The Kansas City Chiefs booked their tickets to the AFC championship for the seventh consecutive season after breezing past the Houston Texans 23–14 in Saturday's divisional round showdown. During the closing moments of the game, it seems someone from the Chiefs organization started celebrating a bit prematurely.
Kansas City possessed the ball with under a minute left in the game. Although the contest was not quite over, confetti was launched onto the field before a third-down snap. Shortly after, the Chiefs were forced to attempt a punt and ended up committing a safety, giving the ball back to the Texans for a final drive and surrendering two points. All the while, confetti was littered across the field.
While celebrating a playoff win is all good and well, many fans felt that the premature firing of the confetti was a classless act by the Chiefs. They expressed their thoughts on the matter on social media, ripping into the team for its disrespectful antics.
Very unsportsmanlike for the Chiefs to release confetti before the end of the game pic.twitter.com/N8S9tCW0lO
— Tweet Michigan (@TweetMichigan) January 19, 2025
😂😂😂maaaan Chiefs couldn’t even let the game finish before they dropped the confetti. 😮💨The disrespect
— Ingravenvids (@IngravenVids) January 19, 2025
Confetti?????
— Liam Blutman (@Blutman27) January 19, 2025
I’d be pissed if the confetti start falling that early LMFAO
— 🌃 (@KillaBuffalo) January 19, 2025
Confetti on the field while the game still going on is crazy 😂😂😂😂😂
— JE (@JUSTERIC__) January 19, 2025
Confetti on the ground before the game ends gotta be top 10 most disrespectful sports moments ever
— Brendan Walker (@BWalkerNFL) January 19, 2025
The Chiefs will have their next opportunity to rain down confetti at Arrowhead Stadium next Sunday against the winner of the divisional round matchup between the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as NFL Fans Rip Chiefs' Disrespectful Stunt on Field in Final Moments of Win vs. Texans.
