The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs want to turn into the Dallas Cowboys or Detroit Lions of Christmas Day.
The NFL introduced this week that three video games might be held on Christmas Day in the course of the 2025 season, which is up from two final yr. Patrick Mahomes and firm have performed on Dec. 25 the previous two years, and they’re anticipated to be one of many six groups enjoying on the vacation once more subsequent season.
Based on Nate Taylor and Daniel Popper of The Athletic, the Chiefs would love it to remain that means yearly. They’ve reportedly requested that the NFL make them a fixture on the league’s Christmas Day lineup, much like how the Cowboys and Lions each play yearly on Thanksgiving.
With the Chiefs being one of the crucial standard groups in sports activities, the NFL will seemingly be more than pleased to accommodate the request. Video games that function the Chiefs are usually among the many most extremely rated of the season, and that’s unlikely to alter quickly with Mahomes nonetheless in his prime.
As for why Kansas Metropolis would ask for Christmas Day video games, John Breech of CBS Sports activities theorized that Andy Reid’s workforce could also be angling for further relaxation earlier than the playoffs. The Christmas Day video games might be performed in Week 17. The video games fell on a Wednesday final yr, which gave the Chiefs 11 days off earlier than their regular-season finale.
After all, a protracted break between Week 17 and Week 18 means a brief break between Week 16 and Week 17, relying upon which day of the week Christmas falls. Nevertheless, in a season when the Chiefs have clinched a playoff spot and plan to relaxation their starters in Week 18, the prolonged day off after Week 17 is perhaps useful.
Final yr’s Christmas Day sport between the Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers drew 24.1 million viewers, which made it one of many most-streamed video games in U.S. historical past. Having Kansas Metropolis play on Christmas Day yearly would most likely be unhealthy information for one different league.
