getting guys healthy,” he said, via ESPN. “I think this was the earliest [regular-season] bye I’ve ever had just in general. To kind of have this grind of whatever it is — I think we had our bye Week 6 — so it’s like almost 10 weeks of just football and grinding and then this short schedule at the very end of the year.
“We have some guys banged up, and to get them back healthy now and we’ll see how Week 18 goes and who plays and who doesn’t play. That’s up to Coach [Andy Reid]. But even getting this little break, getting back healthy and then getting ourselves ready to go for the playoffs, it was super important.”
During Wednesday’s game, star tight end Travis Kelce set the franchise record with his 77th touchdown, passing the legendary Tony Gonzalez. His girlfriend, Taylor Swift, wasn’t in the stands to watch, but a new photo of Swift from the team’s Christmas day game last season has emerged to placate fans.
“New pic of Taylor at the Chiefs Christmas game last year,” a Taylor Swift fan account said.
Kansas City closes out the season with a game against the Denver Broncos, who are fighting for one of the two wild card spots in the AFC.
