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Social media had a hard time digesting one of the timeouts called by the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday.

The Chiefs recorded their 14th win of the season with a 27-19 win over the visiting Texans on the day and still have just a single loss to their name heading into their final pair of regular-season fixtures.

Andy Reid’s side, undoubtedly the most scrutinized team in the NFL as most fans believe they’re favored by the refs, was accused of pulling something shady off in the first quarter of Saturday’s win as it appeared that a ball boy called a timeout for them.

“It looks like the ball boy was the one to call timeout for the #Chiefs. Never seen something like this before,” MLFootball wrote as the caption to a video showing the ball boy getting the ref’s attention before the timeout gets called.

It looks like the ball boy was the one to call timeout for the

#Chiefs

Never seen something like this before pic.twitter.com/aRr39XtTBI

— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) December 21, 2024

“Isn’t the head coach the only one allowed to call timeout on the sidelines?” another account asked. “I guess chiefs ball boys will help when Andy Reid can’t walk 15 yards.”

 

Isn’t the head coach the only one allowed to call timeout on the sidelines? I guess chiefs ball boys will help when Andy Reid can’t walk 15 yards. pic.twitter.com/YMLdr4Yu4p

— James Jensen (@jpjensen18) December 21, 2024

Was The Kansas City Chiefs Ball Boy Simply Directing The Ref’s Attention To Andy Reid?

While it certainly appears that the ball boy got the ref to stop the game, he was likely just getting the ref’s attention to the head coach, who then indicated he wanted a timeout.

“shoutout to the Chiefs ball boy getting the side judge’s attention for that Andy Reid timeout,” the account that posted the video initially captioned their version.

This is a lot easier to believe, right?

Kansas City Chiefs President Forced To Address Rumors That Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce’s Relationship Is Just A “Marketing Strategy” For The Team

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce (Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
There’s a conspiracy theory for just about everything, including bizarre ones relating to the highly publicized relationship between Grammy Award-winning singer Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

The three-time Super Bowl champion has been in a relationship with Taylor Swift for over a year. Their rumored romance was confirmed when Swift attended the Chiefs’ Week 3, 2023 home game against the Chicago Bears at Arrowhead Stadium.

Kelce’s romance with Swfit has been a giant win for the Chiefs and the NFL, too. She has brought plenty more attention to the NFL and contributed to the Chiefs’ skyrocketing popularity worldwide.

Naturally, conspiracy theorists believe the Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift romance is simply a marketing ploy to help the Chiefs and the league. But Chiefs president Mark Donovan finally addressed the ridiculous rumor during an appearance on NBC’s “Squawk Box” program:

“I’d love to say that it was a marketing strategy, but it is an authentic relationship. And we’re happy to have it, and it’s been nothing but good for us.

I think the best thing I can say about the whole relationship and the impact it’s had on us is, Taylor Swift is an authentic member of the Kansas City Chiefs kingdom. She’s an authentic fan and that matters to our fans and our fan base and to matters to us and we try to respect that.”