{"id":21070,"date":"2024-12-26T01:17:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T01:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=21070"},"modified":"2024-12-26T01:17:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T01:17:33","slug":"nfl-star-sparks-fury-with-gesture-to-travis-kelce-and-patrick-mahomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=21070","title":{"rendered":"NFL star sparks fury with gesture to Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>READ MORE: Patrick Mahomes drops major hint over wife Brittany&#8217;s due date<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By MAX WINTERS<\/p>\n<p>Published:<time datetime=\"2024-12-26T00:42:16+0000\"> 19:42 EST, 25 December 2024 <\/time> | Updated: <time datetime=\"2024-12-26T00:44:13+0000\"> 19:44 EST, 25 December 2024 <\/time><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NFL fans think Pittsburgh Steelers star George Pickens was issuing a come-and-get-me plea when he spoke to Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs pair were being interviewed by Netflix after their resounding 29-10 win over the Steelers when Pickens approached from behind the camera.<\/p>\n<p>The receiver congratulated Kelce and Mahomes and shook their hands, although fans think he made the move in order to engineer a trade to Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>One posted on X: &#8216;That was him telling them he&#8217;s interested in being a Chief asap.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another questioned: &#8216;What the hell is Pickens doing?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Laying the groundwork for him to come to Kansas City,&#8217; a third wrote.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NFL fans think George Pickens was issuing a come-and-get-me plea to Kelce and Mahomes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pickens had three catches for 50 yards during the game as he continued what has been a controversial season so far.<\/p>\n<p>He brawled with a Cleveland Browns player last month and was then flagged for two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties in a win over the Cincinnati Bengals.<\/p>\n<p>There was no\u00a0Taylor Swift in attendance but\u00a0Kelce\u00a0still managed to set a new Chiefs touchdown record as he finally surpassed fellow tight end Tony Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Mahomes also passed for 320 yards and three touchdowns as the Chiefs locked up the top seed in the AFC for the fourth time in seven seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time defending Super Bowl champions raced to an early 13-point lead and were never really threatened by the Steelers, who have dropped three straight as their chances of capturing the AFC North took another hit.<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes connected on first-half scoring tosses to Xavier Worthy and Justin Watson and Kansas City&#8217;s defense did most of the rest even with perennial All-Pro defensive end Chris Jones sitting out while nursing a calf injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs sacked Russell Wilson five times, forced two turnovers and hardly looked gassed while playing for the third time in 11 days.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce caught eight passes for 84 yards while becoming the third tight end in NFL history to reach 1,000 receptions, joining Hall of Famer Gonzalez and Jason Witten.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce sealed Kansas City&#8217;s fifth straight victory with a 12-yard touchdown grab early in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old celebrated by dunking the ball over the goal post, which drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and groans from a capacity crowd at Acrisure Stadium that has grown used to seeing Mahomes toy with the hometown team.<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes is now 4-0 against the Steelers in his career, with 17 touchdowns against one interception.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs pair were being interviewed by Netflix after their resounding 29-10 win over the Steelers when their opponent approached from behind the camera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[176,9,182],"class_list":["post-21070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-dailymail","tag-nfl","tag-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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