Patrick Mahomes on watching Bills-Bengals video game that may perhaps effect Chiefs’ playoff seed

Kansas Metropolis routinely generates large tv ratings for countrywide NFL online games, even when the Chiefs are not actively playing. Soccer is king in KC.

It’ll be attention-grabbing to see which cities have the optimum Television set ratings for Monday night’s Charges-Bengals video game in Cincinnati. KC could be in close proximity to the top due to the fact the result will have a huge affect on the Chiefs’ seeding in the playoffs.

A Bengals’ victory would give the Chiefs a a person-recreation guide in excess of Buffalo for the leading seed. The Payments would fall to the 3rd seed heading into 7 days 18, though the Bengals would transfer into the No. 2 slot.

The bottom line: a Bengals’ victory on “Monday Night Football” would be a increase for the Chiefs.

After the Chiefs conquer the Broncos 27-24 on Sunday, quarterback Patrick Mahomes was questioned in his information meeting about the “Monday Evening Football” showdown.

“It’s likely to continue to keep me up past my bedtime,” Mahomes stated. “It’s likely to conclude up starting up at 8 o’clock. I consider not to be too invested in it. It is likely to be a good soccer match with two great teams. And teams that you are possibly heading to see in the playoffs, in all probability both of those or a single or the other. You just check out to just observe as a fan as I often do. I signify it’s fantastic quarterbacks, fantastic defenses, fantastic gamers and as a fan of the video game I like observing terrific football teams go up versus just about every other.”

Kickoff will be a small afterwards than regular for a Monday night time video game. ESPN will air the Rose Bowl, so the Payments-Bengals sport will commence at 7:30 p.m. and air on KMBC (Ch. 9) and, right after the summary of the Rose Bowl, ESPN.

Defensive conclusion Frank Clark was questioned by reporters about the Bengals-Bills contest and if the Chiefs will be having to pay awareness to the outcome.

“I indicate, ample,” Clark mentioned. “Obviously, it is got to do with our seeding, but we gained our activity, so you know you go love it (and) you’ve bought household around, it’s New Year’s (Working day). But it’s ‘Monday Evening Football,’ so you want to look at some soccer and enjoy the game a small little bit.”

Tale proceeds

Coach Andy Reid experienced an inkling the Chiefs common-season finale at Las Vegas would be flexed to Saturday as it was. He instructed reporters it may well be difficult to sit down and just check out the Bengals-Costs contest.

“Yeah, we’ll see how it goes,” Reid told reporters Sunday. “We’ll be in and out of (meetings). What we’ve finished is we have to acquire it as if we’re playing on Saturday. That is how you have to go about it. So our coaches were doing the job now and yesterday — this morning and yesterday — ending up the operate video game and some of the go game stuff.

“And so, we’ll get tomorrow to insert a minor little bit to it and then we’re suitable into it. So, we’re treating it like (it is a Saturday sport), which is the only way you can do it. If they sprawl a Saturday on us, we have to be prepared to roll.”