The Kansas City Chiefs take another step towards the NFL title hat-trick with their 15th win in 16 games.
26.12.2024, 07:37
26.12.2024, 09:51
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The NFL champions of the last two years secured the conference win and home field advantage in the playoffs on their way to the Super Bowl with a 29:10 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas Day.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes set the tone early in the first NFL game for streaming provider Netflix with a touchdown pass to Xavier Worthy. In the end, the 29-year-old recorded three touchdown passes and threw for a total of 320 yards.
Travis Kelce caught eight passes for 84 yards, becoming only the third tight end in NFL history to catch at least 1,000 passes. Previously, only Tony Gonzalez (Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons) and Jason Witten (Dallas Cowboys and Las Vegas Raiders) had achieved this feat.
Netflix paid 150 million US dollars to the NFL for the broadcast rights to two games on Christmas Day. In the second game, in which US musician Beyoncé performed for around ten minutes at half-time, the Baltimore Ravens beat the Houston Texans 31:2.
Lamar Jackson became the quarterback with the most rushing yards in NFL history. After 87 rushing yards in Houston, Baltimore's preseason league MVP now has a total of 6110 yards and is exactly one ahead of Michael Vick (formerly of the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles, among others).
