Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images)

As the Kansas City Chiefs close out 2024 with a stellar season, Patrick Mahomes’ family is asking for prayers for a loved one.

The Chiefs recently secured the AFC’s top seed following a dominant 29-10 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, improving their record to 15-1. With homefield advantage and a first-round bye in the playoffs, the team is well-positioned for a deep postseason run.

However, off the field, the Mahomes family is facing a challenging time. Randi Mahomes, Patrick Mahomes’ mother, took to Instagram to share a heartfelt plea for prayers for her father, who has been battling health issues.

“Asking for prayers for my father,” Randi wrote in her story, which featured an image of her father.

This is not the first time Randi has shared updates about her father’s health. Three months ago, on September 13, she posted another emotional message, showing Patrick’s grandfather in a hospital bed, watching the Chiefs play the Los Angeles Chargers.

“Prayer warriors, please pray for my daddy,” she wrote at the time. “He is in the hospital and is not well.”

Randi has not disclosed specific details about her father’s condition but continues to seek support from friends, family, and fans during this difficult time.

Chiefs Gear Up for Playoffs

While the Mahomes family rallies around their patriarch, Patrick and the Chiefs are celebrating a well-deserved break. The team’s dominant performance against the Steelers ensures they’ll have homefield advantage throughout the playoffs, giving them a valuable opportunity to rest key players.

“It’s just going to be nice getting guys healthy,” Mahomes said in a post-game interview.

“This was the earliest bye I’ve ever had, just in general. To kind of have had this grind of whatever it is, I think we had a bye on Week 6, so it’s like almost 10 weeks of just football and grinding this short schedule at the very end of the year. We had some guys banged up, and to get them back healthy now, we’ll see how Week 18 goes and who plays and who doesn’t play, that’s up to coach, but even getting this little break, getting back healthy, and then getting ourselves ready to go for the playoffs, it was super important, especially with the guys we have banged -up.”

VIDEO: NFL Fans Are Convinced That The Chiefs-Texans Game Is “Rigged” Following An Incredibly Fishy Game-Changing Call

Patrick Mahomes and NFL ref (Photos via NBC Sports)
Football fans are convinced that the NFL refs are “rigging” the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans game after a bizarre game-changing call in the second quarter.

The NFL refs haven’t been able to avoid the accusations that they favor Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, who have unquestionably been on the right end of some questionable calls this year. Saturday’s home tilt with Houston was no different.

In the second quarter of Saturday’s clash, with the Texans up 10-7, it appeared as though the defense forced a fumble on Mahomes to take over possession. But the officials curiously deemed it an incomplete pass and also flagged Derek Barnett for “roughing the passer” on the KC quarterback:

And with that, fans wasted no time ripping on the NFL refs and accusing them of “fixing” the contest for Kansas City.

“You need to understand, when Taylor Swift is at the game and she is the NFL commissioner, this is the end result,” one fan wrote.

“So lame, it’s really difficult watching any game that the chiefs are in. Constantly walked down the field by the refs when they need it,” another said.

“The chiefs are ruining football There is no way you can watch this and not believe it’s rigged,” a user said.

“One does not simply return a fumble for a TD against the Chiefs,” said a fan.

NFL IS SOOOOOOOO RIGGED FOR THE #CHIEFS!,” another outraged fan said.

“kansas city chiefs rigging games. NOTHING NEW!,” wrote a user.

“Bro even Chiefs fans have to see how rigged it is,” said a fan.

“Watching a Chiefs game really make a person believe the NFL is fixed. Not me, but people,” a fan wrote.

Definitely A Curious Call By The NFL Refs

Replay review allows officials to determine all turnovers, including if an “incomplete pass” actually went forward. But the roughing the passer call against Barnett was definitely a questionable call, and the fact it came at a pivotal part of the game means only further scrutiny for the officials.