Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes Swap Uniforms for Shiny Santa Clause-Style Coats After Big Christmas Day Win

Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes were all ready for the Chiefs to win!

After helping the Kansas City Chiefs clinch the No. 1 seed in the AFC with a 29-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Dec. 25, the tight end, 35, stormed into the locker room with the team’s quarterback, 29, sleek , shiny red jackets with with a white, fur border.

Upon entering the locker room, Kelce jumped around, raised his fist in the air and waved his jacket back and forth. The moment was captured on video and later posted on the team’s social media accounts.

“HO HO HO(w) o team CHIEEEEEEEFS!!,” the team wrote on Instagram.

Patrick Mahomes jokes he’s ‘watching his weight’ as Travis Kelce takes a big bite of pie to celebrate Chiefs’ Christmas win

“Boy, you look good!” someone yells at the two players as they pose for the camera. But just as Kelce and Mahomes do so, they are surprised by their head coach, Andy Reid, who walks into the room dressed as Santa Claus, in full gear and beard.

“Hey, Merry Christmas,” Reid says to the crew as they circle around him. “Proud of you. You have the home field advantage for now.”

“Santa Reid gives the best gift of all,” the NFL captioned a video of the moment on X.

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Travis Kelce wears a red, stylish jacket.

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Before heading into the locker room to celebrate, Kelce and Mahomes returned to the field to join senior NFL reporter Stacey Dales, who presented them with footballs made of cupcakes on behalf of Netflix.

After struggling to open the football, Kelce opened his.

“Oh yeah, look at that,” the tight end says, holding the cake, which was captured on video and posted to X by the team. “Little Red Velvet.”

Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce wear red jackets after winning the Christmas game.

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While Kelce continued to nibble on the cake, his quarterback decided not to taste it.

“I’m watching my weight until the playoffs, you know?” the quarterback says, laughing.

“More pushing than pulling in, that’s the coach [Andy] Reid would say,” Kelce interjects as he continues to eat the cake.

The play also helped Kelce earn another spot in the NFL record books. He caught his 90th touchdown pass of the season. The 2024 season is his seventh with at least 90 TD receptions, the Chiefs said. Only wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has more with eight seasons with at least 90 TD receptions.

The Chiefs will play one more game next week, against the Broncos in Denver, to close out the regular season. before the playoffs.

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