Coach Reid’s ready for it. I’ll take it to him,” the Chiefs quarterback said of his head coach, Andy Reid, after declining to take a bite of the cake.

Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce have the Kansas City Chiefs back in a familiar spot late in the season as they clinched the top seed in the AFC with their Christmas Day win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Patrick Mahomes has cleared the air about his less-than-enthusiastic reaction to Netflix’s football-shaped cake during a post-game interview after leading the Kansas City Chiefs to a Christmas Day win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Chiefs wide receiver Justin Watson (No. 84) and Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes (No. 15) celebrate their 11-yard touchdown connection during an NFL Week 17 game against the Steelers at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Dec 25, 2024. Barry Reeger Imagn Images

Netflix looks to have scored big with its Christmas Day coverage of two NFL games. It has set new streaming records for the league and avoided any technical glitches. However, the success looks to have largely been priced into the stock.

The Netflix NFL doubleheader on Christmas Day was a huge success. Both games averaged over 24 million viewers setting a streaming record, with no buffering issues