Given what everyone had been saying about the Buffalo Bills’ spectacular season, I thought last night’s game would be a tough one for the Kansas City Chiefs, especially given that the Chiefs had to play the Bills in frigid temperatures at Highmark Stadium. But as it turned out, not so much. The Chiefs won the game, 27-24, and will now play the Baltimore Ravens at the NFL Conference Championships, basically deciding which team goes to the Super Bowl. That game happens next Sunday! For now, let’s just celebrate the Chiefs!
After some subpar performances in December, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce are back in the zone – they broke records in last night’s game for “the most post-season touchdowns by a pair in NFL history.” Killa Trav caught two touchdown passes, which was celebrated by his family and his girlfriend in their private suite. Jason Kelce was there, and Jason ripped off his shirt and did a big scream/celebration. Taylor Swift was obviously there too – she brought a friend, comedian Jerrod Carmichael. Jerrod has been absorbed into the squad – he’s been seen out with Taylor’s group so many times in recent months.
As for Taylor, she was in full WAG mode, partying with Jerrod, Brittany Mahomes and Jason Kelce’s wife Kylie. Donna Kelce was there too, as was Travis’s father. Tay arrived at Highmark wearing an $1,800 jacket from the GANT x Kilo Kish Blank Canvas Project collaboration. When Bills fans booed her, she blew them a kiss. When Travis and the Chiefs won, Travis did the “heart” hand gesture, which is being called some kind of tribute to Taylor (because she does it too).
Taylor Swift arriving at the Chiefs-Bills game. pic.twitter.com/8kRqgQdPDr
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It was a really good game, just back and forth the whole time. Kansas City looked good but so did Buffalo, it was definitely tough for the Chiefs, there was nothing assured about that game at all. Poor Bills kicker.
But this means the Chiefs are coming to Baltimore and WE ARE READY!!!!!!! Go Ravens!!
This is what I hate about watching sports. I felt AWFUL for the kicker ☹️ must feel like you blew the entire season even tho it obvs wasn’t his fault
Swift also brought model Cara Delevingne seen to the left of Jason in the picture.
I felt awful for him too. It’s gotta be rough when one of those nail-biting moments comes down to just one person to make it or break it. That’s a ton of pressure. Poor guy.
It’s not the first time he’s choked during the playoffs. It seems like he has a serious case of the YIPS.
The real problem was Josh Allen going for a bad pass to the end zone instead of the wide open pass for the first down, which led to needing the field goal. There were plenty of other mistakes as well.
The Bills had their chances, it was no run away for the Chiefs. I was pulling for the Bills.
Even though I was going for the Chiefs, I screamed when that kick went wide.
I have an unhealthy obsession with kickers, though. For God’s sake, the RAIDERS are my team because of Daniel Carlson.
I was rooting for the Bills for family reasons and confidence pools. Love Andy Reid. The Ravens vs. the Chiefs game will be epic. Adore Justin Tucker. He’s an opera singer! I’m cheering for the Ravens in the next battle.
I’ve been cheering for KC this season just for the fun of all of this…. But sorry- now iits GO RAVENS time!
@Becks1, we’re Steelers fans in my household, so it normally goes against the grain in a huge way to root for the Ravens, but in this case I will. We’re sick to death of Mahomes. Go Ravens…ouch, that hurt.
GO RAVENS!!!
It was a nail biting game for sure. So happy the Chiefs won. And now I have a decision to make. Do I root for my adopted team (Chiefs) or my hometown team (Ravens)?
In the end, I’ve got to go with my hometown. Go Ravens! 💜🖤
We don’t know how things will shake out(0bvsiously). My preference is making/having foods from both teams. The 2013 Super Bowl, Ravens vs. SF, we made Baltimore Pit Beef & West Coast Clam chowder. First time I made Baltimore Pit Beef. It’s pretty tasty. The sauce is very similar to Alabama white sauce. We’re having crab cakes too. Go Raven’s!.
This current Ravens roster was built for a moment like this. Go Ravens!
I didn’t have a horse in the race and yet I was still SO STRESSED throughout that game, it was a close one!
I’m sure the kicker feels t e r r i b l e, but the fact of the matter is that you can’t lose on a missed field goal unless you were already behind – and that’s on everybody else on the team, for letting scores happen and for not converting scoring opportunities. It’s just so highlighted when you miss the final kick or throw the final interception or drop the final pass.
Exactly. No game is lost due to one play.
Yes! When a coach chooses to go for it on 4th and 1 (or whatever), early in a game..instead of putting 3 pts on the board. Nonsense.imo
GO RAVENS!!!!!
😭😭😭. It was a close game right up till the end and I’m sad the Bills lost. Yes Taylor was there supporting her man. Best part was Jason Kelce with no shirt just letting lose lol.
Loved watching Jason! He was out with the fans tailgating too I believe – there’s a video of him taking a shot out of a bowling ball, of all things. He looked like he was having a blast!
A Bills tailgate is an experience, it should actually be on everyone’s bucket list. (Of course I may be biased).
Jason Kelse stole the show yesterday. No one was really watching Taylor all that much. I’m one of those petty bitches who want’s everyone to lose once her team is out of the race. But I will define rooting for KC just so the anti-vaxxers, anti-women, trash-ass conservatives can CHOKE.
I loved Jason Kelce. He was having the best time. I root against the Chiefs because I am from Denver (don’t ask me, those are the rules), but Jason was so delightful. I love the brothers’ relationship!
Yeah, the Kelce suite had everything MAGA hates. Women, Bud light, POC, vaccinated arms, a famous person who gets people to register to vote. No wonder they were burning Taylor cutouts outside the stadium. Allegedly she got extra death threats this week.
😂😂😂 💙💙💙
With Jarrod and Cara the gays were representing too.
People are crying and throwing up on Vogue’s Insta because some writer detailed her journey from “I hate football” to actual invested-in-the-playoffs fandom via Tay. I’m more convinced than ever after reading Celebitchy and looking at these links that FOLKS NEED TO LIGHTEN UP. And the NFL needs to give Tay a bonus cuz, after the kneeling wars and CTE and horrible owners and giant men behaving badly to their WAGs, finally! Something normal. A guy met a girl. They like each other. They like each other’s families, they’re meeting each other’s friends. She’s the best PR that collection of toxic million- and billionaires has had in years. They need to erect altars and worship her. 😂😂😂
Jason Kelsey was a breath of fresh air during this championship game. I love that he was tailgating with the Buffalo Bill’s “mafia” fans and they instantly couldn’t be mad at this Wonderful Older Brother.
At the end Bills fans threw snowballs at Mahomie and at least one other KC player still on the field. Keeping it classy in Buffalo. Go Chiefs!!
And at the team bus as it was leaving too. I was impressed with all the people coming out to help get the snow out of the stadium, but then the throwing stuff? Leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Not classy, Buffalo.
The good part is the sore loser Bills fans didn’t get what they wanted, anger from the Chiefs who were completely unbothered.
Another player said the team turned the hot water off in the locker room. Honestly that says so much about how gross Buffalo, the organization and the fans are.
Taylor Swift requires extra security because of the amount of DEATH threats
The team can’t sign fans papers because they are getting accosted with snowballs
They are getting hit while playing
They can’t shower in hot water
And then they leave and have stuff thrown at them.
Grow up losers.
1000% agree. No hot water in the showers, death threats, bonfires to burn up Taylor images, and you never know if they packed their snowballs around a rock…classless losers.
Some dude with an NFL show, Kyle Brandt, had a long spiel where he said Swift should be more of a Buffalo Bills girl, and leave the Chiefs. This angered Swifties who then dug up some past racism, including a habit of using the n word. Maybe I’m bad for laughing at it but cmon, shutting up is free and he shouldn’t have a sports show in the first place with that in his history.
Was that Cara Delvingne over shirtless Jason kelce’s shoulder?
Both of the games played yesterday were really good.
Divisional playoff weekend historically has some of the best games of the whole season. And the Kelce contingency looked like they were having a wonderful time.
Yeah that was Cara Delavigne, I wonder if she broke her sobriety just by breathing in the air next to Jason
Yes can we please take a moment to bask in the Lions’ victory too? Talk about long-suffering fans. WE NEEDED THIS.
This all the way. I’m happy for KC to have won, but the Lions win was awesome!! I really hope they can beat the 49ers and make it to the Superbowl. After the run they’ve had, they deserve it!
Was so happy to see the Lions win. Last week when they won the announcers talked about specific long term season ticket holders who were crying in the stands. Sports has a lot of downsides, but man, a fan’s love of a team will pull at your heartstrings.
Eagles fan here but I’m rooting for the Lions. It’s your turn!
Yeah, the Cara Delevingne erasure of this article hurts.
I sincerely wish her the best. She seems like a very fun hang.
People having a wonderful time. And I enjoy watching them be happy. I got nothing else.
My 8 yo daughter is a swiftie alongside me, and we don’t watch much football in our house (despite my husband being in a fantasy league and his dad a former HS football coach who very much watches every game). But we turned the end of the game on and our daughter immediately goes oh! The chiefs! WHERE’S TRAVIS KELCE?! We explained that he would be back on the field when his team had the ball. She was very engaged throughout the end of the game. Thank you Taylor Swift. Honestly, the NFL should thank her for rehabbing the sport’s image and introducing a ton of new people to the game.
I hope the chiefs win the Super Bowl. Also I hope Travis retires soon before he gets even more hurt. I’m happy Jason is retiring—he has a family and I don’t want him to get hurt. I went from not knowing any of these people in August to being really invested in their wellbeing by the end of this season. 😆
That’s my take too. The NFL needs to put her on their payroll. I don’t follow football but I know more about it than ever thanks to Tay. I’m not even a Tay fan, but I’m hooked on CB so now I am well informed on both Tay and this football season.
There is no way my twenty-something daughter would ever be watching an NFL game but we have now watched two in a row on consecutive weekends just to catch a glimpse of Taylor in the stands and to root on the Chiefs. Our city’s team is out of it (and usually always is by this point in the season) so yes, Taylor has increased viewership, which the NFL can take to the bank. Also, we are rooting for the Chiefs to go all the way since you know some a-hole is going to blame Taylor when the Chiefs don’t win the championship and she does not deserve that.
That was a banger of a game omg. Both teams played so well. Jason was in full fan mode lol loved him
I had never heard of the Kelce brothers prior to Taylor (but I don’t watch football so if they weren’t part of Kaepernick protests and got attention for it I was unaware) though I am invested now,and I have to say I find these brothers to be incredibly sweet and charming. Last night Jason saw some little girl with a I heart Taylor Swift sign and he jump ups out and says lets show it to her. I guess they had to have extra security for her this game because the bills fan were sending her death threats so she was a lot farther back and he made sure that this little girl got to show Taylor the sign and “meet” her.
Very impressed by these guys, they seem like fine, down to earth kind people and it is nice to see Taylor have fun doing something normal.
I wanted to see Buffalo go all the way. I know several Buffalo Mafia and they have been for most of their lives.
That was a great game, and it was fun to see Travis and Pat return to form. Jason’s reaction, and then not putting his shirt back on for the rest of the game still has me laughing. There’s pics of Taylor high fiving a huge hairy shirtless man while he drinks beer 😂. I remain forever on the edge of my seat for Kylies verdict on Taylor 😂. Jason is on camera joining a few tailgates and pounding some drinks, I hope he decides to retire now and just spend the next season having fun at games.
Multiple people told me last week that Travis and Taylor were obviously “soft launching” a break up…and I got to say, that idea seems really silly today. If that were true, Taylor actually had a legitimate excuse not to go to this game – not only were Buffalo fans more hostile toward her than any other team’s fans (online threats, burning pictures of her, etc.) they arrested a stalker outside of her home on Saturday. They easily and credibly could have said it was a security issue. Instead, she went and faced booing and heckling and was shown to be incredibly supportive and happy, including with Travis’ family members with whom she hadn’t been publicly spotted.
All this is to say, I hope people will stop with the conspiracy theories and just let them breathe! Life will go on regardless. I just don’t understand why people are actively rooting against or constantly speculating negative things about them.
I don’t care about the Taylor stuff. I hope the cutaways to her next week are limited if she attends the game in Baltimore. But most of all, I hope the Ravens defense gives Patrick Mahomes something real to cry about for a change.
Anyway, I just wanted to say that NFL gossip reminds me of the British tabloids. The way teams, players, and agents feed stories to their favorites in NFL media and how some talking heads love to promote specific agendas levels British royals tabloid gossip.
As a Bengals fan, it hurt my soul to root for the Bills. But dang, I felt sorry for Josh Allen. He tried to win the game all by himself.
I wanted the Bills to win — most of their fans are good people and long-suffering. As a Philly sports fan, I can relate.
Jason Kelce was cracking me up — he made no effort to behave in Taylor’s presence. Kylie was just like, yep, that’s my man as he took off his shirt and jumped out of the suite. At one point he lifted up a little girl in the crowd so Taylor could see her sign. He rules.
As someone who isn’t invested in the sport, I am pretty much only in this because of Taylor so I do want the Chiefs to go all the way to the Super Bowl. I also sort of hope for the Lions because then I can have an Eminem vs Taylor Swift game with an Usher concert in the middle and that is like the ultimate millennial event. Though I guess the 49ers could still go and I wouldn’t mind seeing the fashion that Kristin really long Kristin really long name I can’t spell came up with for the Super Bowl.
Either way I am rooting for Taylor’s team to win. And the fact I and so many others care should have the NFL and CBS on their hands and knees kissing Taylors feet.
Is it wrong that I am hoping Taylor gets pregnant by #87 soon? Lol…I so love them as a couple and I was never a Swiftie until a few months ago! I’m 65 y’all what can I say? Go Chiefs!!
Leanne Morgan, a comedian in her late 50s has a bit where she talks about that 😂. “Taylor wants to have babies with that big old Kelce boy and his people, and who could blame her?” It’s cute. He treats his mom like a queen, and has his family involved in his celebrity life, just like she has, so I think it will work on a lot of levels.
Lifelong KC Chiefs fan! Go Chiefs. I really do not understand the Mahomes hate? But Buffalo surprised me by throwing snowballs and such at the team on the field. I’m always sad when I see unsportsmanlike conduct. I am with Mandy. I am an older woman and not a Swiftie. I do really love Travis and Taylor together. My stomach was in knots last night watching the back and forth of that game. Josh Allen is a great quarterback. Bills played a tough game. Chiefs Kingdom!
Right or wrong is very subjective. But it IS indeed weird and creepy.
Apparently Travis’ heart hands after his touchdown was directed right towards the Bills crowd who had been so awful to Taylor. So it was like a big F you bless your heart in their faces which makes the gest even more awesome
I love he gave her a heart, but is it just me or is Kelce just not your type too? I feel like after Tom and Joe, I am a bit meh (strictly on looks though; maybe he is an amazing partner and I am a fool to even bring this up).
Don’t know how to say this without sounding rude, but I think Joe and Tom take themselves seriously in ways Taylor doesn’t and shouldn’t. She thought she wanted art-house guys, but her dedication to her craft and business could equally be matched by someone in sports. I think she’s too savvy to be well-matched with artists who lean too much on the “art” and pretend the industry isn’t there. Now she’s respected as a businesswoman, she doesn’t worry she has to have an artsy partner to get those bona fides.
Since people blame her when they lose, does she get credit when they win??
KC’er here (as I have said several times before)….GO Chiefs!!! I’m a little worried because Lamar Jackson is an awesome QB and the Ravens defense is incredible….but Chiefs Kingdom will prevail!!!