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These Super Bowl rings are such preposterous objects. They look hilarious on even giant athlete hands. I love them so much.



Oh, yeah, baby, time to strut your stuff, you earned it. ❤️





I'm not the one who grouped the picture of himself with Travis with the picture of himself with Brittany in a single Instagram post, okay.



Taylor was watching along on Mecole Hardman's girlfriend's livestream! ❤️

Every year the Chiefs' social media team tantalizes us with Patrick Mahomes behind the back passes from practices like this one:



So fucking hot.

Tragically, the behind the back pass has yet to be unleashed in an actual game. When questioned about it on First Things First, this is what Pat said:

I think it was we didn’t play as well offensively enough for me to pull the behind-the-back pass off this last year. But it’s no one else’s fault than myself, because Coach Reid wants me to throw it behind the back more than anyone in the world. And so he deliberately puts in plays that I have the opportunity to throw the ball behind the back. So it’s not a coaching thing. It’s me not having that confidence to do it in a game. But one of these games, man, we’ve got to do it. There’s been too much hype on it. We’ve got to do it and hopefully it’s to Trav. He’s the best at judging that behind-the-back pass.

I do love that he just had to get that last part in there, fully unprompted. If he wants his first time to be with Travis, though, it might be a good idea to pull the trigger sooner rather than later, loathe though I am to even think about it.

I don't pretend to know much about the guys who end up late round draft picks or UFDA signings, so I'm just going to assume that Brett Veach nailed them all until proven otherwise. His track record speaks for itself, aside from the 2018 draft, but we don't speak of that draft anymore. It was like the first pancake that you fuck up and then throw away.

I was quite surprised to see the news that Travis Kelce had signed a two-year contract extension, and then equally surprised in a different way to see the correction to the news that it wasn't an extension, it was a $4 million raise with new guarantees that bumps him back to the highest-paid tight end for the two years that he was already under contract for. Which, I mean, he deserves to be the highest-paid tight end—really, he belongs in a class by himself and other tight ends' salaries aren't even relevant—but they don't normally go around giving guys more money just because they happen to deserve it. Travis's stated positions that he never wants to play for any team other than the Chiefs and that he would play football for free don't exactly lend themselves to driving a hard bargain.

I suppose he could have threatened to retire, but it's hard to imagine $4 million swaying that decision much in either direction, and if it happened, nobody is talking about it. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

I told yall I’ll never let him leave!! Congrats my guy! @tkelce https://t.co/9sqkZY8mU8

— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) April 29, 2024

Pat tweeted this in response and it's very cute but also, what do you mean, you told us? Nobody who's actually serious thought he was leaving in the next two years?? I mean, yes, I do believe Pat would prevent Travis from ever retiring if that were a physical possibility, but alas. At least he's feeling good about the next two years? 🤞

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I not-so-secretly believe that Pat does this on purpose at this point. I mean, he has to realize that as soon as he says anything, it becomes a whole thing and everyone goes in even harder. I'm forced to conclude that he enjoys being teased and creates this dynamic on purpose to elicit it.

Obviously we desperately need wide receivers, especially viable deep threats, and lots of people mocked Xavier Worthy to us, including Xavier Worthy himself, so this pick wasn't too surprising, especially considering what the board looked like by the time we picked. I was surprised that the Bills willingly traded with us to let us move up from 32 to 28—you'd think they'd refuse to lift a finger to help us get what we want considering what we've done to them in the past, partially with a pick that they traded us. Pat has already worked out with him this offseason and if he likes the pick that works for me.