Patrick Mahomes bashes NFL for making Chiefs play on Christmas Day

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The NFL scheduled a rare slate of Wednesday games this season to ensure it will have games played on Christmas Day, and Patrick Mahomes is not happy about it. 

The Kansas City Chiefs are one of four teams that will have to spend their Christmas at work with a matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Baltimore Ravens will play the Houston Texans later that night. That will also mean Mahomes and his teammates will play three games in 11 days. They play the Cleveland Browns Dec. 15 and the Houston Texans Dec. 21. 

Last year, the Chiefs faced the Las Vegas Raiders in a Christmas Day game, but that game was on a Monday. 

The Chiefs will have less time than usual to prepare for both the Texans and Steelers games. The Houston matchup will be played on a Saturday, and the Steelers game is on a Monday.

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) is pressured by Buffalo Bills linebacker Von Miller, left, during the first half Nov. 17, 2024, in Orchard Park, N.Y.  (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Mahomes, who already had to give up his holiday for a football game, agonized over the idea of playing all those games in that short amount of time. 

"It’s not a good feeling," Mahomes told reporters Wednesday. "You never want to play this amount of games in this short of time. It’s not great for your body. But, at the end of the day, it’s your job, your profession. You have to come to work and do it."

Mahomes was asked whether he has ever had three games in such a short span. 

"I haven’t in football," he replied.

"All you can do is focus on the game. The practice you have that day," Mahomes added.