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What a rookie mistake!

Rookie cornerback Jaylen Watson for the Kansas City Chiefs went a little too hard at the championship parade and celebration Wednesday afternoon.

He posted a picture to his Twitter of himself getting pushed in a wheelchair clearly needing assistance after “fighting for his right to party” at the parade.

He wrote above his picture: “Chiefs Kingdom!!! Y’all were responsible for this. YOU GOTTA FIGHT, FOR YOUR RIGHT.”

Waking up with a championship celebration hangover

Kansas City Chiefs Safety Juan Thornhill took to his Twitter to give fans an update on how he’s feeling after the championship parade Wednesday.

He wrote: “Lol #ChiefsKingdom I’m okay after yesterday parade ..might’ve had one too many drinks.”

The celebration marked the second parade in four years for the team.

Kansas City Police helped reunite 23 children who got lost during the celebration

Kansas City Police had a tough task ahead of them Wednesday afternoon when reportedly close to 1million fans showed up to the Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade and celebration.

KMBC reported that police reunited 23 children with their parents during the raucous celebration.

Reportedly that number is way down, during the Chiefs last parade and celebration around 100 children were lost at some point.

Snippets from Andy Reid’s speech

Kansas City Chiefs two-time Super Bowl-winning coach Andy Reid addressed the Chiefs kingdom Wednesday afternoon at the championship parade and celebration.

He started his speech by saying: “I’ll tell you what, there are some great cities in America but there’s no place you’d rather be and no greater place to be than right here, baby.”

He ended his speech with an ode to the fans saying: “Not very often are you able to say you have the greatest team in the world and have the greatest players in the world.”

“And that you have the greatest organization in the world and most of all, the greatest fans in the world, we love you man.”

Fight for your right to paaaarty

The Kansas City Chiefs parade and celebration ended with Travis Kelce yelling to the fans “You gotta fight for your right to party!!” followed by the actual song being played.

The team now has a synonymous history with the song beginning in 2020.

After winning the 2020 AFC Championship Game, Travis Kelce chanted “You gotta fight for your right to party!” in his postgame interview.

After the Chiefs’ victory in Super Bowl LIV, Kelce again used the chant from the song at the victory parade in Kansas City.

The song’s main chorus has since become popular among Chiefs fans, and throughout the 2020 season became the song played at Chiefs home games to celebrate when a touchdown was scored by the team.

What a way to celebrate a birthday!

Kansas City Chiefs players Willie Gay Jr and Justin Reid both celebrated their birthdays yesterday along with celebrating their team’s victory in Super Bowl 57.

Willie Gay Jr turned 25 yesterday while Justin Reid celebrated his 26th birthday.

Reid thanked the Chiefs faithful on his Twitter saying: “What a day, what a day! THANK YOU Chiefs Kingdom for all the energy, you guys were awesome.”

Titles upon titles

Superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes and offensive tackle Orlando Brown posed for a picture yesterday at the Chiefs championship parade and celebration with WWE titles.

Patrick Mahomes was seen sporting his WWE title everywhere he walked yesterday afternoon.

The tradition of WWE gifting championship belts to sports teams began in 2013 when Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz was given one when his team won the World Series.

Andy Reid’s accomplishments with the Chiefs

Andy Reid joined the Kansas City Chiefs in 2013 and had the task of turning around the worst team in football, one that won just two games the previous season.

Fast forward to the Chiefs victory parade yesterday and Reid has done everything and more taking the team to the playoffs in his very first season in charge and winning seven straight AFC West division titles.

He just won his second Super Bowl in four years with the team and doesn’t look like he’s slowing down anytime soon.

Attendees at the parade may have been ‘close to’ 1million

Kansas City officials were expecting around 500,000 fans to show up for the Chiefs championship parade and celebration yesterday afternoon.

KCUR has reported that the number of the final crowd attendance may be well ‘upwards’ of 1million fans.

The owner of the team praises the players

Frank Clark the owner of the Kansas City Chiefs praised multiple players in his speech at Union Station during the team's championship parade and celebration.

He mentioned Patrick Mahomes and said: "This is a remarkable group of men, led by the undisputed best player in pro football."

"Patrick Mahomes is a generational talent, he's the first person this century to win both the MVP and Super Bowl MVP honors in the same season."

He also highlighted how important players like Travis Kelce are and said: "Travis Kelce, beyond his amazing ability to get open, he's the emotional heartbeat of this team and of course, the life of the party."

He showed love for the Chiefs defense and said: "And let's give it up for our incredible defense led by Chris Jones, Nick Bolton, and Justin Reid."

Tech N9ne’s love for the Chiefs

Rapper Tech N9ne told KSHB he was five years old when he first fell in love with the Kansas City Chiefs and became a fan.

The rapper was present on the Chiefs’ sideline this year when the team secured the Super Bowl victory against the Philadelphia Eagles.

He was also present at the parade and celebration yesterday and performed his hype song “Red Kingdom” which he made specifically for his favorite team.

Kelce brothers broke down on podcast

On their joint podcast New Heights, Travis and Jason Kelce both broke into tears while talking about the Super Bowl.

“The moment I saw mom is when I got really emotional because, man, it was so awesome,” Jason told his brother in the emotional clip as he started to cry.

“Alright now,” Travis said in the clip as tears rolled down his face as well.

Jason said: “You lose the Super Bowl and you’re crying after the game – and they’re not tears of sadness, they’re tears of joy.”

‘Kansas City deserves this’

Chiefs defensive tackle Khalen Saunders told KHSB 41 at the parade that “it feels like we’re the best in the world.”

“I just feel like Kansas City – they deserve this.

“It’s been a long time, 50 years, since when we won last, so they deserve this era of greatness that they’re gonna go through,” the NFL star said, referring to the drought between the team’s victories in 1969 and 2019.

“I’m happy for the city, man, I’m happy to be a part of it. It’s a blessing.”

Governors participate in festivities

The governors of Kansas and Missouri both attended Wednesday’s parade to celebrate the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said on Twitter: Chiefs Kingdom came together in Kansas City to celebrate our CHIEFS!

Parson's also addressed fans at Union Station once the team arrived.

“Missouri’s team is once again World Champions! Great to be at the victory parade & rally for Super Bowl 57!”

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly also posted about the celebration, writing, “It is an honor to be in the Victory Parade today in @KansasCity to continue to celebrate our @Chiefs.”

“It’s always a good day to be part of #ChiefsKingdom!”

Kelce brothers host a podcast together

The NFL brothers host a podcast together called New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce.

There are currently 27 episodes of the series.

The Apple Podcasts description states: “Football’s funniest family duo — Jason Kelce from the Philadelphia Eagles and Travis Kelce from the Kansas City Chiefs — team up to provide next-level access to life in the league as it unfolds.

“The two brothers and Super Bowl champions drop weekly insights about their games and share unique perspectives on trending NFL news and sports headlines.

“Plus, entertaining stories from a combined 21 years in the league, off-field interests, and engaging conversations with special guests.”

Chiefs wide receiver takes swipe at Eagles player

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster took a savage swipe at Philadelphia Eagles cornerback James Bradberry on social media by wishing fans a happy Valentine’s Day with an image of Bradberry and a caption reading “I’ll hold you when it matters most” — causing Eagles star AJ Brown to fire back.

The Chiefs wide receiver’s post alluded to the controversial holding call on Bradberry that effectively handed the Chiefs a Super Bowl victory on Sunday.

“First off congratulations,” Brown wrote, quote-tweeting Smith-Schuster’s post.

“Y’all deserve it. This is lame. You was on the way out the league before mahomes resurrected your career on your 1 year deal TikTok boy.

“He admitted that he grabbed you but don’t act like your like that or ever was. But congratulations again!”

But Smith-Schuster didn’t let Brown have the last word and responded to the Eagles star soon after, tweeting: “Glad you were finally able to get all that off your chest after all these years. Good game bro.”

Recap of Wednesday's parade

Reports in the local media claim today’s parade cost upwards of $3million to stage.

Thousands of fans lined the streets of a route downtown similar to the one the team took in 2020.

It began at Sixth and Grand in downtown at noon local time.

The team traveled along the route for just under two hours until they reached the end.

Thousands more fans were waiting for them at Union Station for a rally.

And the celebrations continued even after the players exited the stage in Kansas City.

Mahomes’ wife Brittany demands apology

Patrick Mahomes’ wife Brittany thinks the Kansas City Chiefs deserve an apology after winning the Super Bowl because many doubted the Chiefs could end the 2022 NFL season with the title – despite securing the No. 1 seed in the AFC.

Many football power rankings had the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers as favorites for the championship heading into the playoffs.

Kansas City’s defense did rank in the middle of the pack over the regular season, but the Chiefs had the best passing offense, throwing for both 5,000 yards and 40 touchdowns as the only team in the league.

And in the Super Bowl, Mahomes and Co.’s firepower turned out to be too much to overcome for the Eagles as Philly fell 38-35 in Sunday’s title-deciding game.

A couple of days later, Brittany addressed those who had doubted the Chiefs and her husband by tweeting, “I think a lot of people need to apologize for what they said about this team at the beginning of this season.”

Chiefs fans have raised over $90thousand

Since the Super Bowl, Chiefs fans have raised over $90,000 for Jason Kelce’s charity, the Be Philly Foundation.

Many fans are choosing to donate the amount of $14.90 – which adds Jason’s jersey number 62 to his brother Travis‘ jersey number 87 and adds a zero.

Jason launched the charity in October of 2022 and as of Monday night, the foundation had raised just under $10,000.

As of Wednesday evening, $91,660.22 has been donated to the charity.

The organization’s goal is to raise $100,000.

More from Mahomes speech from Wednesday

At the parade, Patrick Mahomes took to the mic to address a crowd of fans and said, “I just want to let you all know that this is just the beginning.

“We ain’t done yet, so I’ll make sure to hit y’all back next year and I hope the crowd’s the same.”

The quarterback continued, with a beer in his hand: “We’re back again. We’re back again.

“Before we started this season, the AFC West said we were rebuilding. I’ll be honest with you. I don’t know what rebuilding means.

“In our rebuilding year, we’re world champs.”

More about Patrick Mahomes

Hawkins added that Mahomes was “very active” as a youngster.

“He loved basketball, baseball and football,” Hawkins told the outlet.

“If there was a ball in it, he wanted to play it. But he was more into basketball than baseball at the time.

“And he was 8, 9 years old, playing on the 11, 12-year-old team, playing shortstop and pitching. He’s always been a standout athlete.”

About Patrick Mahomes

The football star was born on September 17, 1995, in Tyler, Texas.

His father is former Major League Baseball pitcher, Pat Mahomes, and his godfather is a former reliever, LaTroy Hawkins.

“I remember when Patrick’s dad told me his girlfriend was pregnant,” Hawkins told NWI.com. “I remember when he was born.

“I would baby-sit him. He’d come stay at the house, come see me, during the season, so I’ve been pretty much a part of his life since he was a kid.”

0 sacks put it on a shirt!!

After the Chiefs Super Bowl victory offensive lineman for the team Orlando Brown said in an interview:

“0 sacks put it on a shirt,” after talking about the Philadelphia Eagle’s daunting defensive line.

Yesterday at the celebration Chiefs offensive linemen were wearing white shirts that read: “0 SACKS.”

Chiefs safety celebrates with the crowd

Two-time Super Bowl champion Chiefs safety Juan Thornhill is seen celebrating with the Chiefs Kingdom during the championship celebration yesterday.

Getting his drink on

In a video posted on Twitter Travis Kelce is seen catching a small fireball shooter and chugging the shot at yesterday's victory parade.

Travis sat atop a bus for most of the parade with his mother Donna Kelce by his side.

He also caught a shoe from midair and sniffed it during the parade yesterday.