Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid announced his decision to rest Patrick Mahomes on Wednesday. While the game means nothing to the Chiefs, which has already clinched the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs,

Quarterbacks aren't the end-all, be-all when it comes to competing for NFL championships. More often than not, in fact, signal-callers are only as elite as their supporting cast, especially when it comes to playoff football.

Patrick Mahomes was kept out of the Kansas City Chiefs regular season finale against the Denver Broncos. Mahomes, 29, did not play in the Sunday, January 5, game after the Chiefs secured the No. 1 see

Mahomes and his wife currently share two children, 3-year-old daughter Sterling Skye and 2-year-old son Bronze. The family announced the exciting news of Brittany’s pregnancy back in July.

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The Kansas City Chiefs will be resting some starters, including quarterback Patrick Mahomes, against the Denver Broncos on Sunday, head coach Andy Reid announced on Wednesday.

The Chiefs' Week 18 matchup against the Denver Broncos will now push through despite the game facing a potential postponement earlier in the day. This is after the Chiefs' team plane was stranded at Kansas City International Airport (MCI) for four hours due to adverse weather conditions .

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs’ 2024-25 regular season came to an end with a road loss to the Denver Broncos, a game which Patrick Mahomes and most of the Chiefs’ other starters took in from the sidelines.

After last playing on Christmas Day, Mahomes will have a long break while Kansas City rests during the first week of the NFL playoffs. The Chiefs won’t play again until Jan. 18 or Jan. 19, so Mahomes will have plenty of time to recovery before KC’s playoff game.

With the division title, top seed, and a first-round bye already secured, there’s no reason for the Chiefs to risk their franchise quarterback further injuring his ankle, or picking up another injury. Instead, Mahomes will get two weeks to rest and recover before the team’s Divisional Round playoff game.